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Amnesty International Spain protects the data of 2.3k activists with Nextcloud Enterprise 🕊️

“We love the independence Nextcloud Hub gives. We have the opportunity to choose.”

Download the case study to learn more:

https://nextcloud.com/blog/amnesty-international-in-spain-case-study/

Nextcloud recognized with World Summit Award Germany 🏆

We’re honoured to receive the award in the Government & Citizen Engagement category for enabling organizations to regain control over their data.

Read more:
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-recognized-with-world-summit-award-germany/

Federation: Collaborate without compromise! 🌏

Nextcloud Hub 9 introduces federated video calls, enabling meetings across Nextcloud instances while keeping your data private.

Let's champion decentralization & interoperability together! 🦾

#Nextcloud #Federation

https://nextcloud.com/blog/federation-a-foundational-concept-for-digital-sovereignty/

🎨 Visually brainstorm ideas and collaborate on projects with Nextcloud Whiteboard!

Collaborate in real-time with friends & colleagues on beautiful hand-drawn diagrams, project plans and more... get creative! 👩🏽🎨

#NextcloudWhiteboard #Collaboration

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-whiteboard/

🎙️ Constanze Kurz: Snowden, mass surveillance & the future of digital policy in Europe

Special guest Constanze Kurz discusses mass surveillance, data protection, predictive policing & platform capitalism on the Nextcloud Podcast!

#Netzpolitik #Snowden

https://youtu.be/veqaibJ4K1I

The EU's DMA vs Apple:

Digital rights darling Cory Doctorow and the @eff explore today's software interoperability landscape and the importance of our software freedoms.

Software freedom and a more open, democratic internet matters!

#softwareFreedom @fsfe @pluralistic

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-apple-let-users-choose-their-software-apple-nah

🎙️ A decade of government open source adoption: Schleswig-Holstein's open source journey!

Listen to CIO Sven Thomsen share lessons from Munich, "hidden champions" of #opensource & Nextcloud's central role: from data automation to open source AI.

@landesregierung @CIO

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-in-government-insights-from-sven-thomsen-schleswig-holsteins-cio/

Today the OSI @osi has released it's 1.0 specification for Open Source AI 😍

While the definition isn't perfect, we think some kind of base line is much needed and we thank everybody who contributed to the effort. See our blog for more thoughts!

https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-source-ai-is-here/

🎙️ A decade of open source: German state Schleswig-Holstein's path to digital sovereignty 🇩🇪

In this Nextcloud Podcast: Sven Thomsen, Schleswig-Holstein's @CIO shares their journey to #opensource adoption: from lessons learned in Munich, to Nextcloud's central role in collaboration, AI, and OZG adoption. And wise words of advice for IT in the Public Sector...

European digital sovereignty: from #opensource to Nextcloud!

#OpenSourceEurope #OpenInnovation @landesregierung

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-in-government-insights-from-sven-thomsen-schleswig-holsteins-cio/

Nextcloud Hub 9 is here! 🚀

Introducing federated video calls, Nextcloud Whiteboard, process automation engine Nextcloud Flow, a more natural Nextcloud AI Assistant, ... and so much more!

Collaboration, #decentralization, #datasovereignty & #privacy! ✨

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub9/

Digital whiteboards for two, ten, or 50 people to collaborate over a video call? Try with Nextcloud Whiteboard! 🎨

Read a guide to our new app that lets you sketch and present your ideas with a variety of visual tools in an infinite collaborative space.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-whiteboard/

Installing Nextcloud on Ubuntu 24.04!

JayTheLinuxGuy shares an updated tutorial exploring how to host your own Nextcloud on your favorite VPS 🚀

👩🏼💻 A great weekend project!

#selfhosted #datasovereignty #degoogle

https://youtu.be/fpr37FJSgrw

📢 3 years after our complaint the German antitrust agency (Bundeskartellamt) has decided that, yes, Microsoft is a big tech gate keeper.

Next step - they are going to supervise them. Maybe some day investigate.

Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to block competition. Even big tech firms like Google and Salesforce complained - and, interestingly, their complaints did result in relatively swift action from the European antitrust agencies.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/germany-recognises-microsoft-as-tech-giant/

Our new Nextcloud Hub 9 is live! 🎉

From federated video calling and chat, to new designs and dynamic backgrounds, full mobile sync folders, and more!

Available to install immediately with updates rolling out now - stay tuned!

#decentralized #federation
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub9/

Feeling grateful and excited ✨

Thank you for being a part of #NextcloudConf24! 🙏

Today has been truly unforgettable 💙

🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who traveled to be with us

🎉 A special shoutout to our speakers and contributors

🎉 And of course, thanks to all who joined us online

🎉Kudos to the incredible team who made this event possible

See you tomorrow at 9 AM for Day 2! 🌟

What an incredible talk! 🙌

Huge thanks to Constanze Kurz for sharing your valuable findings with us in the keynote "Mass surveillance: The haystack has only grown bigger".

#NextcloudConf24

Switzerland goes all-in on open source!

Switzerland pioneers a decision mandating all government software be released as open source: enhancing transparency and security.w

Public money, public code 🚀

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #GovernmentTech @fsfe

https://www.zdnet.com/article/switzerland-now-requires-all-government-software-to-be-open-source/

If you're a hosting company or university running or planning to run a large Roundcube webmail instance, this is the news you've been waiting for! 🚀

We're launching the first-ever enterprise support offering for Roundcube, ensuring you get the most out of this super popular, lightweight webmail platform.

For more details, check out our blog below 👇

#hosting #opensource #Roundcube #webmail #Nextcloud

https://nextcloud.com/blog/introducing-enterprise-support-for-roundcube/

The recent CrowdStrike outage is a wake-up call: centralized services are a single point of failure. 🌐

For true digital resilience, we must decentralize and diversify our technology. Read Nextcloud's take on this event.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/global-outage-shows-lack-of-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience/

📢 Nextcloud featured in DIE ZEIT: “Does it always have to be Microsoft?”

The antitrust initiative lead by Nextcloud since early 2021 is finally paying off. But what does it take to fully restore fair competition on the European market?

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-for-die-zeit-microsoft/