Rafael Laguna

Rafael Laguna
Co-founder and former CEO of Open-Xchange

What could a code of ethics mean for social media in the UK?

Rafael Laguna on Feb 18, 2019

The UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee has published its long-awaited report on fake news and disinformation, calling for greater regulation of “digital gangsters” such as Facebook...

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Warum digitale Souveränität von zentraler Bedeutung für Innovation, Freihei...

Rafael Laguna on Feb 9, 2019

Quelloffene Software für die öffentliche Verwaltung sowie die Veröffentlichung staatlich finanzierter Software unter freier Software-Lizenz fordern Rafael Laguna und Peter Ganten in ihrem Gastbeitrag. „Wer die me...

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Why data privacy is hot and machine learning is not

Rafael Laguna on Jan 14, 2019

Looking back on the past twelve months, we will all remember cybersecurity scares, revelations of data malpractices, and countless large-scale data breaches. Allegations ranged from Google’s non-consensual tracki...

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Weil das Amtsgericht in Nürnberg zu langsam ist, zieht Open-Xchange nach Kö...

Rafael Laguna on Jan 8, 2019

"Wir waren mit dem Amtsgericht Nürnberg extrem unzufrieden. Die haben dort Monate gebraucht, um Änderungen, etwa im Zuge von Kapitalerhöhungen, ins Handelsregister einzutragen", sagt Rafael Laguna, Gründer von Op...

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Merry OXmas

Rafael Laguna on Dec 18, 2018

There is no time more fitting to say THANK YOU and to wish you health, happiness and prosperity as this year comes to an end. From everyone at Open-Xchange we wish you a happy holiday season that is full of joy, ...

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Five Key Takeaways from AWS’s Re:Invent Summit

Rafael Laguna on Dec 3, 2018

AWS’s annual re:Invent summit in Las Vegas last week was its biggest yet, attracting over 50,000 delegates. Here are Computer Business Review’s Top 5 AWS re:invent takeaways (based on the limited sessions one edi...

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Beinahe ein Star

Rafael Laguna on Nov 22, 2018

Rafael Laguna, 54, ist Gründer und Vorstandschef der Open-Xchange AG. Die Firma hatte zehn Jahre lang ihren Sitz in Nürnberg. Aus Ärger über das Amtsgericht ist sie nun nach Köln gezogen. (Foto: Sinan Muslu/neun ...

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Berners-Lee takes flak for 'hippie manifesto' that only Google and Facebook...

Rafael Laguna on Nov 9, 2018

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is doing the dirty work of giant internet companies, according to critics who want to see governments lay down effective regulation – and not what they regard as a wishy-washy "Magna Carta". I...

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Microsoft’s on / off love affair with open source

Rafael Laguna on Jun 7, 2018

Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub could go one of two ways. On one hand, it’s great that Microsoft is investing heavily in open source. Until now, its business model has relied on siloed ‘walled gardens’, which h...

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OX Guard and the EFAIL Vulnerability

Rafael Laguna on May 16, 2018

On Monday, a German and Belgian research team posted a paper demonstrating a potential vulnerability in PGP and SMIME encrypted emails, named EFAIL. The described vulnerability may result in some email clients le...

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