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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!

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
Open Source Collaboration - Augmenting Teamwork

Open Source Collaboration: Driving Adoption in 2018

At Kopano we love Christmas because Christmas is a time of sharing. And as an open source company, sharing is something we do every day. It’s in our veins. In 2017 we extended and optimized our own collaboration suite and in 2018 we plan to push the overall adoption of open source collaboration. Read more about how we'll do this in this blog.

December 21, 2017

I Mattermost Now …

This blog originally appeared on: http://blog.gestreift.net/2017/11/ich-mattermoste-jetzt/ It’s just over a year now since I first wrote about the popularity of Slacking und WhatsApping and explained how to install Rocket.Chat. For a […]

November 29, 2017

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

Freenode #live – The first freenode conference!

I was invited as a speaker from Arch Linux to speak at the first ever freenode conference on 28-29 October. Freenode is the largest IRC network […]

November 7, 2017
Data Transport Security with Kaopano

Data Transport Security with Kopano

As we all know, communication-related data – especially in corporations – belongs to the most sensitive of all information groups. The newly surfaced KRACK attack brought […]

October 18, 2017
Kopano at LibOCon

First Impressions of the LibreOffice Conference 2017

Kopano's Pom Balledux is at the LibreOffice Conference and shares his impressions of the first day in this blog.

October 12, 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