{"id":389147,"date":"2026-07-09T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/?post_type=case_studies&#038;p=389147"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:35:11","slug":"csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/","title":{"rendered":"How Spain&rsquo;s largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_placement=\u00a0\u00bbtop\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb2\/3&Prime; offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-xs-12&Prime;][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771510583594{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Executive Summary<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774361080748{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora-staging.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F11969863_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D66e1749a%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Dd21e22e9b458c66c\">\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F12048603_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D41fe5002%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D82ef5ae97b0fa382\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csic.es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas<\/a> (CSIC) needed a secure, collaborative information repository deployed on-premise to support its large network of thousands of researchers and massive datasets, while keeping sensitive research data fully under institutional control.<br \/>\nAfter evaluating a number of solutions, CSIC selected Nextcloud because of its open source foundation, active development ecosystem, and ability to deploy a fully sovereign collaboration platform within its existing research infrastructure.<br \/>\nThe research organization implemented a centralized research collaboration platform with Nextcloud Files, Talk, Groupware and ONLYOFFICE, integrated with a high-performance (HPC) storage infrastructure. This allows researchers to securely collaborate on large datasets generated by scientific projects.<br \/>\nToday, around 17,000 users collaborate through the platform, each with a 2 TB storage quota, which is in fact one of the largest allocations offered within Spanish public administration. As such, the system has become the organization\u2019s corporate repository for secure research collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner gap=\u00a0\u00bb10&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763417868790{padding-right: 1rem !important;padding-left: 1rem !important;background-color: #00A5FF00 !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_inner el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcenterMobile\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763666291871{padding-bottom: 2rem !important;background-color: #0082C9 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-xs-12&Prime;][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb352649&Prime; alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763442163567{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc-sep-logo\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbwhite-text case-study-blocks text-center\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h3>The main challenge<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;bulletList&quot;,{&quot;isList&quot;:true,&quot;bullet&quot;:&quot;-&quot;},&quot;listItem&quot;,{&quot;dir&quot;:&quot;ltr&quot;}]\">Fragmented research data across external tools, lacking sovereignty, scalability, and secure collaboration for thousands of users.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcenterMobile\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763666303211{padding-bottom: 2rem !important;background-color: #0082C9 !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb offset=\u00a0\u00bbvc_col-xs-12&Prime;][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb352853&Prime; alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763477444584{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc-sep-logo\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbwhite-text case-study-blocks text-center\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h3>Nextcloud Solution<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;bulletList&quot;,{&quot;isList&quot;:true,&quot;bullet&quot;:&quot;-&quot;},&quot;listItem&quot;,{&quot;dir&quot;:&quot;ltr&quot;}]\">Centralized on-premise Nextcloud platform enabling sovereign, scalable, and secure collaboration for thousands of researchers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365115861{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 0.5rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas \u2013 the core of Spain\u2019s scientific ecosystem<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1783614784796{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F12048603_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D41fe5002%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3D600d6c094b8fbfcd\">\n<p class=\"western\">CSIC is Spain\u2019s largest public research organization, with 16,000 employees and a network of 150 research institutes, centers and unitsacross Spain, playing a central role in the country\u2019s scientific ecosystem.<br \/>\nThe organization conducts research across a broad range of disciplines, including humanities, biology, agriculture, physics, materials science and chemistry. Which such a broad spectrum, it is no surprise that its mission is to advance scientific knowledge, foster innovation and transfer research results to industry and society.<br \/>\nCSIC manages major scientific infrastructure and collaborates internationally with research institutions and public organizations. The need to securely store and share the vast volumes of research data is something they couldn\u2019t compromise on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb419198&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bbfull\u00a0\u00bb add_caption=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365198786{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F12048603_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D41fe5002%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Dc9ced214af22225c\">\n<h2 class=\"western\">Breaking down the silos in scientific collaboration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774366863365{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbprocess-list\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F12048603_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D41fe5002%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Dc9ced214af22225c\">\n<p class=\"western\">As mentioned, the organization generates huge amounts of research data within its distributed network of institutes and laboratories. Additionally, researchers needed to collaborate across disciplines and locations while working with sensitive datasets.<br \/>\nBefore introducing Nextcloud, the organization faced several challenges, starting with file sharing. Researchers often relied on public cloud platforms, such as Dropbox or Google Drive, which meant that important and possibly sensitive data could end up scattered on several external services. Naturally, this created concerns related to transparency, control, security, regulatory compliance, institutional control over critical research data, and everything else that falls under data sovereignty.<br \/>\nCSIC had also previously used ownCloud, but the platform\u2019s development pace raised concerns about long-term requirements, scalability and being able to maintain a future-proof collaboration environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Essentially, the IT team was looking for a solution that could:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Run fully on-premise<\/li>\n<li>Ensure data sovereignty<\/li>\n<li>Support large volumes of research data<\/li>\n<li>Enable collaboration between thousands of researchers<\/li>\n<li>Integrate with high-performance storage systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365539015{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Building the platform behind scientific collaboration<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365605849{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbprocess-list\u00a0\u00bb]CSIC implemented Nextcloud as its corporate collaboration and file sharing platform, deployed on-premise.<br \/>\nThe deployment included several key products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nextcloud Files for secure file storage and sharing<\/li>\n<li>Nextcloud Talk for communication and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Nextcloud Groupware for productivity tools<\/li>\n<li>ONLYOFFICE integration for document editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The platform was integrated with IBM high-performance storage infrastructure using the GPFS file system, allowing the system to handle large datasets produced by research projects.<br \/>\nThe implementation timeline was approximately two years, gradually onboarding users and integrating the system into the CSIC existing infrastructure.<br \/>\nThe effort resulted in a centralized platform that enables researchers within the full scientific ecosystem to collaborate and keep sensitive information fully under the institution\u2019s control.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365644991{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Evidence of a scalable research platform<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1783614901581{margin-bottom: 1rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-origin\" data-coolorigin=\"https%3A%2F%2Fcollabora.nextcloud.com%2Fcool%2Fclipboard%3FWOPISrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fcloud.nextcloud.com%252Findex.php%252Fapps%252Frichdocuments%252Fwopi%252Ffiles%252F12048603_ocmk9xspynvl%26ServerId%3D41fe5002%26ViewId%3D4%26Tag%3Dc655131aa870c8e8\">\n<p class=\"western\">Today, the extensive research network of 17,000 users collaborate using Nextcloud, the corporate information repository for CSIC. Researchers no longer rely on external cloud services, but instead enjoy a secure and user-friendly environment.<br \/>\nOther key outcomes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"western\">17,000 users onboarded across the organization<\/li>\n<li class=\"western\">2 TB storage quota per user, one of the largest in Spanish public administration<\/li>\n<li class=\"western\">35% increase in platform usage in the past year, demonstrating increasing acceptance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\">Additionally, the active development, guided by users\u2019 needs, of Nextcloud, ensures that new capabilities and improvements continue to be introduced regularly. This gives the CSIC confidence that the platform will keep evolving and support their long-term infrastructure needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771511771216{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 0.5rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbcustom\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbalign_left\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2&Prime; el_width=\u00a0\u00bb20&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb accent_color=\u00a0\u00bb#0082c9&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_separator_line\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774365783738{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]For research institutions, a secure and sovereign collaboration is essential to manage sensitive information and large volumes of data generated across distributed teams. By deploying an open-source platform like Nextcloud, organizations can centralize file sharing and collaboration with full control over their data, helping institutions meet strict regulatory requirements and ensure compliance.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn use_svg_icon=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb title=\u00a0\u00bbStart instant trial\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb i_align=\u00a0\u00bbright\u00a0\u00bb i_icon_fontawesome=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771512691838{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;background-color: #0082C900 !important;}\u00a0\u00bb add_icon=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbbtn-main\u00a0\u00bb link=\u00a0\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fnextcloud.com%2Finstant-trial%2F|title:Try%20Nextcloud%20now|target:_blank|\u00a0\u00bb svg_icon_id=\u00a0\u00bb342796&Prime;][vc_row_inner content_placement=\u00a0\u00bbtop\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763674865500{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 1rem !important;padding-bottom: 1rem !important;background-color: #DBEDF7 !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbborderRadius boxShadow centerMobile\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_inner width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763532490411{padding-top: 1rem !important;padding-bottom: 1rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb357743&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bbmedium\u00a0\u00bb alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb style=\u00a0\u00bbvc_box_rounded\u00a0\u00bb onclick=\u00a0\u00bbcustom_link\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1770615441439{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb link=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/nextcloud.com\/blog\/event\/getting-started-nextcloud-enterprise\/?ref=sorbonne-case-study\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbw100&Prime;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\u00a0\u00bb2\/3&Prime; css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763500680460{padding-top: 1rem !important;padding-bottom: 1rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcase-study-webinar-cta\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p class=\"nc_text_as_separator\">LIVE WEBINAR<\/p>\n<h5>Get started with Nextcloud Enterprise<\/h5>\n<p>Join our upcoming live webinar to learn more about the Nextcloud Enterprise platform, its benefits, use cases, and deployment options \u2014 and get your questions answered directly by a Nextcloud expert.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn use_svg_icon=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb title=\u00a0\u00bbSave your seat\u00a0\u00bb i_align=\u00a0\u00bbright\u00a0\u00bb i_icon_fontawesome=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771513457574{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb add_icon=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbbtn-main white-text\u00a0\u00bb link=\u00a0\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fnextcloud.com%2Fblog%2Fevent%2Fgetting-started-nextcloud-enterprise%2F|title:Getting%20started%20with%20Nextcloud%20Enterprise|target:_blank|\u00a0\u00bb svg_icon_id=\u00a0\u00bb342796&Prime;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime; el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcase-study-sidebar\u00a0\u00bb][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb389187&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bbmedium\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcenterMobile\u00a0\u00bb]<span class=\"nc_text_as_separator\">Client<\/span><br \/>\nConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1774366406955{margin-bottom: 2rem !important;padding-bottom: 2rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbnc_list_premises\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Industry<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch and Development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Country<\/strong><br \/>\nSpain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"nc_iconbox feature_iconbox centerMobile \"><div class=\"link_replacement no_scroll\"><div class=\"iconbox_container  no-link\"><div class=\"icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2025\/10\/users.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Users\" \/><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"title_and_description\"><h4 class=\"title\">17,000 users<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nc_iconbox feature_iconbox centerMobile \"><div class=\"link_replacement no_scroll\"><div class=\"iconbox_container  no-link\"><div class=\"icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nc-hub-icons-square.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"nc-hub-icons-square\" \/><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"title_and_description\"><h4 class=\"title\">Solution<\/h4><div class=\"description\">Nextcloud Hub<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nc_iconbox feature_iconbox centerMobile \"><div class=\"link_replacement no_scroll\"><div class=\"iconbox_container  no-link\"><div class=\"icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2025\/10\/server.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"server\" \/><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"title_and_description\"><h4 class=\"title\">Deployment type<\/h4><div class=\"description\">On-premises<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner content_placement=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb el_id=\u00a0\u00bbcta-contact\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbcta-contact nc-section-gradient-bg white-text case-study-cta\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763531298550{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_inner css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763531101973{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb352973&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bbfull\u00a0\u00bb alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1763531900582{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771511918859{padding-right: 1rem !important;padding-left: 1rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbwhite-text\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">See how Nextcloud Hub works for your organization.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn use_svg_icon=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb title=\u00a0\u00bbStart instant trial\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb i_align=\u00a0\u00bbright\u00a0\u00bb i_icon_fontawesome=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1771511939956{padding-right: 1rem !important;padding-bottom: 1rem !important;padding-left: 1rem !important;}\u00a0\u00bb add_icon=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb el_class=\u00a0\u00bbbtn-white\u00a0\u00bb link=\u00a0\u00bburl:https%3A%2F%2Fnextcloud.com%2Finstant-trial%2F|title:Try%20Nextcloud%20now\u00a0\u00bb svg_icon_id=\u00a0\u00bb342796&Prime;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s largest public research organization, CSIC, replaced fragmented cloud tools with a centralized Nextcloud platform. By deploying an on-premise, sovereign collaboration environment, they enabled 17,000 researchers to securely share and work on large datasets while maintaining full control over sensitive research data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":389194,"template":"single-case_studies-fullwidth.php","tags":[401,518],"class_list":["post-389147","case_studies","type-case_studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-public-sector","tag-spain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Spain&#039;s largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Spain&#039;s largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spain\u2019s largest public research organization, CSIC, replaced fragmented cloud tools with a centralized Nextcloud platform. By deploying an on-premise, sovereign collaboration environment, they enabled 17,000 researchers to securely share and work on large datasets while maintaining full control over sensitive research data.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nextcloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nextclouders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T16:35:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Case-study-images-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Spain's largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/c\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Case-study-images-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T14:11:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-09T16:35:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/c\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Case-study-images-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/c\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Case-study-images-2.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/reussites-clients\\\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Spain&#8217;s largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nextcloud\",\"description\":\"Regain control over your data\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nextcloud\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/c\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/nextcloud-logo-blue-transparent.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/c\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/nextcloud-logo-blue-transparent.svg\",\"width\":\"1024\",\"height\":\"1024\",\"caption\":\"Nextcloud\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextcloud.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Nextclouders\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nextclouders\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/10827569\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/nextcloud\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nextclouders\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Spain's largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Spain's largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud","og_description":"Spain\u2019s largest public research organization, CSIC, replaced fragmented cloud tools with a centralized Nextcloud platform. By deploying an on-premise, sovereign collaboration environment, they enabled 17,000 researchers to securely share and work on large datasets while maintaining full control over sensitive research data.","og_url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/","og_site_name":"Nextcloud","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nextclouders\/","article_modified_time":"2026-07-09T16:35:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Case-study-images-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/","url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/","name":"How Spain's largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud - Nextcloud","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Case-study-images-2.png","datePublished":"2026-07-09T14:11:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-09T16:35:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Case-study-images-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Case-study-images-2.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/reussites-clients\/csic-sovereign-research-collaboration-nextcloud\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Spain&#8217;s largest public research organization (CSIC) built a sovereign research collaboration platform with Nextcloud"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/","name":"Nextcloud","description":"Regain control over your data","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#organization","name":"Nextcloud","url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nextcloud-logo-blue-transparent.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/c\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nextcloud-logo-blue-transparent.svg","width":"1024","height":"1024","caption":"Nextcloud"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nextclouders\/","https:\/\/x.com\/nextclouders","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10827569\/","https:\/\/youtube.com\/nextcloud","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nextclouders\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_studies\/389147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_studies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_studies"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_studies\/389147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419249,"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_studies\/389147\/revisions\/419249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}