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A sovereign Microsoft 365 alternative: Nextcloud and IONOS join forces - Nextcloud (nextcloud.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47039235

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47038761

As organizations are looking to reclaim their digital sovereignty, IONOS and Nextcloud are building the fully featured office suite “Nextcloud Workspace”: a powerful Microsoft 365 alternative. As long-standing partners, we have the expertise to enable large companies and organizations with an all-round office suite as European answer to US products. Announced at the Nextcloud Summit earlier this month, this collaboration for digitally sovereign office software that meets the highest data protection requirements will launch in 2025.

To meet the rigorous needs of public institutions and enterprises, Nextcloud Workspace will integrate a full range of collaboration tools, including file storage and sharing, document editing, email, calendaring, video conferencing, chat, and AI-powered productivity features. Of course, this offering will be fully GDPR compliant and securely hosted in Europe.

Organizations can trust Nextcloud to deliver a fully integrated office and collaboration suite, thanks to the company’s experience in creating the world’s leading private cloud platform. IONOS, Europe’s largest cloud and hosting provider, is the ideal partner to ensure full GDPR compliance and protection from US legal exposure. Hosting will be managed exclusively in Germany, at IONOS’ extensive network of data centers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For individuals, yes. But try convincing someone in top management … it’s hard to argue against "but everyone’s doing it". Been there, done that … big tech has won, whether we like it or not. Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That may be true for bigger companies but not SMEs. Convincing them to ditch Microsoft all at once rarely works.