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We blog about many different topics. Sometimes this is news on things that happen on Kopano, or simply something that we felt was interesting to share about how our teams work. Our blogs also reflect on tech- and non-tech news that relates to us or affects us. Stay tuned!

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Kopano Releases Enterprise-Ready Video Calling App ‘Meet’

DELFT, 30 January 2019 ‑ Today, Kopano, a leading vendor of open source collaboration software, will officially release Kopano Meet: Kopano’s new video meeting app that combines […]

January 30, 2019

App Developers Can Read Your Email. Now What?

At the beginning of this month, WSJ announced that third-party app developers can read the email of Gmail users. According to Google, we, users, have given […]

July 31, 2018

In The Collaboration Software Landscape, There is No Silver Bullet

As a result of the great influx of new technologies in our lives, we have changed the way we communicate. So what does future teamwork look like? And how can you as a company adapt to the ongoing changes?

July 2, 2018
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LibreOffice Online Packages by Kopano Now Available as Public Download

DELFT, April 12, 2018 – Today, Kopano announced the availability of the first LibreOffice Online packages built by Kopano. As a new member of the Advisory […]

April 12, 2018

Usage Data Collection: Yes or No?

Everyone collects data. Then why do many of us think it’s perfectly ok if Canonical collects data but are upset when Microsoft and Google do so? What is your opinion on usage data collection? What is acceptable and what is not?

March 6, 2018

ChatOps for Online Marketing Teams

A few months ago I started working at Kopano. And as is often the  case, a new job means new technologies to work with. One of […]

February 13, 2018

Your Data, Not Your Terms

Giants of the software industry like Microsoft have control over our data and use it to make money. As long as you trust a cloud provider with your data, your data privacy is not guaranteed. Therefore, you have to decide. Either you benefit from the insights provided by them and accept that your data is being stored and used by others. Or you stay in control of your data by self-hosting your software.

February 7, 2018

Kopano Signs Open Standards Manifesto for Suppliers at ECP Annual Conference

  Last week, Kopano’s CEO Brian Joseph signed the open standards suppliers manifesto of the Standardization Forum at the ECP Annual Conference in The Hague, The […]

November 21, 2017
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Kopano and Experts Say GDPR Will Increase Gap EU-US Privacy Laws

Today, Kopano published a whitepaper by open source specialist Dan Shearer and an interview with ICT lawyer Arnoud Engelfriet, on the impact of GDPR on the US and EU Cloud.

November 16, 2017
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Augmenting Teamwork with Kopano’s Open Source Collaboration Software Suite

It’s been exactly one week since the Kopano Conference 2017 at the beautiful stadsvilla Sonsbeek in Arnhem took place. All members of Kopano’s ecosystem, including the thought leaders of our recent new collaboration partners came together to exchange thoughts.

October 5, 2017