From his approach to problem-solving and guiding others to his personal values that give him direction, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, community, and personal growth.
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]]>In this episode, we explore how open source solutions are revolutionizing the way governments work, from collaboration and knowledge sharing to digital sovereignty and artificial intelligence.
Join us as we learn about the world of open source in government with Sven Thomsen, CIO of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. Sven shares the factors that influenced their decision to adopt open source solutions, their implementation strategies along the way, and lessons learned from the adoption of open source in Munich.
We also discuss Schleswig-Holstein’s 10-year journey into open source, from desktop solutions to database systems, and how it has become a key part of their digital sovereignty strategy. Sven shares his insights on the current discussion in Germany about the importance of open standards, open source, and open interfaces in promoting the idea of European IT resiliency.
We also hear about the political and technical challenges they faced, including the successful implementation of Nextcloud as a central hub for collaboration and knowledge sharing in their federal state. Sven will share his thoughts on the «hidden champions» of open source and how Nextcloud’s new data automation platform has helped them solve some of the most difficult challenges in implementing the Online Access Act (OZG).
Tune in to hear Sven’s words of advice for public sector adoptions, including the importance of community support and giving back. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in open source solutions in government or curious about the future of technology in the public sector.
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]]>Edward Snowden’s disclosures in 2013 were not only revelatory but also catalyzed a necessary discussion around mass surveillance and yet Constanze argues we’ve since lost momentum in this critical conversation. She expresses concern that, as the public has become increasingly complacent, the intelligence services have grown even more powerful and influential.
«We are in the age of mass surveillance. The problem is most of the public doesn’t discuss it anymore, and that its really a problem because what Snowden did was not only revealing, but also driving a debate. And we don’t have that debate anymore, and that really frustrates and concerns me.» – Constanze Kurz
We reflect on the changing landscape of hacktivism and investigative reporting, and how policy is struggling to keep pace with modern technological advancements.
Constanze also reminds us that there’s still much work to be done in addressing the pressing issues facing us today – from mass surveillance and data protection to predictive policing and platform capitalism.
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]]>«It was logic: If we want to learn more about open source, then we need to meet Nextcloud.»
– Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG
With the recent accelerating pace of innovation, public sector institutions throughout Europe have come to prioritize digital sovereignty as a primary driver in designing resilient IT systems.
Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG, discusses the current innovations in the European public sector and the obligation of public buyers to deliver resilient and sovereign digital solutions that put citizens first.
We explore how Bechtle – Germany’s largest IT system house – and Nextcloud’s recent partnership in offering digitally sovereign collaboration services for the European public sector is an important step in building resilient IT systems that prioritize security and data protection.
Manuel and Brent discuss many other topics, including:
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]]>So many Nextclouders – from enterprise and education to activists and families – decide to self-host their privacy-focused IT infrastructure. What exactly motivates us to self-host? Is this inherently an increased data security risk? What of the grit needed to host your own digital infrastructure? The answers to these questions may surprise you!
Lea Gröber, PhD student in Usable Security @ CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, shares insight from two recent studies exploring motivations in self-hosting and Nextclouders specifically.
We explore the topic of Usable Security and how, in terms of security, the human aspect of your digital infrastructure may be the most important, and yet the least understood. Afterall, «Users are not the enemy.»
Lea and Brent touch on a wide gamut of related topics throughout, including:
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]]>Jos Poortvliet, Director of Communications at Nextcloud, shares an insightful conversation with your host Brent Gervais on the world of Nextcloud and open source philosophies.
With a rich history throughout the Linux and open source world – from KDE to openSUSE, GNOME and more – Jos’ insights into the power of community make it clear why the Nextcloud community is an essential aspect of our vision. With so many key community projects getting integrated and supported fully into Nextcloud, the open source lifestyle runs deep in Nextclouders’ culture.
Jos and Brent explore a wide range of topics, including:
If you’re curious about the inner workings, personalities, history and friendships at Nextcloud – this episode has it all!
A thank you to Jupiter Broadcasting for the collaboration on this episode, where Frank and Brent’s conversation originally appeared in part on LINUX Unplugged and here today in full.
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]]>From Nextcloud’s inception Frank hoped to change the world, and today it’s clear Nextcloud’s original big ambition to be a private and open source alternative to Big Tech has achieved this goal.
Frank provides some insights and updates into Nextcloud’s anti-trust case against Microsoft’s monopolous cloud practices. He also shares how the introduction of Artificial Intelligence evolved from a perceived crushing blow for open source projects like Nextcloud, to a clear opportunity to grow the Nextcloud community’s vision and ambition for the project.
Throughout the conversation we learn a little more about Frank’s personal adventures as a long-time open source contributor to projects like KDE, his passion for travel photography as a means of deeply connecting with people of all walks of life, and his belief that privacy in today’s world is deeply important and yet vastly under-appreciated.
A thank you to Jupiter Broadcasting for the collaboration on this episode, where Frank and Brent’s conversation originally appeared in part on LINUX Unplugged and here today in full.
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]]>The Nextcloud + MagentaCLOUD relationship stems from T-Systems and their very large, successful migration to Nextcloud in 2020, where the data of millions of users was migrated from their old system to Nextcloud.
Our guest today on the Nextcloud Podcast – Bernd Rederlechner, Principal Lead Cloud Architect Emerging Industries at T-Systems – tells the story of how Nextcloud became the solution of choice for migrating their collaborative cloud offering, and how every Nextcloud deployment is benefiting from the technical partnership between Nextcloud and T-Systems.
«Our relationship with Nextcloud fostered a lot of good things – I had never before a partner who, in a crisis situation, stands by your side and takes active responsibility. This makes the relationship between Nextcloud and T-Systems very special, because it’s a relationship built on trust…»
– Bernd Rederlechner
Bernd shares how Nextcloud’s open source nature was new to them and now plays critical role in Deutsche Telekom’s success with MagentaCLOUD, how the S3 drivers were improved to accommodate the requirements of their deployment, some very specific praise for Nextcloud engineers, and the potential future for this self-healing, auto-scaling, Euro-sovereign Nextcloud success.
Attend T-Systems’ presentation on large-scale migrations to Nextcloud Hub at Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 on April 24.
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]]>We learn how his PhoneTrack app saved a user’s family in an emergency, how the Nextcloud ecosystem is a rich canvas for app development, the philosophical differences between Open Source and Free Software, and explore the current state of the artificial intelligence landscape.
«If you’ll allow me to state the obvious: Publishing your code is one of the best ways I know to make sure you’re going to get better.»
– Julien Veyssier
Julien has a master’s degree in Computer Science and does public research for 10 years as scientific computing engineer in biology and geographical data processing. His love for interactive maps, collaborative tools, and a special passion for the Free Software movement led to his contributing to the Nextcloud code base in 2015.
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]]>«If we move into this information age, and information is the new gold or the new currency, how do we distribute the rights to that information in a fair and balanced way? Different cultures and different democracies will have different answers to that.. there can be parts that are open source that allows you to move your data out into another system, which is one of your rights as an individual – your right to privacy.»
– Max Schrems
Max became known for campaigns against Facebook for its privacy violations, including violations of European privacy laws and the alleged transfer of personal data to the US National Security Agency (NSA). He is most well known for his lawsuits on the Safe Harbor agreement (Schrems I) and the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (Schrems II).
Today he is the Founder & Honorary Chair of NOYB – European Center for Digital Rights.
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]]>During my academic research about future of technology and also questioning how the future could look if privacy and open source become really big, if privacy would be truly respected, I was looking into different open source companies. And I was so excited to learn how Nextcloud has set up the organization. They manage to have a sustainable business model, good product, and happy users!
If we want to make progress we have to collect or hand out LESS personal data, if we do so we get better innovation, financially healthier business models, more competition in the market and most importantly, more humanity.
Here you can hear Daphne’s talk at TedxVenlo about how we CAN have privacy – if we would make the right choices. And as we all care about privacy, we’re very proud that Daphne gave such an amazing and important talk. We hope it will educate many people on the benefits and possibilities for privacy.
Can organizations who rely on personal data collection ever be respectful of human rights? If not, are these good for our progress?
Help by liking and sharing this important talk to reach more people!
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]]>Max & Jonas share the idea behind the Collectives app, the collaborative knowledge database where you can work on documents together in real-time!
Marie explains what Prototype Fund is, how can you apply and get your innovative Open source project funded!
Prototype Fund announced that the next funding round call is open until the end of March! All FOSS ideas in the areas of data literacy, data security, civic tech, and software infrastructure are welcome.
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]]>Galina talks about the early days and the history, explains what ONLYOFFICE is with all its capabilities and functionalities and different editions, and the important advantages with millions of users worldwide in various sectors, from SMEs to large enterprises.
Ingo also asked about the integration in Nextcloud and what the easiest way to install it is and much more.
Make sure you don’t miss the last minute of the episode: Ingo wishes to all our listeners happy holidays and a successful New Year!
Tune in and hear a lot more in this exciting episode!
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]]>Find the feed on our podcast page and listen to the full interview! If you have not heard the previous episodes, check them there as well.
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]]>UX Design is more about how usable and intuitive a piece of software is. Making it optimized for usability is sort of what we do. Consistency in design is very important, especially when you have a lot of apps, shared Nimisha.
How people perceive a piece of software is a very interesting thing to me and that’s how I got interested in design. I think the best way to learn Design is just to make things and get feedback on them. I’ve learned the most after I started contributing to Nextcloud and getting feedback for my work. I value open source and the culture, idea and philosophy behind it.
Nimisha originally applied for a mentorship program in design, and you can find more information about it here.
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]]>Learn more about what hosting.de is, how and why they chose Nextcloud, and the simple and quick steps of getting started with Nextcloud, either as a home or business user.
We decided to go for Nextcloud because Nextcloud is more targeted to be a collaboration platform than just only file storage, and that was very attractive. We thought that this collaboration platform is also something clients will like to use. It has a big ecosystem, and is maintained very well and we decided to offer it as a product to our customers too. We see it as a solution for real world problems, for users that want a safe storage for their data.
While they say that the demand for Nextcloud is high, the goal is to make the experience as smooth as possible, find the simplest way for everyone to have data stored in a safe place. To better explain what Nextcloud offers on certain topics, they cover it in a hosting.de blog section.
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]]>He serves as a Director of The Document Foundation, and on the LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee; he has contributed to both ODF and OOXML standardization. Prior to Collabora, he was a Novell/SUSE Distinguished Engineer working on various pieces of Free Software infrastructure across the Linuxstack to MeeGo, GNOME, CORBA, Nautilus, Evolution, and Open Source accessibility, among others.
Micheal talked about the history of Collabora Online, the exciting growth, their mission, and how they became part of the Nextcloud story as an office suite solution & many other insightful but also fun topics.
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]]>HKN begun deploying Nextcloud for its customers almost immediately after Nextcloud started in 2016, convinced by its strong technological leadership and fast development, and soon became a strong partner.
HKN offers the perfect solution for customers who need a German-hosted, GDPR compliant, custom, and well-managed solution which scales any which way is needed.
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]]>Nextcloud Flow is the workflow engine of Nextcloud. It offers flexible, user-defined event-based task automation. Apps can register events or triggers which can start a flow, as well as actions that get executed once a trigger is hit and the constraints are satisfied.
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]]>In this seventh episode, we’re bringing to you a conversation between our host Ingo and Stefan Niedermann, who works as a software developer for more than 10 years now and is our active community member who really enjoys contributing to open source projects in his free time!
Stefan is the developer of the Nextcloud Notes and the Nextcloud Deck App.
When you join Nextcloud as a community member, there are various benefits, both for the community and yourself. You learn different apps and how to extend the ecosystem. It is a lot of fun! You can learn a lot from other people and they learn from you! And there are contributors from all over the world!
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]]>Edeltraut is our amazing Nextcloud colleague that works in Sales as Sales Coordinator and she feels absolutely blessed that she lives in Hawaii, describing the life there as: You name it, we have it here!
Supporting one another is really important, the individual success of my colleagues is a success for us all!
shared Edeltraut about her work colleagues and teamwork spirit!
How does X-mas look and feels in Hawaii with beautiful endless beaches and turquoise water, stunning mountains, waterfalls, breathtaking nature, diverse food options, and how it feels to work remotely on the other side of the globe?
This and more in the sixth Nextcloud X-mas spirit episode!
Enjoy the listening and Merry X-mas from Edeltraut in Hawaiian – Mele Kalikimaka!
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]]>Find the feed on our podcast page. If you have not heard the first episodes, you can find it there as well.
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]]>Find the feed on our podcast page. If you have not heard the first episodes, you can find it there as well.
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]]>Jan answers these questions and many more, discussing the process of deciding on design changes and community building, accessibility, language support, and usability testing. But Jan also walks through what a new app developer can do to build an app for Nextcloud and how the interaction with them and the wider community and designers goes. Community events, where and how people get together to code and design Nextcloud, release planning – this podcast is 50 minutes and covers almost everything!
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]]>The first episode of our podcast, released today, is a discussion between Ingo and Jan-Christoph Borchardt, our designer and one of the earliest contributors. They talk about the history of Nextcloud, design, community and more!
You can listen to the podcast and subscribe on nextcloud.com/podcast – we are still submitting links to all podcast directories, feedback on things that are missing or broken for you is super welcome!
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