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.

1. Nextcloud
Introduction
Frank Karlitschek

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

4. The Cloud

9. Cloud

12. Cloud

13. Data is the new oil

15. Digital Sovereignty

17. Cloud
Files sync and share
Music
Videos
Calendar
Chat
Video Calls
Email
Contacts
Document Editing

18. What’s special about Nextcloud ?

19. Run where you want !

20. Open Source

21. Nextcloud Features

22. Enterprise File Sync and Share

23. Collaboration
File Sync and
Share
Fileserver

24. Nextcloud
TalkFiles
Document
Editing
Groupware
Productivity, Security, On Premises

31. Remote Wipe

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

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

40. Groupware

41. • Calendar
• Contacts
• Email
• CalDAV / CardDAV
• Outlook plugin
• Thunderbird plugin
Groupware

43. Nextcloud Talk

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

49. Lobby

51. Document Editing

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

60. Nextcloud
Virtual Data Room

61. • Collaborating on secret documents
• Two Factor Authentication
• Suspicious Logins
• Auditing Log
• End 2 End Encryption
• View Only Sharing
• Watermarking
• Remote Wipe

62. The Nextcloud Company

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

65. Customers
> 200 customers

66. • Subscription
• Enterprise Ready Version of Nextcloud
• No vendor lock-in
• Clear licenses
• Expertise
• Influence
• Security
• Stability
• Customization
• Compliance

67. Nextcloud in the public sector

68. DSGVO/GDPR compliant
Requirements:

69. Nextcloud is hosted On-Premise

70. No Vendor Lock-In
Requirements:

71. Nextcloud is 100% Open Source

72. Highest Security
Requirements:

73. • Strong Encryption
• NCC Group audited
• Open Source
• Responsible disclosure
• $10.000 bounty
• BSI audited

74. Accessibility
Requirements:

76. Scalable
Requirements:

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

78. Workflows
Requirements:

79. screenshots

80. screenshots

81. Ecosystem
Requirements:

82. App Contest

83. Customers in the public sector

84. • Bundescloud
• 350.000 user
• All ministries and agencies
• Internal infrastructure
• Kubernetes based

85. • Cloud for ministry of interior
• Including police
• 300.000 user
• Internal Infrastruktur

86. Education and research

87. • All Schools in Bern
• 35.000 teachers and students
• Hosted in Switzerland

89. • Vaulx-en-Velin, France
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Tirana, Albania
• Ålesund, Norway
• Bochum, Germany
• …

90. Summary

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
91

92. Nextcloud
• On Prem
• 100% open source
• Distributed / Federated
• Dropbox
• Google Suite
• Office 365
Alternative to
but

93. Questions?
Frank Karlitschek @fkarlitschek