À la veille de l’Open Source Experience, nous vous invitons au Nextcloud Enterprise Day Paris, l’événement phare de Nextcloud dédié aux professionnels. Une après midi d’échanges, de networking, de présentations inspirantes, et d’annonces exclusives vous attendent, avec des leaders de l’open source et des experts en solutions collaboratives.

Des keynotes inspirantes et une annonce exclusive Nextcloud Talk

L’Enterprise Day Paris commencera avec une keynote de notre PDG et fondateur Frank Karlitschek, un moment fort où il partagera notre vision de l’avenir de la collaboration en ligne, suivie d’une annonce majeure concernant Nextcloud Talk ! Ce sera l’occasion d’en apprendre plus sur nos dernières innovations et de poser toutes vos questions directement à Frank et à l’équipe Nextcloud.

Découvrez ensuite des témoignages inspirants de clients et partenaires, qui partageront leurs succès et retours d’expérience concrets avec Nextcloud. Ces échanges, en anglais et en français, seront une belle occasion d’explorer les bénéfices de Nextcloud dans des contextes variés.

Un espace Networking pour échanger avec nos experts

En parallèle, notre espace networking vous permettra de rencontrer et d’échanger avec des partenaires, des experts Nextcloud, ainsi que de découvrir nos sponsors, prêts à vous conseiller et à répondre à toutes vos questions.

Rejoignez-nous pour un lancement en avant-première de Nextcloud Talk « Paris« , marquant une nouvelle direction audacieuse pour notre plateforme de chat et de vidéoconférence.

Pourquoi participer au Nextcloud Enterprise Day?

Nextcloud Enteprise Day Paris n’est pas un simple rendez-vous de réseautage – c’est un moyen d’apprendre des succès de vos pairs, d’échanger votre expérience et de vous entretenir avec les ingénieurs concepteurs de notre plateforme collaborative, ainsi qu’avec des professionnels de l’industrie partageant les mêmes valeurs.

L’expérience Nextcloud Enterprise Day comprend :

• Des informations sur la feuille de route Nextcloud et une présentation exclusives de la prochaine mise à jour majeure – Nextcloud Talk!
• Une plongée en profondeur dans les nouvelles fonctionnalités et les améliorations qui vous permettront de dynamiser votre instance.
• L’IA dans Nextcloud : les développements les plus demandés et les dernières fonctionnalités pour améliorer votre plateforme.
• Des études de cas réels présentés par les utilisateurs eux-mêmes de Nextcloud issus de divers secteurs d’activité et de différents types d’entreprises.
• Explorer les stratégies d’optimisation de votre plateforme pour une performance optimale avec la direction de Nextcloud.
• Une rencontre conviviale avec des pairs, des leaders de l’industrie et des experts pour élargir votre réseau et favoriser les collaborations.
• Questions et réponses exclusives et rencontre avec les dirigeants de Nextcloud.

Nextcloud Talk fait escale à Paris

L’événement se tiendra à l’Espace La Rochefoucauld, un lieu moderne et accessible, en plein cœur de Paris. Situé à quelques pas des grands axes, cet espace offre un cadre parfait pour découvrir les dernières innovations de Nextcloud Talk. Un endroit idéal pour des échanges riches et inspirants, dans une ville qui incarne à la fois tradition et avant-garde.

Points forts du programme

Le Nextcloud Enterprise Day Paris aura lieu le mardi 3 décembre 2024. Le programme principal s’étend de 13h30 à 18h00 CET avec des pauses régulières pour se rafraîchir et réseauter.

La journée se prolongera par un Cocktail décontracté. Le programme indicatif ci-dessous sera mis à jour régulièrement sur la page consacrée au Nextcloud Enterprise Day Paris.

13:00	Accueil des participants, café et thé de bienvenue. Rencontrez nos partenaires et nos experts Nextcloud.
13:30	Bienvenue : Présentation de Nextcloud par Frank Karlitschek, PDG et fondateur de Nextcloud.
14:00	Connecter un Demi-Million de personne avec Leviia et Nextcloud, William Meauzoone, Co-fondateur Leviia
14:20	Nextcloud basé sur MariaDB : Une solution évolutive et hautement disponible, Sebastien Giraud, Ingénieur Logiciel chez MariaDB
14:40	Pause et réseautage
15:10	Nextcloud Talk Keynote
15:40	EUniWell adopte Nextcloud en mode SaaS avec TAS Cloud Services pour la collaboration à distance de ses 11 Universités Européennes, Youssef Araqi Houssaini et Matthieu Charton.
16:00	Bridging Nextcloud with Microsoft via Sendent, Richard Marx, Co-founder at Sendent
16:20	Pause et réseautage
16:50	Libérez vos Documents, Car Méven, Ingénieur Logiciel chez Collabora
17:10	Ayming : « Nextcloud un remplaçant de SharePoint dans le secteur privé », Xavier Quilliet, Chief Information Officer at Ayming and Guy-Christian Facia, Free software consultant at Arawa
17:30	Présentation des solutions XWiki et de leur intégration dans Nextcloud, Clément Aubin, Directeur des Ventes chez Xwiki
18:00 21:00	Cocktails

Nos sponsors et partenaires pour l’événement

Nous sommes très heureux de pouvoirs compter sur des sponsors de confiance: MariaDB, Arawa, IONOS, Leviia, et TAS Cloud Services. Venez à leur rencontre pour découvrir leurs offres et comprendre comment ils renforcent l’écosystème Nextcloud.

Réservez votre place dès maintenant pour ne rien manquer de l’Enterprise Day Paris.

Plus que quelques places disponibles.

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Nextcloud has been recognized with the World Summit Award Germany in the Government & Citizen Engagement category. WSA selects and promotes local digital innovation improving society, aiming to contribute to the United Nations’ agenda of sustainable development goals. In addition, Nextcloud is shortlisted for the World Summit Awards on a global level. The winners will be announced in January 2025.

What this award means for Nextcloud

The digital collaboration platform has been recognized for excelling in data sovereignty and giving customers and users control over their data. Nextcloud builds an open source platform for people to store their files, chat and videoconference, manage calendars, emails and more, that is not run by a single entity. Using a web interface and mobile apps, users don’t have to hand over their data to anybody else. Users, companies and governments can use Nextcloud software to build their own clouds, in a very easy way. And – hundreds of thousands have.

Data is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of companies. This is not good for society – especially with the rise of AI. Privacy is the foundation of democracy and society does not function well if all communication and collaboration is mediated by a few democratically unaccountable entities.

Frank Karlitschek

Founder and CEO of Nextcloud

Digital sovereignty for millions of users

Nextcloud is deeply rooted in the open source community and has become the most popular self-hosted alternative to the collaboration platforms of big tech companies. There are an estimated 500,000 servers on the internet running Nextcloud, some of these with millions of users. We do not track users but estimate to have between 25 and 50 million users in total.

For the business side, besides companies and other organzations, more than 600 EU institutions, federal and state ministries, as well as city and local governments globally rely on Nextcloud, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Serbia, Canada, Australia, Brazil and the USA. The most popular self-hosted collaboration solution for 2 million users in the public sector and tens of millions of users overall around the globe.

To help the German public sector digitalise their services for citizens, Nextcloud has rolled out several efforts. Latest example is the launch of Nextcloud Flow, the first fully open source, integrated process automation platform.

WSA awards digital solutions with impact on society

The World Summit Awards (WSA) aim to promote the best digital solutions with impact on society. It is a non-monetary award system with a focus on sustainable knowledge transfer through a worldwide network. The award was launched in 2003 and aims to contribute to the United Nations’ agenda of sustainable development goals by recognizing local digital content with societal impact and showcasing the wealth and diversity of innovative applications.

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About the updates

The updates include a number of important bug fixes and performance optimization, as well as other improvements in all supported Nextcloud Hub versions. You can find the full changelog on our website.

Updates are available for:

• Nextcloud Hub 7 (version 28.0.12)
• Nextcloud Hub 8 (version 29.0.9)
• Nextcloud Hub 9 (version 30.0.2)

Nextcloud Hub 9 is our latest and greatest!

Nextcloud Hub 9 lets you stay connected like never before: federated calls, auto-magic with Nextcloud Flow, collaboration through a new medium with Nextloud Whiteboard, a big design redo and much more!

What’s new in Nextcloud Hub 9:

• Federation: Edit documents and have video calls with users from other Nextcloud servers!
• Automate and digitalize enterprise processes
• Brand new design improvements
• New Whiteboard app
• AI reminders & summaries in Mail
• PDF templates and form API
• Chat UI for Nextcloud Assistant

Get Nextcloud Hub 9

Download and install Nextcloud Hub 9 here!

Get Hub 9

Always keep your server up to date!

Nextcloud’s minor releases primarily focus on addressing security vulnerabilities and functionality bugs, avoiding major system overhauls that could jeopardize user data. Keeping your server up to date is vital, and our approach to testing and validation ensures that upgrading to minor releases is generally smooth and reliable.

For mission-critical Nextcloud systems in enterprise settings, consider switching to Nextcloud Enterprise. The tier provides you with ultimate deployment confidence: direct access to the Nextcloud engineering team, full assistance throughout deployment and integration, and peace of mind for system administrators. If you’re responsible for maintaining Nextcloud in your setting, this option may be the ideal solution for you.

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One week is left until Nextcloud Enterprise day, and good things come to those who wait! As you are planning your trip to Frankfurt, we are happy to announce an amazing talk by Dr. Frank Dengler.

• Speaker: Frank Dengler, CEO and founder of audriga
• Title: Migrating from SharePoint to Nextcloud: What we’ve learned

Transitioning the organization’s collaborative environment from SharePoint to Nextcloud is a complex project, successfully undertaken by organizations like Swiss Bank and the Schleswig-Holstein state administration. How exactly do you make such a migration both achievable and efficient? Dr. Dengler argues that a well-prepared and structured approach is key to a successful migration, and he is going to share some of his insights in this special session.

Join Nextcloud Enterprise Day on November 6 in Frankfurt, Germany. Register today!

About the speaker

audriga is a globally recognized expert in email, groupware, and storage migration. They support companies of all sizes, including hosting providers and telcos, with white-label self-service solutions for customer onboarding and large-scale platform migrations involving millions of user accounts. audriga can migrate almost any type of data, such as files, contacts, calendar, tasks, metadata, and settings, between virtually any systems — including migrations from SharePoint to Nextcloud.

Frank Dengler is a co-founder and currently serve as the CEO of audriga. His professional journey began at Intel, where he worked as a consultant in the server and data center division. He holds an interdisciplinary degree in Information Engineering and Management, as well as a PhD in Knowledge Management, both from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

audriga chose Nextcloud because we noticed a growing demand from customers seeking a strong alternative to SharePoint. Nextcloud stands out as a great option, not only for its robust file management capabilities but also for its additional features like collaboration tools, integrated apps, and data control, making it a comprehensive solution beyond just file storage.

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

Nextcloud Enterprise Day is our top event of the year for business leaders, decision-makers, and project managers to achieve their goals with Nextcloud.

From customer presentations and success stories to networking opportunities and access to management, sales, marketing, and engineering teams, you’re bound to walk away with new information, techniques, and inspiration.

The upcoming edition takes place at the spectacular Radisson Blu hotel in Frankfurt, Germany on November 6.

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Today, the Open Source Initiative has released its first official definition of Open Source AI. This is an important milestone. Let me explain why.

Why Open Source matters

The key tenet of open source is is that it puts the user in control. Software is ever growing in complexity and importance in our society. Software is how we do our work, how we communicate, how we pay, how we access information. When software is a black box, subject to subtle (or not so much) manipulation, users are at risk.

Risks of AI

AI brings these risks to an entirely new level. Not only because it makes decisions that are often entirely intransparent, but also because its easy, human like interface often lulls users to trust it far more than deserved.

The big AI firms have done their level best to ensure the attention of the public around risks with AI were aimed at existential, contrived notions akin to Skynet, the AI in the movie series Terminator, scenarios where AI would take over the world. In reality, the risks associated with AI are far more mundane. Surveillance, bias, explosive energy usage and job losses are the concerns we should focus on.

Need for control

And, just like with software, what matters is control. Who controls the AI, who makes decisions about what it can and can’t do, what goes in and what does not. With control, we can address the real risks of AI. Without control, we can simply hope that the billion dollar companies do the right thing.

They haven’t in the past. So we need Open Source AI. AI that that gives users the ability to study and modify the AI models that govern their lives.

Nextcloud Ethical AI Rating

Nextcloud gave this a first shot in March 2023, when we launched our Ethical AI Rating. A simple traffic light would show with green/yellow/orange/red if a given AI model was freely available, if its data was publicly available and if the code needed to run and train it was open source. This way we help users make an informed decision without restricting their choice of models and features.

Users of AI solutions deserve transparency and control, which is why we introduced our Ethical AI rating in early 2023. Now, we see big tech firms trying to hijack the term open source AI. We fully endorse the creation of a clear definition of open source AI by the community to protect users and the market.

Frank Karlitschek

CEO and fouder of Nextcloud

The wider open source community has picked up the gauntlet as well, and after extensive consultation with the community, today the OSI has announced an official definition of Open Source AI. This will help users, from private users, to governments, research institutes, hospitals and businesses, to make decisions what systems they can trust.

So, today, It is a first step in a journey and we are glad to be a part of it. Nextcloud has formally endorsed the definition, even if we think there is room for improvement. We will use it as a basis for our Ethical AI Rating. Our rating is a bit more granular and also more critical in some areas – for example, when it comes to data, we believe it should be always fully available – and thus, for now, we will keep using it, as it fits the use cases of our users more.

We look forward to your input, both on the OSI definition – on the road to a 2.0 – and on our AI rating.

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HKN GmbH has joined the Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 sponsor lineup, and we couldn’t be more excited!

The event will be held on November 6 in Frankfurt, Germany, and we can’t wait to see you there! As a long-standing partner of Nextcloud, HKN is absolutely thrilled to support the event and promote the importance of data sovereignty and open-source solutions.

Register today to secure your seat!

About HKN

Since 1996, HKN GmbH has been a top provider of open-source solutions for businesses. It operates its own OpenStack cloud to serve the needs of demanding clients, and it’s been doing an amazing job! One of the best things about HKN is our ability to tailor Nextcloud environments to fit each customer’s unique infrastructure and requirements perfectly. This flexibility has made HKN a trusted partner across various sectors, from financial institutions to healthcare organisations – and we’re proud to have earned the trust of so many great clients.

Together with Nextcloud, HKN have had great success implementing a whole range of projects. These include Nextcloud for teachers in Luxembourg, platforms for financial institutions and tailored solutions for healthcare organisations.

HKN GmbH prioritize data sovereignty and run their own cloud infrastructure entirely on open-source solutions. HKN GmbH makes a considerable contribution to helping organisations avoid vendor lock-in and maintain full control over their data.

HKN GmbH can’t wait to join the event with their team on-site to share expertise and engage with attendees. The Nextcloud Enterprise Day is a fantastic opportunity to connect with forward-thinking leaders in the IT industry and gain insights into the latest developments surrounding Nextcloud.

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

Nextcloud Enterprise Day is our top event of the year for business leaders, decision-makers, and project managers to achieve their goals with Nextcloud.

From customer presentations and success stories to networking opportunities and access to management, sales, marketing, and engineering teams, you’re bound to walk away with new information, techniques, and inspiration.

The upcoming edition takes place at the spectacular Radisson Blu hotel in Frankfurt, Germany. Early Bird tickets are limited.

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MariaDB becomes a new sponsor of the Nextcloud Enterprise Day in Frankfurt on November 6.

A provider of leading open-source database solutions, MariaDB makes data easier to access and lets users focus on growing their business while being confident in their database’s resilience. A long-standing partnership between Nextcloud and MariaDB enables scalability and high availability of solutions for Nextcloud customers. We are proud to welcome MariaDB as a sponsor of the most important event for Nextcloud’s enterprise users.

Nextcloud Enterprise Day takes place on November 6 in Frankfurt, Germany. Register today to secure your spot!

About MariaDB

MariaDB seeks to eliminate the constraints and complexity of proprietary databases, enabling organizations to reinvest in what matters most – rapidly developing innovative, customer-facing applications. Enterprises can depend on a single complete database for all their needs, that can be deployed in minutes for transactional, analytical or hybrid use cases. 

Trusted by organizations such as Deutsche Bank, DBS Bank, Red Hat, ServiceNow and Samsung – MariaDB delivers customer value without the financial burden of legacy database providers.

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

Nextcloud Enterprise Day is our top event of the year for business leaders, decision-makers, and project managers to achieve their goals with Nextcloud.

From customer presentations and success stories to networking opportunities and access to management, sales, marketing, and engineering teams, you’re bound to walk away with new information, techniques, and inspiration.

The upcoming edition takes place at the spectacular Radisson Blu hotel in Frankfurt, Germany. Early Bird tickets are limited.

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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).

With AI based tools in Nextcloud, we were able to close an automation gap that we weren’t able to close with rule-based automations. Implementing AI-based microservices into the ecosystem of Nextcloud, and following Nextcloud’s very good AI strategy, we were able to implement something that is perfect for an organization like Schleswig-Holstein.

Sven Thomsen

CIO of Schleswig-Holstein

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.

Episode Links

• Welcome to Schleswig-Holstein – schleswig-holstein.de
• Sven Thomsen – Mastodon Schleswig-Holstein
• Nextcloud Flow: Automate your business processes
• Introducing Nextcloud Hub 9 – Federation, Data Automation and more!
• Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 – November 6 in Frankfurt
• Nextcloud Enterprise Day speaker spotlight: Felix Gebauer from Schleswig-Holstein
• Nextcloud Spotlight: German state Schleswig-Holstein’s 40k public administrators embrace Nextcloud
• German state & Nextcloud build digitally sovereign AI for public sector
• Webinar: Schleswig-Holstein and Nextcloud collaborate on a sovereign workplace

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We are excited to announce SpaceNet as a sponsor of the Nextcloud Enterprise Day taking place on November 6 in Frankfurt, Germany!

With a track record extending over three decades, SpaceNet is now a leading provider of private, sovereign infrastructure solutions in Germany. As a Nextcloud Gold Partner, SpaceNet delivers a comprehensive range of Nextcloud hosting solutions. These services meet many business demands, from highly standardized cloud services ready for immediate use, to customized installations uniquely tailored to individual client requirements.

Positioned in the heart of Munich, Germany, SpaceNet’s data centers are at the forefront of managed Nextcloud offerings. This strategic location not only aligns with the stringent European data protection standards but also reinforces the commitment to providing robust security, supreme efficiency, and complete control over your data.

Register for the Nextcloud Enterprise Day today to secure your spot!

About SpaceNet

SpaceNet is a Munich-based provider of managed services and data center solutions that prioritizes security and performance while strongly aligning with GDPR standards and principles. In acknowledgment of the distinct challenges each business faces, SpaceNet offers customized solutions tailored to the unique needs of their clients. SpaceNet has earned the trust of industry leaders such as MVV, Utopia.de, and Antenne Bayern, a testament to the commitment to excellence and innovation in IT solutions.

Providing secure hosting in Germany, SpaceNet contributes to the initiative to build a digitally sovereign European IT. A Gold Partner of Nextcloud, SpaceNet expands its offering with powerful capabilities of Nextcloud. Nextcloud is also a part of Zamadama, the self-service collaboration platform by SpaceNet. Managed Nextcloud is offered both as an immediately available standardised cloud solution and as a customised installation to fit individual requirements. 

About Nextcloud Enterprise Day

Nextcloud Enterprise Day is our top event of the year for business leaders, decision-makers, and project managers to achieve their goals with Nextcloud.

From customer presentations and success stories to networking opportunities and access to management, sales, marketing, and engineering teams, you’re bound to walk away with new information, techniques, and inspiration.

The upcoming edition takes place at the spectacular Radisson Blu hotel in Frankfurt, Germany. Early Bird tickets are limited.

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Nextcloud has been awarded Platinum at the IT Awards 2024! This proves once again that love and support of our community is everything. Today, we celebrate this win together!

This recognition, decided by thousands of IT professionals, reflects the trust that our community places in us. It’s an incredible acknowledgment of our efforts to provide a secure, open-source, and flexible platform.

The IT Awards, hosted by Vogel IT Media, celebrate outstanding IT solutions across various categories. Being recognized in this highly competitive contest is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team.

At Nextcloud, our mission is to enable individuals and organizations to regain control of their data through solutions that prioritize data sovereignty and privacy. Winning the Platinum Award strengthens our commitment to this vision, showing that our approach resonates with users and professionals alike.

We are deeply grateful to our community, partners, and customers for their continued support. Your trust drives us to keep innovating and delivering solutions that meet the evolving demands of modern digital collaboration. We look forward to continuing this journey together, building a more open and secure digital future.

You can read a full overview of the winners in this article (in German).

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