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Following the dismantlement of the Safe Harbor Agreement this past October, this has become a necessity to global companies.

Data Protection Regulations- ownCloud can be set up and run by you, in any country, under any jurisdiction and in your own data center(s).

Secure- ownCloud provides two levels of Encryption capabilities, both encrypting server data at rest, and supporting encryption for data in motion.

ownCloud integrates easily with enterprise file sharing and storage technologies, governance workflows, security systems and monitoring tools. Administrators define security policies down to the file level, provision users and groups, monitor activity logs and overall system health, and manage usage and quotas – all from ownCloud’s admin interface.

Control- IT controls and manages ownCloud.

Or, if you are a smaller business, you can contract with a trusted service provider whom you can treat as your own IT department and generate proper economies of scale – who will run a server or a private cloud for you! Why would Dropbox go for their own private Cloud if it would not make sense?Ĭonsider these points as even further proof that ownCloud is the best option for your business: You can run ownCloud on your own server, in your own datacenter or ideally in your own private cloud.

Whether you are a small or large company, there are benefits for all with ownCloud. I have said it before and I will say it again keeping your data in your own control is important. It is great news that they are taking responsibility for their users’ data, but there is still one glaring fact-it’s still kept in the cloud and out of your own control. He’s also talking more like a leader of a public company.Last week Dropbox announced that they have created their own cloud system and were no longer using Amazon AWS. “I really admire everything that he did,” Houston gushes.Īs he looks to the future, Houston has big plans on expanding Dropbox into selling business software to large enterprise businesses. Books by Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel and one of Silicon Valley’s iconic entrepreneurs, were his favorites. As Houston puts it, “we were just getting the company off the ground and coding in a little room.”Īn avid reader, Houston eventually turned to business books to learn about leading a company. They were both in their 20’s and didn’t know much about business, let alone how to run a company back then. Houston started Dropbox in 2007 with his MIT classmate, Arash Ferdowsi.

It listed on the Nasdaq (DBX) last week and Houston’s personal net worth shot up into the billions. The popular digital file-cabinet company just sold its shares to the public. Well, not only did his dream come true, but now at 35 years old Houston is Co-Founder and CEO of Dropbox that is valued at more than $12 billion.