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Collabora Online 2.0 release

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Collabora brings Collaborative Editing to your browser

Cambridge, United Kingdom – December 7, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, is thrilled to announce the release of Collabora Online 2.0, which includes collaborative editing, for the first time, into the latest edition of its flagship enterprise ready cloud document suite solution.

Collabora Online is intended:

  • for Enterprises that want a powerful office suite in the cloud, or on-premise, that protects their privacy and allows them to keep full control of their sensitive corporate data.
  • for Hosting and Cloud businesses who wish to include document viewing and collaborative editing functionality into their service offering.

Collabora Online is suitable for large scale deployment, comes with an SLA, Long Term Support with signed security updates and implements collaborative editing of richly formatted documents directly from a web browser; with excellent support for popular office file formats, including text documents (odt, docx, doc,…), spreadsheets (ods, xlsx, xls, …) and presentations (odp, pptx, ppt,…).

“Collabora Online 2.0 is the result of very hard work from the Collabora team”, said Michael Meeks, General Manager of Collabora Productivity. “Our goal is to make the best online office suite there is, with excellent document support and feature set, 100% Open Source, giving users control of their own data.”

“We want to congratulate Collabora Productivity with this release” said Holger Dyroff, Managing Director at ownCloud. “Collaborative Editing was strongly requested by our enterprise users. They benefit from a scalable, secure, open platform with collaboration functions for tremendously increased productivity.” “We’re proud to be partner with Collabora, the creators of LibreOffice Online” said Frank Karlitschek, Managing Director at Nextcloud. “Our customers need scalable and secure enterprise solutions that include online office functionality, and with Collabora Online we are able to offer that.” “Collabora Online has become an essential building block for VNClagoon.” said Bernd Rodler, VNC Chairman of the Board. “Our business clients demand powerful online office suite functionality with full collaborative editing and we believe that Collabora Online is the best solution.”
“We are excited about this release of Collabora Online” said Daniel Pan, CEO at Seafile Ltd. “By using the full collaborative editing features our clients will improve their productivity, while staying in full control of all sensitive corporate data.” “Collabora Productivity has done some great work here” said Charles du Jeu, CEO of Pydio. “Collaborative Editing is the perfect addition to Pydio 7, and it allows us to definitely close the gap between on-premise and commercial solutions like Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online.” “Collabora should feel proud of this release” said Kolab Systems CEO, Georg Greve. “Since our joint announcement at FOSDEM 2016, both Kolab Systems and Collabora have worked side by side to combine the leading open source office and collaboration suites. You will finally be able to collaborate in confidence in the cloud.”

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Enterprises interested in using Collabora Online can check out www.collaboraoffice.com for more information on partner integrations and online demos. For tailored solutions, contact sales@collaboraoffice.com.

Hosting and Cloud businesses that wish to add Collabora Online to their product portfolio can become a partner by filling in the partner form or contacting sales@collaboraoffice.com.

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Collabora Online Development Edition 2.0 released

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CODE 2.0 (Collabora Online Development Edition) now includes collaborative editing

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Cambridge, United Kingdom – November 2, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the developers behind LibreOffice Online, announced the release of CODE 2.0, including the latest and most requested feature from customers: collaborative editing. Developers and home users are encouraged to update, try this out and get involved with the latest developments – however for enterprise production users are recommended to wait for Collabora Online 2.0 – due soon.

code_v2_calc_detailCODE is the LibreOffice Online solution with the latest developments, perfect for home users that want to integrate their own online Office Suite with their preferred File Share and Sync solution. It allows editing of richly formatted documents directly from a web browser, with excellent support for all popular office file formats, including text documents (docx, doc, odt,…), spreadsheets (xlsx, xls, ods,…) and presentations (pptx, ppt, odp,…). For enterprises that look for a scalable, commercially supported version with Long Term Support, signed security updates and a SLA, Collabora Productivity provides Collabora Online.

“Collabora Productivity shows with this release that they’ve done some amazing work” said Holger Dyroff, Managing Director at ownCloud. “The Collaborative Editing functionality was urgently requested by our enterprise users and the ownCloud Community! Thanks to Collabora’s commitment to Open Source, we now have an online office suite inside ownCloud that includes full collaboration – easy to use. With Collabora Online for ownCloud Enterprise you can access your office documents online, author new content, share your work and collaboratively work on the same document with others, while others can see changes in real time and take over editing.”

More info about Collabora Online in ownCloud

“Collaborative file editing is something our community and customers are really interested in and Collabora Productivity has delivered this” said Frank Karlitschek, Managing Director at Nextcloud. “We’re proud to be partner with Collabora, the creators of LibreOffice Online, to deliver scalable, secure enterprise solutions to customers together.”

More info about Collabora Online in Nextcloud

“We have just released Pydio 7 with LibreOffice Online functionality with CODE for home users and Collabora Online for enterprises” said Charles du Jeu, CEO of Pydio. “Collabora Productivity has shown LibreOffice Online solves real user problems and is here to stay.”

More info about Collabora Online in Pydio

Last year, in December, after a lot of work, Collabora Productivity released the first edition of CODE, bringing easy to integrate LibreOffice Online to the community for the very first time. The response of the community to this milestone was amazing and over the year interest in the project increased continuously, while Collabora Productivity continued to release frequent updates. Now, another huge milestone has been reached with the release of CODE 2.0, including the much requested collaborative editing on CODE.

“We want to thank our outstanding partners for making LibreOffice Online available to their community and customers, and helping our goal of Collabore Online on every cloud, everywhere” said Michael Meeks, General Manager at Collabora Productivity. “This latest development release, with collaborative editing, is a huge step in this exciting journey and we are looking forward to grow this project even more.”

code_v2_impress_detailThe goal of CODE is to get as many people as possible to try it out and get back control of their own online documents. Visit https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/ to read how to set up CODE in your preferred File Share and Sync solution, or to learn about how to participate in this great project.

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Collaborative editing on a text document in CODE, with comments and replies to comments.

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Collaborative editing in a spreadsheet in CODE.

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Collaborative editing in a presentation in CODE, selecting text and elements.

Try it out

  • Developers & home users:
    Visit https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/ to read how to set up CODE in your preferred File Share and Sync solution, or to learn about how to participate in this great project.
  • Enterprises:
    Enterprise production users are recommended to wait for Collabora Online 2.0 – due soon. In the meanwhile, try out the online demos of Collabora Online 1.0 in Nextcloud, ownCloud, Seafile and Pydio.

Want to offer Collabora Online to your clients?

Add LibreOffice Online functionality to your products! Simply fill out the “Become a partner” form and learn how you can do this.

About Collabora Productivity:

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

About ownCloud:

Organizations that must share confidential data internally and externally rely on ownCloud’s on-premises enterprise Universal File Access platform. Only ownCloud gives IT the visibility and control required to manage sensitive data, preserve business processes and integrate with existing compliant infrastructures while offering users the modern collaboration experience they demand. This is made possible through ownCloud’s open, modular architecture, extreme extensibility and unique federated cloud sharing capabilities. Company headquarters are in Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, visit: http://www.owncloud.com.

About Nextcloud:

Nextcloud offers a unique-in-the-industry fully open source solution for on-premise data handling and communication with a uncompromising focus on security and privacy. Nextcloud brings together universal access to data with next-generation secure communication and collaboration capabilities under direct control of IT and integrated with existing compliant infrastructure. Nextcloud’s open, modular architecture, emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities enable modern enterprises to leverage their existing assets within and across the borders of their organization. For more information, visit https://nextcloud.com or follow @Nextclouders on Twitter.

About Pydio:

Pydio is the world’s largest Open Source file sharing and synchronization focused project for the enterprise. Pydio is a founder owned company. The Pydio Project delivers a sustainable balance between enterprise customers needs and Open-Source collaborative spirit. Sold in 25 countries, from Cupertino to Singapore, Pydio is used by leading brands such as Nikon, Ion Geophysical, and Guitar Center. Pydio also serves education and government clients such as Cambridge University (UK) and ADEME (France). It currently has over one million downloads.

Seafile and Collabora make LibreOffice Online available for Seafile Pro

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Cambridge, United Kingdom and Bejing, China – October 20, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, and Seafile, a leading open source file sharing vendor, announce the availability of Collabora Online in the newly released Seafile pro edition 6.0.

Collabora Online inclusion is one of the major improvement in the latest professional edition of Seafile, providing enterprises with the much requested seamlessly integrated Open Source cloud document suite that supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats, increasing productivity while staying in full control of all sensitive corporate data. Collabora Online in Seafile pro edition 6.0 works directly from the browser, without the need to download any add-on or plugin.

“We are excited about the release of Collabora Online in Seafile” said Michael Meeks, General Manager at Collabora Productivity. “This release confirms Seafile’s commitment to address modern market requirements, emphasizing secure storage and collaboration, while putting the customer’s file and document experience first.”

“Having Collabora Online integrated in Seafile is something we’ve been looking forward to” said Daniel Pan, CEO at Seafile Ltd. “Collabora Online will now be one of the most important features in Seafile, since it allows our customers to have their own secure online office suite.”

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For more information about this release, please contact sales@seafile.com or sales@collaboraoffice.com.

Try out Seafile with Collabora Online!

About Collabora Productivity:

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

About Seafile:

Seafile is a cloud storage platform for enterprise environments with sharing and collaboration features and a focus on safety and reliability offering native client apps for most major operating systems like Windows, Mac OSX and Linux as well as iOS and Android. With a user base of more than 250 000 active users, Seafile counts industry clients like Kaspersky Labs and Ping An China to its Seafile Professional customers as well as European universities like HU Berlin and Université de Strasbourg.

Nextcloud and Collabora Partner to Offer Community and Enterprise Solution for Online Office

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Cambridge, United Kingdom and Stuttgart, Germany – July 19, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, and Nextcloud GmbH, the company behind the next generation privacy-aware open source file sync and share, communication and collaboration technology partner to announce the availability of Collabora Online Office technology for home and enterprise users.

Collabora Online provides users with a full cloud document suite handling all major documents, presentations and spreadsheet formats while retaining privacy and security. The ‘shared editing’ capability enables teams to see changes of one editor in real time, avoiding editing and versioning conflicts and complementing the built in secure chat and WebRTC video conferencing in Nextcloud.

Together we are expanding the Collabora Online Development Edition to make it available for anybody as an easy to use Docker image for simple deployment of an up to date Online Office solution integrated in Nextcloud. At the same time, Nextcloud and Collabora announce availability of our joint offering for our enterprise customers.

“Nextcloud is a community focused project“, noted Michael Meeks, General Manager, Collabora Productivity. “making a secure and up to date solution for online document editing available to everybody was a key concern for their community and we’re proud to have been able to deliver that together with Nextcloud.“

“Working with Collabora and the LibreOffice community enables us to provide a great solution to for our enterprise customers“, said Frank Karlitsche, Managing Director, Nextcloud. “We’re proud to partner with Collabora the creators of LibreOffice Online to enable our community and customers to run their own Online Office suite.“

Home users can get started with their self-hosted Online Office integration with Nextcloud from the Nextcloud website: http://www.nextcloud.com/collabora/ while Enterprise users have access to a supported, secure and scalable solution, starting at 1000 EUR or 1200 USD for 50 users per year in addition to an Nextcloud Standard or Nextcloud Premium Support Subscription.

About Collabora Productivity:

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

About Nextcloud

Nextcloud offers a unique-in-the-industry fully open source solution for on-premise data handling and communication with a uncompromising focus on security and privacy. Nextcloud brings together universal access to data with next-generation secure communication and collaboration capabilities under direct control of IT and integrated with existing compliant infrastructure. Nextcloud’s open, modular architecture, emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities enable modern enterprises to leverage their existing assets within and across the borders of their organization. For more information, visit https://nextcloud.com or follow @Nextclouders on Twitter.

Collabora Productivity releases Collabora Online 1.0 “Engine” for Hosters and Clouds.

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Cambridge – 2 June 2016

Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, has released the first production grade version of Collabora Online, its flagship cloud document suite solution. “Engine” is targeted specifically at Hosting and Cloud businesses who wish to support both commercial and consumer document viewing, creation and editing services in their portfolios.

“Collabora Online 1.0 is the culmination of several years’ intensive work”, said Michael Meeks, General Manager of Collabora Productivity. “Our objective is to enable key document suite service delivery for hosters by integrating seamlessly with their existing groupware, storage, file sharing and other customer solutions. Critically, Collabora will tailor the look and feel of the integration to complement a hoster’s identity and desired product experience”

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LibreOffice Online:

Collabora Online 1.0 “Engine” is a powerful LibreOffice-based online office suite, that enables users to access documents online, author new content and work collaboratively.

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Customizable Integration:

Collabora Productivity offers customizable integration with existing infrastructure (identity management, storage, HA etc.) and tailor solutions to existing hardware and network needs.

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Customizable User Interface:

Collabora Online 1.0 “Engine” is designed to easily be adjusted to any online environment, so it will share the same look and feel.

 

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About Collabora Productivity:

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and CloudSuite provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.