In this episode, we dive into Andy Scherzinger’s journey from contributing to Nextcloud as a community member to becoming Director of Engineering. We explore his unique perspectives on our open source community, the importance of compliance in software development, and how he balances technical expertise with leadership responsibilities. It gives m…

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 influe…

Your host Brent Gervais is joined by special guest Constanze Kurz – German computer scientist, hacker, activist and spokeswoman for the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). Constanze celebrates 20 years of Netzpolitik, an independent reader-supported organization that has been at the forefront of digital politics, regulation, and tech surveillance in Germany…

“It was logic: If we want to learn more about open source, then we need to meet Nextcloud.” – Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG With the recent accelerating pace of innovation, public sector institutions throughout Europe have come to prioritize digital sovereignty as a primary driver in designing resilient IT …

So many Nextclouders – from enterprise and education to activists and families – decide to self-host their privacy-focused IT infrastructure. What exactly motivates us to self-host? Is this inherently an increased data security risk? What of the grit needed to host your own digital infrastructure? The answers to these questions may surprise you! Le…

I always say: people come for the technology, and they stay for the people. Jos Poortvliet Director of Communications at Nextcloud Jos Poortvliet, Director of Communications at Nextcloud, shares an insightful conversation with your host Brent Gervais on the world of Nextcloud and open source philosophies. With a rich history throughout the Linux an…

From Nextcloud’s inception Frank hoped to change the world, and today it’s clear Nextcloud’s original big ambition to be a private and open source alternative to Big Tech has achieved this goal. Frank provides some insights and updates into Nextcloud’s anti-trust case against Microsoft’s monopolous cloud practices. He also shares how the introducti…

One of the most impressive Nextcloud deployments is certainly Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaCLOUD: currently serving 2.2 million active users storing 3.5 billion files, and totaling a massive 7.2 petabytes of data! This makes it among the largest Nextcloud deployments in the world. The Nextcloud + MagentaCLOUD relationship stems from T-Systems and thei…

In this episode of the Nextcloud Podcast, Julien Veyssier shares his unique journey from prolific Nextcloud community contributor to joining the Nextcloud team as Software Engineer. We learn how his PhoneTrack app saved a user’s family in an emergency, how the Nextcloud ecosystem is a rich canvas for app development, the philosophical differences b…

Your new host, Brent Gervais, had the opportunity to sit down with Max Schrems – privacy lawyer and pioneer in the European data privacy movement – to explore some thoughts and ideas that stemmed from Max’s keynote given at the Nextcloud Conference 2023. We explore the newly adopted Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, it’s implications and why we…

In this episode, Marius sits down with Tobias Knöppler and James Sundquist to dive into the world of NextcloudPi, a community-driven project that brings Nextcloud to single board computers like the Raspberry Pi and other boards. They discuss the ins and outs of the project, its impact on the Nextcloud community, and more. Show notes Nextcloudpi Nex…

Today, we’ll be delving into the fascinating world of app design and exploring how the design team collaborates with the community to create amazing apps. To help us navigate this topic, I am joined by Nimisha Vijay, one of our talented designers at Nextcloud. Shownotes Nextcloud Include – Supporting diversity in open source Nextcloud is looking fo…

Shownotes Nextcloud joins OpenForum Europe for an open and competitive digital ecosystem The European Commission & Nextcloud invites you to the NextGov Hackathon April 25-29! That’s a Wrap! The NextGov Hackathon was a success, learn about what got done! Develop for Nextcloud Nextcloud Hub 24 is here Data protection: Microsoft 365 banned in Baden-Wü…

In this 16th episode, our host Ingo talked with Daphne Muller, the Support lead at Nextcloud. Daphne shared with us the interesting story that led her to Nextcloud, her well-known Tedx talk on privacy and much more! During my academic research about future of technology and also questioning how the future could look if privacy and open source becom…

In this 15th episode, our host Ingo talked with Marie Gutbub from Prototype Fund and Max and Jonas, developers at Nextcloud about Collectives app and Prototype Fund. Max & Jonas share the idea behind the Collectives app, the collaborative knowledge database where you can work on documents together in real-time! Marie explains what Prototype Fund is…

In this last, December episode in 2021, our host Ingo talked with Galina Goduhina, Head of Sales and Partner Relations at ONLYOFFICE. Galina talks about the early days and the history, explains what ONLYOFFICE is with all its capabilities and functionalities and different editions, and the important advantages with millions of users worldwide in va…

In this 13th episode, our host Ingo talked with Matthieu Gallien, Senior Software Engineer at Nextcloud, responsible for Desktop client. Matthieu covers interesting topics of Desktop Client such as Sync Client, how it works, and the new features like Virtual files, Speedup sync, E2E encryption, and more. Find the feed on our podcast page and listen…

In this 12th episode, our host Ingo talked with Nimisha Vijay, UX and UI Designer at Nextcloud. Find more about UX Design, in general, and Nimisha’s experience as a designer at Nextcloud! UX Design is more about how usable and intuitive a piece of software is. Making it optimized for usability is sort of what we do. Consistency in design is very im…

In this 11th episode, our host Ingo talked with Sebastian Holländer, the Product owner & Michael Ernst, the Chief Software Officer at hosting.de. Learn more about what hosting.de is, how and why they chose Nextcloud, and the simple and quick steps of getting started with Nextcloud, either as a home or business user. We decided to go for Nextcloud b…

In this 10th episode, our host Ingo talked with Michael Meeks, the enthusiastic Open Source developer and General Manager of Collabora Productivity, leading Collabora Online and Office products, supporting customers, and consulting on development alongside his team. He serves as a Director of The Document Foundation, and on the LibreOffice Engineer…

In this 9th-episode, our host Ingo talked with Marco Nöchel, the CEO, and engineer Thorsten Krüger from HKN GmbH, which is the biggest multi-region German Openstack Cloud, and Nextcloud Gold partner. HKN begun deploying Nextcloud for its customers almost immediately after Nextcloud started in 2016, convinced by its strong technological leadership a…

In this eight-episode, our host Ingo talked with Arthur, Senior Software Engineer at Nextcloud, about Nextcloud Flow. Nextcloud Flow is the workflow engine of Nextcloud. It offers flexible, user-defined event-based task automation. Apps can register events or triggers which can start a flow, as well as actions that get executed once a trigger is hi…

Welcome to the first episode of the Nextcloud podcast in 2021! In this seventh episode, we’re bringing to you a conversation between our host Ingo and Stefan Niedermann, who works as a software developer for more than 10 years now and is our active community member who really enjoys contributing to open source projects in his free time! Stefan is t…

Edeltraut had the opportunity to work for Nextcloud from different locations and here’s the story from her current location: tuning in directly from Hawaii! Edeltraut is our amazing Nextcloud colleague that works in Sales as Sales Coordinator and she feels absolutely blessed that she lives in Hawaii, describing the life there as: You name it, we ha…

In our fifth podcast, Ingo has a conversation with Björn Schießle, the Nextcloud sales engineering team lead. They discuss sales and engineering, as well as the Nextcloud features around sharing between Nextcloud servers (federation), global address books and how Nextcloud makes it easier to keep your data private. Find our podcast on our website. …

On our fourth podcast, host Ingo interviews Rhys Davies from Canonical about the Nextcloud Ubuntu Appliance. Find out what the Ubuntu appliances are all about, and what the benefits of Nextcloud as an appliance are. Find the feed on our podcast page. If you have not heard the first episodes, you can find it there as well. Enjoy the latest podcast a…

On our third podcast, host Ingo discusses working remote with Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek. Nextcloud is a company centered around remote work, hiring the best and most motivated people wherever they live. With some team members as far from our Stuttgart office as Hawaii and Cape Verde force us to work efficiently across time zones and vast dist…

Welcome to our second podcast episode! In this episode we continue our conversation with Nextcloud designer, Jan-Christoph Borchardt, and turn our attention towards design. What is design and how do we handle design at Nextcloud? How to collaborate and what tools to use? Jan answers these questions and many more, discussing the process of deciding …

We’re very excited to announce a new project: a regular Nextcloud podcast! In this podcast we will talk about Digital Sovereignty, self hosting, privacy and more. Its host is Ingo Ebel, known at least in Germany for Radio Tux (which recently covered Nextcloud by the way). The first episode The first episode of our podcast, released today, is a disc…