With "Ionos Nextcloud Workspace," there is now German competition for Microsoft 365. The avoidance of US clouds is intended to strengthen digital sovereignty.

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To the product (in German): https://www.ionos.de/office-loesungen/nextcloud-workspace

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This week, “Ionos Nextcloud Workspace” was launched. The two companies describe the platform as a “European alternative to offerings like Microsoft 365” that emphasizes users’ digital sovereignty, as the data remains in Germany. This is intended to “meet the highest demands for data protection and security.” However, this office and collaboration platform, based on open source, also includes an AI assistant.

Just about five months ago, Ionos and Nextcloud announced the development of an M365 alternative announced the development of an M365 alternative, which they presented as a sovereign online workplace with email, office, video conferencing, chat, and AI, based on open-source technology and with full user transparency and control over data and infrastructure. The two companies are emphasizing this again now, with the platform being operated on Ionos’s cloud infrastructure in German data centers.

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