- Oracle (ORCL, Financial) partners with Nextcloud to enhance collaboration tools for government and enterprise customers.
- The alliance enables deployment of Nextcloud Hub across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), offering a wide range of secure collaboration features.
- OCI's sovereign cloud solutions comply with standards like FedRAMP High and PCI DSS, ensuring data sovereignty and security.
Oracle and Nextcloud have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Nextcloud Hub, an open-source content collaboration platform, with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This partnership aims to empower government and enterprise customers by providing enhanced collaboration tools that can be deployed across OCI's sovereign cloud solutions. These solutions include public, government, dedicated, and air-gapped regions.
Frank Karlitschek, CEO of Nextcloud, emphasized the significance of the partnership by stating, "OCI provides Nextcloud government and business customers with the performance, security, and reliability they need to deliver on their mission and accelerate growth." The integrated solution will feature automated scaling, robust security features, and predictable pricing, helping customers to meet real-time user demands efficiently.
The Nextcloud Hub on OCI offers a suite of tools to enhance productivity and streamline workflows. These tools include Nextcloud Files for secure file sharing; Nextcloud Talk for communication via chat and video conferencing; Nextcloud Groupware for web mail, calendaring, and task management; Nextcloud Office for real-time document collaboration; Nextcloud Assistant for AI-powered automation; and Nextcloud Flow for workflow automation.
OCI's sovereign cloud framework provides dedicated infrastructure with physical and logical isolation to protect workloads from interference. Independent control planes allow full administrative autonomy, while customer-managed encryption ensures that only authorized personnel can access sensitive data. Additionally, region-specific support and operations conducted by local Oracle personnel ensure compliance with local data sovereignty laws.
Rand Waldron, Vice President of Oracle, highlighted that "Nextcloud Hub on OCI brings secure office and collaboration software to government and enterprise customers," offering a compliant environment for teams to communicate confidently. This strategic move positions Oracle to expand its footprint in the government and enterprise sectors, particularly in markets with stringent data protection and sovereignty requirements.
