Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted content collaboration platform that provides file sharing and editing, calendars, contacts, communication tools and other features. It allows organizations to have centralized access to all enterprise data within their own infrastructure or hosted wherever they prefer. Some key benefits of Nextcloud include being open source with no vendor lock-in, highly scalable architecture to support large user bases, and additional security, privacy and compliance features for sensitive workloads. Nextcloud has over 200 customers including government agencies and educational institutions seeking a secure alternative to proprietary cloud services.
2. Frank Karlitschek
• Born in Reutlingen, Germany
• Studied Computer Science in Tübingen
• Unit Manager and VP Engineering in different Internet companies
• KDE contributor and board member
• Founded openDesktop.org
• W3C invited expert
• Fellow at Open Forum Europe
• Advisor United Nations
• Founded ownCloud
• Founded Nextcloud
3. • The Cloud
• Nextcloud Overview
• Content Collaboration Platform in the Public Sector
• Questions ?
Agenda
33. Nextcloud as central access point for all enterprise data
• SMB/CIFS
• Sharepoint
• S3
• Swift
• FTP
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• Local
• WebDAV
• Nextcloud
Mount by: user, group, global
Authentication: per user, global, cached
Central auditing, access control, authentication, clients
Data Access Engine
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36. • Server 2 Server sharing
• Folder / Files
• Behaves as one service
• Open Cloud Mesh
• Trusted servers
• Autocompletion with Lookup Server
• Access control via File Firewall
Federation
37. File Access
Control
Block access and sharing
Based on:
• IP
• tag
• LDAP group
• time
• name
• mime type
• size
• user agent
• …
38. • Most requested feature
• Final in Nextcloud 13
• Supported in
• iOS
• Android
• Mac
• Windows
• Linux
• Enterprise grade key management
• Optional Key Recovery
End 2 End Encryption
44. Communication Product
• Alternative to:
• Zoom
• Skype for Business
• WebEx
• Microsoft Teams
• Slack
• Audio / Video calls
• Chat
• Integrated into Nextcloud Files
• Integrated into Collabora Online
• Self Hosted
• Webinar use-case
• Phone use-case
• Group chat use-case
Nextcloud Talk
58. Roeland
- Repeat machine learning security from 16
- Stricter CSP on API calls
- Setup two-factor authentication after first login, admins
can create one-
time login tokens in the web UI and delegate this to group
admins
- Improvements to Secure View like enforcable watermarks
63. • Market leader in On-Premises Content Collaboration Platform
• Founded 2016
• Fast growing
• Self funded
• Profitable
• Sustainable
• Distributed team in 10 countries
• Offices in Stuttgart and Berlin
Nextcloud GmbH
64. We enable companies and organizations
to run their own secure Content
Collaboration Platform
The Nextcloud mission
77. • Scalability > 500k users
• Global distribution
• Cost efficiency
• Independent nodes
• Federated sharing between nodes
• Lookup Server
• Global Site Selector
• Balancer
• In production for 20M users
Global Scale
91. Nextcloud Conference
• Same User-Experience and features as Office 365 and Google Suite
• Hosted wherever wanted
• Compliant
• No foreign laws involved
• 100% open source and free software
• No vendor lock-in
• Optional support subscription available
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92. Nextcloud
• On Prem
• 100% open source
• Distributed / Federated
• Dropbox
• Google Suite
• Office 365
Alternative to
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