SFScon17 - Frank Karlitschek: "The next steps for secure enterprise file sync and share"

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Nextcloud is an open-source file sync and share platform that provides an alternative to proprietary services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Office 365. It allows users to have their own self-hosted solution that is 100% open source and avoids vendor lock-in. Nextcloud uses a distributed and federated architecture, supports security features like end-to-end encryption, and offers enhanced collaboration tools like video calling, chat, and screen sharing. It has a growing business providing commercial support and services to enterprises and individuals using the Nextcloud platform.

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The next steps for secure file sync and share
Frank Karlitschek

Frank Karlitschek
- Born in Reutlingen, Germany
- Studied Computer Science in Tübingen
- Unit Manager and VP Engineering in different Internet companies
- Founded several startups
- Involved in open source and social networks for 20 years
- Developed openDesktop.org and a distributed social networking API 15
years ago
- W3C invited expert
- Founded ownCloud
- Founded Nextcloud

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Frank Karlitschek @fkarlitschek

Wir werden zukünftig in einer Welt leben, in der die Dateien der meisten Benutzer von vier großen Unternehmen gehostet werden. Dies gilt für die meisten Heimanwender, Unternehmen, aber auch für Bildungs- und Forschungseinrichtungen. Wenn wir unsere Souveränität über unsere Daten behalten, unsere Privatsphäre schützen und die Abhängigkeit von einem Anbieter verhindern wollen, brauchen wir Open Source und selbst gehostete und föderierte Alternativen. Das Internet und das Web verwenden eine verteilte und föderierte Architektur. Jetzt müssen wir sicherstellen, dass Cloud-Dienste demselben Modell folgen. Eine neue Herausforderung ist die zunehmende Kombination von Anwendungshosting und -Speicher, wie sie in Office 365 und Google Suite zu finden ist. Dies birgt die Gefahr, zu einer sehr starken Vendor Lock-in zu führen. In diesem Vortrag werden die laufenden Trends in diesen Bereichen und mögliche Lösungen diskutiert. Außerdem erhalten Sie einen Überblick darüber, wie Nextcloud und Univention UCS zusammenarbeiten und welche neusten Nextcloud-Funktionen es gibt.

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AICS is the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation that started operating in 2016 with the ambition of aligning Italy with the main European and international partners in the commitment to development. KNOWAGE Labs are developing for AICS a platform that is probably unique in the world and will allow both the Agency and the public to access all the major indicators on the UN Sustainable Development Goals provided by international sources (World Bank, WTO, ILO..) and easily compare them. The solution will allow analysis to start from 3 different touch points: the infographic of SDG goals, the advanced search criteria, and the virtual assistant. Then, a customized dashboard will be provided to the user, allowing to further expand the analysis by interacting with charts, maps, tables, etc. This talk will show the state of art of the solution, highlighting objectives and expected results of the project, but also the new developments of KNOWAGE related to AI.

SFSCON23 - Lina Ceballos - Interoperable Europe Act - A real game changer

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Interoperability is a core element of the ongoing digitalisation of Europe. With the Interoperable Europe Act, the EU is aiming to create a dedicated legal framework for interoperability and to enhance cross-border digital public services across the European Union. This talk will give an overview of the state of play of this proposed regulation in the ongoing EU legislative process, some of its flaws, and the important role that Free Software and its community can play in it.

SFSCON23 - Johannes Näder Linus Sehn - Let’s monitor implementation of Free S...

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How to sharpen the demand for public code across Europe and monitor progress with TEDective For six years, the Free Software Foundation Europe has been calling with a broad alliance for publicly funded software to be published as Free Software. This initiative has become a great success: Our demand "Public Money? Public Code!" has found its way into government strategy papers, party programs, as well as coalition treaties, and is being discussed in public administrations across Europe. At the same time, we see less progress than expected and vendor lock ins remain a crucial issue. Digital sovereignty is redefined bypassing Free Software. There is openwashing in publicly funded companies, and government projects in favour of Free Software remain empty words. Public statistics on the procurement of Free Software are largely unavailable. It is therefore no longer enough to promote the idea of "Public Money? Public Code!". We as the Free Software community should be even more vigilant than before – continuing to praise small steps in the right direction, but pointing out and criticising omissions and lack of implementation. We should become more like watchdogs. In the talk we will look at some examples of lack of implementation of Free Software policies. We will discuss how we, as civil society, can identify such shortcomings and how to deal with them. We will present our initiative TEDective – a free-software solution that makes European public procurement data explorable for non-experts, aiming to provide you with a powerful tool to keep an eye on real progress towards "Public Money? Public Code!" across Europe.

SFSCON23 - Gabriel Ku Wei Bin - Why Do We Need A Next Generation Internet

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The Internet today forms the backbone of the digitisation of our society and economy. As connectivity increases, the boundaries between the real and digital world get increasingly blurred. However, there has been an erosion of trust in the Internet following revelations about the exploitation of personal data, large-scale cybersecurity and data breaches, and growing awareness of the proliferation and impacts of online disinformation. What can be done to improve the Internet as a platform for future generations? What initiatives are currently in place to build key technological blocks of an Internet that supports human-centric values, such as privacy, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and norms all citizens should enjoy in Europe? This talk will explore why the current state of the internet must be re-imagined and re-engineered in order to support healthy societies, the existing European Commission initiative to work towards doing so, and the role of Free Software in accomplishing these goals.

SFSCON23 - Edoardo Scepi - The Brand-New Version of IGis Maps

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2023 saw the launch, after a long and well-structured revision and development process, all based on a fruitful collaboration between several departments of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, most of the township in South Tyrol, Informatica Alto Adige (SIAG - Technical partner) and the Consortium of Municipalities of the Province of Bolzano, of the new version of the integrated geographic data management system IGis Maps. In use for years in South Tyrol, has in the Consortium one of its most enthusiastic contributors and supporters. The very first version was released about eight years ago and its implementation was based on the idea of creating a multi-purpose GIS management system that could support different types of users, that was highly customizable, and, above all, that could be widely shared among the various management entities, both public and private, present within our territory. After years of use and ad-hoc developments, we can finally present the new version of the IGis Maps system, which incorporates all the technical and technological improvements we realized the system needed. It was not just a major update together with new functionalities combined inside the previous software structure, but a true re-engineering that led, among other things, to a new and more efficient user interface, a major advancement regarding the internal security, an optimization and improvement of the entire editing section as well as an optimization of the section regarding the automatic geo-processes. A mobile version is currently under development to better support any field activities, for which a very powerful option will be included, the possibility of creating special work sessions in off-line mode so as to be able to operate even in areas without a proper cellular line network coverage. Other very important peculiarities concern that the system is developed using a totally free software code and infrastructure, that a detailed documentation has been produced to ensure sustainability to any further future evolution, even in case of technical partner turnover, and finally, that by taking advantage of the high standards and levels of security access can be guaranteed to any type of user. From professional users, through dedicated access and qualifications or, using the ordinary SPID, to the private citizen. We will show examples of how different types of users and stakeholders now permanently use the system for the management of a variety of tasks related to their activities, and how it was possible to customize IGis Maps to create visualization and data management contexts that best meet their needs. We will also present a related project concerning the updating and the correction of the new technical basal cartography, built upon the new Basic Core specification, achieved through the automatic conversion implemented by the SIAG team starting from the previous National Core cartography. With the new IGis Maps it was possible to create an a

SFSCON23 - Davide Vernassa - Empowering Insights Unveiling the latest innova...

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KNOWAGE is the open source analytics and business intelligence suite made in Italy. KNOWAGE aims to provide company and organizations with analytical capabilities to exploit data to increase their efficiency and sustainability. Also thanks to the open source community support, the suite is constantly evolving combining the reliability of the most popular business intelligence solutions with the security and the transparency guaranteed by open source. This talk will show the last year advancements and new features towards a more mobile, accessible and user-friendly product, focusing on the newly rewritten dashboarding tool.

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