New Community Release Improves File Handling and Collaboration Across Clouds
LEXINGTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 9, 2015 / community, developing the world's most popular open source file sync and share software, today released ownCloud Server 8.0, speeding up sharing and collaboration in the cloud while maintaining control for data owners.
ownCloud Server 8.0 elevates Federated Cloud sharing to the next level-allowing users to share files with other ownCloud servers-and introduces additional notifications and user interface improvements to the sharing process. ownCloud Server 8.0 also introduces support for favorites and improved search functionality, enabling users to quickly and easily access important files without excessive navigation.
"Federated Cloud sharing, as offered in ownCloud Server 8.0, is revolutionizing how we think about secure collaboration. The introduction of favorites and the improvements to search are core ownCloud functionality that will have a significant impact on the user experience," said Frank Karlitschek, founder and maintainer of the ownCloud project. "Administrators will find better performance and greater control with this latest release."
ownCloud Server 8.0 gives enthusiasts and technical users a free, secure and innovative way to sync and share data from the storage of their choice. With more than 2 million users worldwide, ownCloud installs easily on a web server, enabling anyone to host their own file sync and share software while using their own storage (and/or cloud storage if they choose), instead of relying on third parties with files stored outside of their control.
"I love ownCloud for syncing files with family members, colleagues and friends," said Matt McGraw, ownCloud user. "I also use the calendar and contact syncing every day. I think the mobile and desktop clients are great, but I mostly use ownCloud from my browser so I am very excited about the web interface improvements like favorites and improved search coming in ownCloud Server 8.0."
ownCloud Server 8.0 features include:
Federated Cloud Sharing
With ownCloud Server 8.0, the process for setting up server-to-server shared folders is now as easy as sharing a file with another ownCloud user. This allows federated instances of ownCloud to work together across servers, and if desired, across organizations to collaborate and get work done while control is maintained at the local ownCloud deployment.
Federated Cloud Sharing has been recently celebrated in the announcement of OpenCloudMesh, a joint international initiative under the umbrella of the GÉANT Association, which is built on ownCloud’s open Federated Cloud sharing application programming interface (API). OpenCloudMesh enables collaboration beyond the borders of individual clouds to create a globally interconnected mesh of research clouds - without sacrificing any advantages in privacy, control and security an on-premises cloud provides.