The Nextcloud Podcast

Dec 18 2024 29 ep. 47 mins 261
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The Nextcloud Podcast interviews Nextcloud community members, contributors, users and others, keeping you up to date on what is happening.

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Empowering through open source: Nextcloud's Director of Engineering Andy Scherzinger

Dec 18 2024 71 mins  
From Andy's approach to problem-solving and guiding others to his personal values that give him direction, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, community, and personal growth.

Open source and Nextcloud in government: Insights from Sven Thomsen, Schleswig-Holstein's CIO

Oct 23 2024 55 mins  
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. Sven shares the factors that influenced their decision to adopt open source solutions, their implementation strategies along the way, and lessons learned from the adoption of open source in

Constanze Kurz: mass surveillance, Snowden, and the future of digital politics

Sep 27 2024 48 mins  
Edward Snowden's disclosures in 2013 were not only revelatory but also catalyzed a necessary discussion around mass surveillance and yet Constanze argues we've since lost momentum in this critical conversation. She expresses concern that, as the public has become increasingly complacent, the intelligence services have grown even more powerful and influential. We reflect

Bechtle and Nextcloud: Navigating Digital Transitions in the Public Sector

Aug 28 2024 42 mins  
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 systems. Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG, discusses the current innovations in the European public sector and the obligation of public buyers to deliver resili

Lea Gröber: Understanding self-hosting and security through Nextcloud

Jul 19 2024 54 mins  
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! Lea Gröber, PhD student in Usable

Open source dynamics, philosophy, and community: Jos Poortvliet's Nextcloud insights

Jun 27 2024 88 mins  
With a rich history throughout the Linux and open source world - from KDE to openSUSE, GNOME and more - Jos' insights into the power of community make it clear why the Nextcloud community is an essential aspect of our vision. With so many key community projects getting integrated and supported fully into Nextcloud, the open source lifestyle runs deep in Nextclouders' cult

A fireside chat with Nextcloud founder Frank Karlitschek

May 30 2024 54 mins  
Today's episode features a fireside chat with Nextcloud CEO and founder Frank Karlitschek, where we learn of the values and ideals that motivated the very idea of Nextcloud - how it all began and evolved into the World's leading open source content collaboration platform.

MagentaCLOUD + T-Systems: Building a 2.2M User Nextcloud

Mar 07 2024 58 mins  
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!

The Nextclouder's Journey with Julien Veyssier

Jan 24 2024 43 mins  
Julien Veyssier shares his unique journey from prolific Nextcloud community contributor through 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 between Open Source and Free Software, and explore the current sta

Privacy and Surveillance Law with Max Schrems

Nov 15 2023 16 mins  
Your new host, Brent Gervais, had the opportunity to sit down together 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 all need to