Test Kiteworks Open Source Program
Kiteworks is consolidating all of its open-source activities under the Open Source Program Office, operating under the ownCloud brand. That single decision reflects something larger: the acquisition of ownCloud was an investment not just in software, but in the idea that the future of collaboration should be built on federation, sovereignty, and openness.
Enabling Cross-Organizational Collaboration Without Lock-In
Collaboration should not stop at the organizational boundary, and it should not require both sides to adopt the same proprietary vendor. Our commitment to open standards is what makes cross-organizational workflows possible: Open Cloud Mesh for federated sharing between independent deployments, ScienceMesh for European research network integration, Webfinger for multi-instance identity. Each organization maintains sovereign control of its own data while collaborating across boundaries. That is interoperability with integrity and the opposite of the vendor ecosystems that make your collaboration portfolio a liability.