- August 19, 2025
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Owning your data: The open source path with Nextcloud and MariaDB
We're joined by Anna and Michael "Monty" Widenius, the people behind the MariaDB Foundation, who are here to help us unpack the challenges of the open source business, vendor lock-in, and owning your data through their unique lens — and experience.
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Schleswig-Holstein’s “Deutschland-Stack” vision for a digitally independent Germany
Schleswig-Holstein published a proposal with guiding principles for a Deutschland-Stack, an initiative to achieve digital sovereignty in Germany.
Read moreIntroducing our upcoming release: “Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn”
The landing page for our upcoming Nextcloud Hub release is now live! On September 27, 2025, at 10AM (CEST), we will present the latest Nextcloud Hub live from the Nextcloud Community Conference in Berlin, Germany. And you can be part of it, too, by signing...
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August maintenance updates are here: Nextcloud Hub 9 and 10
August maintenance updates are ready for Nextcloud Hub 9 and 10. Find out more in this post. Always keep your server up to date!
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Nextcloud Community Conference 2025: Join us as a volunteer and get travel support
Do you like getting involved, making new experiences and enjoying a tech conference all at the same time? Then this opportunity is for you!
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Microsoft sovereign cloud for Europe: How real are its “Digital Principles for Europe”?
Can a Microsoft sovereign cloud for Europe exist? Discover what Microsoft's "Digital Principles for Europe" mean as we put them to the test.
Read moreDigital Sovereignty Index: How countries compare in digital independence
Nextcloud has published its first Digital Sovereignty Index (DSI) to showcase the status of digital sovereign infrastructure.
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The Nextcloud Include initiative: How Nextcloud supports diversity in open source
Almost seven years ago, in October 2018, our CEO and founder Frank Kartlitschek used the € 20,000 from winning the prestigious Reinhard von Koenig award to launch a brand new initiative: “Nextcloud Include.” As an open source diversity project, Nextcloud Include addresses the needs of...
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Big Tech’s “Sovereign Cloud” promises just collapsed — in their own words
In early 2025, BigTech hyperscalers in the US began to push new “sovereign cloud” offerings in a big PR campaign in Europe. In the past weeks, their narrative has collapsed. It’s not critics or watchdogs exposing the contradictions — the tech firms themselves have admitted...
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