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Join the Second Force at Cloudfest 2019

John Broomfield on Mar 14, 2019

The world is ready for a “Second Force “. A force made up of hosters, service providers and ISVs dedicated to keeping the Internet free & open. To learn how you can team up with us to fight the OTT players, v...

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Parlamentskreis Mittelstand erkundete Firmen im Kreis Olpe

Rafael Laguna on Mar 13, 2019

Der Olper CDU-Landtagsabgeordnete Jochen Ritter wollte das Bild vervollständigen und hatte dazu seine Kollegen aus dem Parlamentskreis Mittelstand (PKM), zu dessen Vorstand er gehört, in den Kreis Olpe eingeladen...

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Can Facebook ‘clear’ its own ‘history’ with its new tool

Rafael Laguna on Mar 6, 2019

Last week, Facebook announced that it will soon launch its “clear history” tool. The function, which was first announced publicly at the peak of the Cambridge Analytica debacle, will reportedly allow users to see...

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Europe's path between surveillance capitalism and communism

Rafael Laguna on Feb 27, 2019

(Photo: Shutterstock) Data collection, social scoring and our privacy - our guest author sees two ruling systems here, namely surveillance capitalism and communism. But he also has a suggested solution. A comment...

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Wie ein neuer Whatsapp-Konkurrent entstehen soll

Rafael Laguna on Feb 21, 2019

Kommunikation spielt eine wichtige Rolle im Netz. Einige wenige Player beherrschen jedoch den Markt. Der Software-Unternehmer Rafael Laguna möchte der Dominanz von Facebook und Whatsapp etwas entgegensetzen. Sein...

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How ISPs and CSPs can reap the benefits of network-based security

Neil Cook on Feb 19, 2019

Neil Cook, Open-Xchange Pressure is mounting for communications service providers (CSPs) to begin helping their customers prevent cyber-attacks, but this can be especially tough when users have entire families to...

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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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Do Not Snoop: DNS security at Open-Xchange’s UK roundtable

Stuart Paton on Feb 18, 2019

Open-Xchange hosted their 4th UK security roundtable event on January 31st in London at a venue close to Tower Bridge. Previous years have focussed on email security topics but this year the focus was on DNS secu...

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Dovecot Pro and Lua

Michael Slusarz on Feb 14, 2019

As 2019 begins, we at Open-Xchange would like to provide you with an update and a few details regarding the latest Dovecot Pro releases and new features. In this post, we discuss the addition of Lua-based functio...

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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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