This year is the 9th annual Zukunftskongress or the Future Congress State & Administration in Germany. The Zukunftskongress is hosted by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland and is celebrating 10 years in 2023. The congress is a “source of inspiration for the modern and digital state” and is known to attract almost 2,000 key executives across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Nextcloud will be attending this year to show how governments can become digitally sovereign and safeguard confidential data of its administration, citizens and contacts. Governments are increasingly moving away from foreign cloud providers amid rising concerns about digital sovereignty and Nextcloud has emerged as the most deployed self-hosted private cloud solution in government.

Meet Nextcloud team at stand 37

Attendees can look forward to a 3-day extensive program that provides groundbreaking perspectives and opportunities for administrative digitization. Keynotes and plenums, specialist conferences, future forums and much more are planned.

During the event, 6 main action items will be discussed from governance in digital transformation, to cloud and digital infrastructure. In the line-up are hundreds of speakers (in 2022, there were over 400), many of which are State Ministers and representives from top global companies like Accenture, KPMG and ITZBund.

June 19-21, 2023

WECC – Westhafen Event & Convention Center Westhafenstrasse 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany

Nextcloud stand 37, Ebene 1

If you’re interested in learning more about Nextcloud Enterprise for Governments, we invite you to submit your contact details via the form below!

• Gain a deeper understanding of our core products
• Learn how you can be in control of your data
• Discover why we love doing what we do!

We hope to see you this month at the following events!

ESUP Nextcloud Thematic Day

French Universities have found great success with open source, on-premise solutions like Nextcloud and want to share their experiences during a whole day dedicated to Nextcloud!

The all-day event will feature speakers from the French Ministry of Education as well as from top French universities including Aix-Marseilles University, University of Lorraine, Nantes University, University of Caen Normandy and Gustave Eiffel University.

If you’re in the Education sector and want to know more about how Nextcloud can fit your institutions needs then this is a great opportunity for you!

Paris, France

June 7

Professionals in Education, Government and anyone interested in Nextcloud Hub

Register here and find the full schedule on their website (in French).

We Make Future (WMF)

You’re invited to the biggest tech event in Italy! This International Trade Fair and Festival on Tech and Digital Innovation will have 1,000+ speakers on 90+ stages and 550+ exhibitors!

Rimini, Italy

June 16-18

Anyone working in or interested in all things tech

Register on their website.

C1b3rWall

Nextcloud is headed to the most influential security event in Spain! The C1b3rwall Congress is the Digital Security and Cyberintelligence congress. For its 3rd conference this year, there’s 85 workshops, 130 presentations and more!

Avila, Spain

June 21-23

Government sector and security personnel

Register on their website.

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We’re excited to announce another sponsor for the upcoming Nextcloud Enterprise Day, scheduled to take place on June 13, 2023, in the city of Munich, Germany. We are delighted to welcome IONOS, one of our respected partners, as a sponsoring partner for this event.

The strategic partnership between IONOS and Nextcloud is centered on enhancing security, transparency, and data sovereignty through the consistent application of open standards and open-source software, strengthening the collaborative relationship between our organizations.

About IONOS

IONOS is a top European digitalization partner for SMBs. With six million customers in 18 markets, they provide worldwide accessibility and a comprehensive Web Presence & Productivity portfolio, serving as a convenient ‘one-stop shop’ for digitalization needs. IONOS enables customers to host their own Nextcloud server within their secure, trusted and certified data centers.

IONOS and Nextcloud share a lasting and dynamic partnership, established upon shared goals of enhancing security and boosting transparency. Our collaboration is grounded in the utilization of open standards and open-source software, reflecting our shared belief in the rights of customers to scrutinize the code, pinpoint any security gaps and adjust as needed.

Both IONOS and Nextcloud are firmly committed to raising awareness around the crucial issue of data sovereignty. Our common conviction is that organizations should – and indeed can – reclaim control over their data. This conviction forms the basis of our partnership and this sponsorship.

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

At this year’s Nextcloud Enterprise Day, we are delighted to unveil a strong agenda, carefully curated to encompass a broad range of enterprise use cases. Our seasoned team of industry experts, along with our technology partners, including representatives from IONOS, and our dedicated in-house engineers, will be on hand to address your questions and provide invaluable insights.

This event represents a unique opportunity for attendees not only to contribute to the Nextcloud roadmap but also to understand the prominence of Nextcloud Hub as the premier suite for self-hosted collaboration.

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In this blog, we show you 9 most popular Nextcloud features, apps and functionalities that allow your government organization to come full circle and be digitally sovereign.

1. File Drop for End-to-End Encrypted folders

You may already use File Drop – the Nextcloud feature that allows your external personnel, clients and partners to easily upload files to a secure cloud folder through a hyperlink.

With the new Hub 4 (Nextcloud 26) release, File Drop now includes the option to upload into End-to-End Encrypted folders for increased security in your government organization. Receive confidential files in a secure, trustworthy way without worrying about security breaches. It’s simple, secure and a no fuss file exchange.

2. Persistent Versions

When using your Nextcloud Office in the cloud, you never have to worry about losing data if your computer suddenly shuts down or you accidentally exit your tab. That’s because of Nextcloud’s versions. Whenever you leave your work (intentional or not), the last copy will always save automatically and be available to revert back to.

With Hub 4, you are able to name versions so you can easily identify your copies and go back to them if or when needed. For example, you could name the first version of your document “original,” the second draft “Jane’s edit” or lastly “final draft.” Persistent versions are extremely beneficial when collaborating on a project, in confidential cases and for content writing. You can rest assured that any version created is saved as long as you want, and will never be deleted.

Name the version

Save version name

3. Shared mailboxes

Having a shared mailbox is an excellent tool for teams that have to cooperatively manage their communication. Shared mailboxes were developed for transparency, information sharing and inbox management.

The way shared mailboxes work so seamlessly is through ACLs or Access Control Lists. ACLs enable users to share their email folder with other users in the instance – without even sharing a username or password. ACLs even let you hide certain folders or mailboxes from other users, so just the primary inbox is shared.

There are many great use cases for shared mailboxes:

• IT support teams – users easily share the account and have access to all data
• Maternity leave or holiday replacements – the replacement user can take over the mailbox without the person temporarily leaving losing access
• Shared work roles – users can pick up work ad hoc and stay informed

4. Office template creation

Government offices often have lots of paperwork circulating for several different use cases. For example, immigration and housing forms. In Nextcloud Office, users have the ability to create customizable templates that can be used over and over again. Choose any font, style or format for your template and name it so it’s easily identifiable.

Templates can be created for documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Nextcloud Office.

5. File Retention

File retention is the ability to have control over if and/or when your files get deleted. For instance, if you’re working on a short-term, highly confidential project, it would be smart to have the files be deleted after a certain period of time. With file retention, you can set up these functionalities and rest assured that data you don’t want is permanently deleted.

File retention and deletion can also be controlled based on tags set manually or automatically, ensuring legal or practical requirements for the longevity of data lifespans can be enforced.

6. Nextcloud Tables: Microsoft SharePoint alternative

Nextcloud Tables is an on-premises, open source SharePoint lists alternative that lets customers track data that is relevant to their organization, such as expenses, projects or sales leads.

The built-in app enables customers to build, manage and work with data structures, putting together easy ‘apps’ and connecting them to various other components in Nextcloud for automation. The flexibility of Tables allows users to tailor the table to their specific needs.

Use the Smart Picker for Tables in Nextcloud Text

Example using Tables: Vacation Requests

Creating a table

List of your tables

Many organizations use Nextcloud Tables for privacy and compliance reasons.

7. File firewall

File firewall’s monitor who’s entering and leaving your documents and decides whether or not to allow or block specific traffic based on a defined set of rules.

In Nextcloud, sharing can be restricted through the file firewall, with the ability to filter on user properties like location or group, or file properties like (automatically or manually) assigned tags, file type and more.

8. Group folders

Nextcloud’s group folders app allows admins to create groups of users with special permissions. For instance, the admin can configure the users’s ability to write, share and delete documents within the folder as well as control how many gigabytes are used. The benefit of group folders is the level of control you have over your teams and the ability to scale up.

Especially for organizations or governments that value strict management and policies, group folders allow you to take full control over your data and be a digitally sovereign entity.

9. Nextcloud Office watermarking

Watermarking helps protect confidential information, like your assets or branding, and ensures the validity of a legal document.

In Nextcloud, you can easily enable watermarking in ‘secure view settings’ and customize them too with placeholders like, “confidential” or “copyrighted.” To create a simple workflow, you can create a tag that will automatically watermark your documents every time it’s used. When you open the watermarked document, you can see the date, time and user who accessed the file. Watch the video for a demo!

Nextcloud watermarking is available in Nextcloud Office (with Collabora Online) and ONLYOFFICE.

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We are happy to announce OVHcloud, a prominent leader in the European cloud services sector, as a sponsor for the forthcoming Nextcloud Enterprise Day. The event is slated for June 13, 2023, in the vibrant city of Munich, Germany.

OVHcloud’s rich experience and innovative solutions in cloud and bare metal services, rooted in a European approach to data sovereignty and commitment to open-source software and standards, align seamlessly with Nextcloud’s principles. This synergy enhances the collaborative value we offer to our customers.

About OVHcloud

OVHcloud’s mission is to provide a comprehensive suite of innovative cloud and bare metal solutions, embodying a distinctly European approach. They deliver their infrastructure to over a million global customers, while steadfastly upholding their core European values.

Our strategic partnership with OVHcloud has borne significant fruit. A testament to our successful collaboration was the showcasing of our latest release, Nextcloud Hub 4, at Cloud Expo Europe. This joint effort underscores our shared commitment to data sovereignty, fair competition, and robust data privacy and protection, enabling us to offer powerful, secure, and reliable solutions to our customers.

Through OVHcloud, customers can effortlessly acquire their own Nextcloud server. OVHcloud manages the server comprehensively, handling configuration and optimization for the best Nextcloud performance.

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2023 is a golden opportunity for IT professionals, project managers, and decision-makers to discuss evolving business demands and their implications on IT security. Our experts will be there to help you navigate the rapidly changing landscape, capitalizing on opportunities while mitigating the challenges presented by the cloud.

We have an enticing agenda on the cards, with business sessions encompassing a broad spectrum of enterprise use cases. Our team of experts, our technology partners – including representatives from OVHcloud, and our engineers will be available at info booths to answer your queries and provide deeper insights. Don’t miss this chance to influence the Nextcloud roadmap and gain a front-row seat to industry trends.

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One of those speakers is George Imrie from Nextcloud customer T-Systems – Deutsche Telekom’s business-customer IT affiliate. T-Systems is a digital transformation specialist, with operations in 20 countries worldwide.
In preparation for their talk at the Nextcloud Enteprise Day on June 13th, we asked them a few questions!

Could you introduce yourself and your organization?

“George Imrie, Delivery Lead and Product Manager for T-Systems Content Migration Services. T-Systems is part of Deutsche Telekom and is an international service provider for information technologies and digital transformation. Our team is a very small part of T-Systems based in Glasgow, Scotland and specialising in content transformation and migration. We have a software suite (called Vamosa Migration Architect) which allows large volumes of structured and unstructured data to be transformed and moved between one platform and another.”

Why did you choose Nextcloud at your organization?

“Deutsche Telekom chose Nextcloud’s Open Source software for their MagentaCLOUD file sharing platform and commissioned us to migrate all data in MagentaCLOUD from the legacy platform to Nextcloud.”

What is the key point you want to explain during the Enterprise Day?

“We will give an overview of how our Migration Architect software helped Deutsche Telekom with their MagentaCLOUD migration, as an example of how petabytes of data from another platform can be moved into a Nextcloud based collaboration platform, in a flexible way.”

Answers are from George Imrie, Delivery Lead and Product Manager, T-Systems Content Migration Services.

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Last week, Nextcoud CEO Frank Karlitschek appeared on one of Germany’s biggest public service TV broadcaster’s: ZDF. Watch the news item by ZDF here.

Interviewed in Nextcloud’s Berlin office, Frank explains the challenge the company faces up against big tech giants like Google and Microsoft.

Solutions like Nextcloud aren’t given fair opportunity in the marketplace due to these pre-installed packages that provide customers no choice.

The Digital Markets Act forges change

However, the EU wants to take action with the Digital Markets Act or DMA. Now applicable this May, the DMA aims to ensure that “gatekeeper” companies behave in a fair and transparent way online. Through limiting power and sanctions, no longer will Big Tech companies be able to force vendor lock-in and give unfair priority to their own services. For example, Apple will no longer be allowed to give preference to its own payment service in its App Store and Microsoft will no longer be allowed to pre-install its various services as a package.

Leading competition commissioner and politician Margrethe Vestager is fighting for fairer practices in the EU.

Through stricter rules, market investigations to regulate them and consequences like fines, hopefully gatekeeper companies will adhere and make the market more open.

Watch the news item by ZDF here.

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One of those speakers is Mr. Birkner from the State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training in Saxony-Anhalt (LISA) in Germany.

In preparation for his talk at the Nextcloud Enteprise Day on June 13th, we asked him a few questions!

Could you introduce yourself and LISA?

“My name is Achim Birkner and my job title is “Specialist for Digital Educational Services.” This role combines my background in educational research with system administration and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level user support. I manage together with my colleagues our Nextcloud cluster and speak to our teachers when they receive errors or have questions.

Nextcloud is one of our services that we offer within the teacher-portal www.bildung-lsa.de.

The quality of schools is the focus of the work of the State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Education in Saxony-Anhalt (LISA). The basis for this is the School Act of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the recommendations for action from the Education Convention on internal school reform and quality development for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, and the quality framework for school work, which applies to all types of schools. LISA sees itself as a central element of the support system for the schools in the state and is a partner and service provider for all those involved in school education processes.”

Could you explain why LISA choose to deploy Nextcloud?

“In 2017 LISA needed a reliable and GDPR compliant contender to Google Drive and Dropbox.”

What will be the key take-aways for people who listen to your talk at the Enterprise Day?

1. “How to implement Nextcloud into existing portals/communities.
2. How to make your life (not) complicated as a Nextcloud administrator.”

Answers are from Achim Birkner, Specialist for Digital Educational Services, Department: Digitality in School Education, State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training Saxony-Anhalt.

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One of those speakers is Ralf Sutorius, Lead Enterprise Architect at City of Cologne.

In preparation for their talk at Nextcloud Enterprise Day on June 13th, we asked their Lead Enterprise Architect, Ralf Sutorius, a few questions!

Could you introduce yourself and the IT at City of Cologne?

“I work as a Lead Enterprise Architect at the central IT service provider for the City of Cologne. With our 450 IT specialists, we operate two geo-redundant data centers, over 850 applications and support more than 20,000 users. Our mission is as follows: “We drive digitization of business processes and deliver best services for our users and citizens.”

Could you explain why the city chose to deploy Nextcloud?

“We are convinced that the future of applications is on the web. Netxcloud provides core web-based capabilities such as file services, office application integration, collaboration and information sharing. So we see Nextcloud Hub as a strategic component in a web-based workplace of the future, which furthermore supports our path to digital sovereignty as an open source product.”

What will be the key take-aways for people who listen to your talk at the Enterprise Day?

“Possible key take-aways are:

1. Why Nextcloud plays an important role for a web-based workplace
2. How to use and enrich Nextcloud
3. How we integrated OpenProject, an open source project management software and Kerberos based access to NAS-Filer.”

Answers are from Ralf Sutorius, Lead Enterprise Architect at the City of Cologne

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Nextcloud Enterprise allows users to integrate with various systems and tools to simplify users’ work processes and enhance their productivity. And now Nextcloud is excited to introduce its newest addition to the lineup: the Nextcloud Exchange Connector.

What is the Nextcloud Exchange Connector?

Developed in partnership with Sendent, the Nextcloud Exchange Connector provides bi-directional syncing with Microsoft Exchange. This new connector allows you to sync your contacts and agenda items between Nextcloud Enterprise and Microsoft (on-premises) or Microsoft 365 (cloud).

The connector integrates Microsoft’s proprietary contact and calendar formats with Nextcloud, by using the open standards CardDav (for contacts) and CalDav (for calendars). Initially, the focus is on ensuring bidirectional synchronization of personal agendas and contacts, while support for shared agendas and contacts will be implemented at a later stage.

Why use the Nextcloud Exchange Connector?

The Nextcloud Exchange Connector is designed to make your workflow more efficient and productive. Here are some of the key benefits you can enjoy with this new integration:

No more copying and pasting

If you use both Microsoft and Nextcloud Hub for your agendas and contacts, the Nextcloud Exchange Connector makes it easy to sync them seamlessly. This eliminates the need to manually copy and paste information, saving you time and effort.

Directly share files stored in Nextcloud with Outlook contacts

With the Nextcloud Exchange Connector, you can directly share files stored in Nextcloud Hub with your Outlook contacts. This makes collaboration even easier, as you can share files with just a few clicks.

Easily plan Nextcloud meetings with Outlook users

If you’re planning a meeting with colleagues who mainly use Outlook for their agenda, the Nextcloud Exchange Connector makes it easy to see their availability and plan the meeting. This is especially useful if you’re using Nextcloud Talk for video conferencing.

Offers an alternative to the Office experience

The Nextcloud Exchange Connector offers organizations an opportunity to leverage Nextcloud Hub while maintaining their familiarity with the Microsoft ecosystem, providing an alternative to the Office experience.

Sign up for the Nextcloud Exchange Connector beta

Sendent will make the Nextcloud Exchange Connector available for both Microsoft Exchange (on-premises) and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. This ensures that organizations can take advantage of this integration regardless of their current Microsoft environment.

You can still sign up for the beta program of the Nextcloud Exchange Connector Beta.

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