First hand experience: How Nextcloud stayed productive during COVID-19
summary
Nextcloud reports that productivity holds during COVID: a company with employees in 13 countries and an open‑source community of over 2,000 volunteers continues development and support with little disruption. Core tools used are Nextcloud Files, Talk (video/chat), Collabora/OnlyOffice, Deck and Groupware plus features like user status and remote wipe, 2FA, file locking, AI suspicious‑login alerts, watermarking and integrated search; social rituals include virtual watercoolers, co‑working sessions and weekly beer‑o’clock.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:10COVID-19 challenges overview
- 4:01Remote work culture at Nextcloud
- 9:18Key principles for remote productivity
- 13:53Access to data and security tools
- 19:07Working with documents remotely
- 22:38Communication and collaboration tools
- 25:07Open source community during pandemic
- 25:49Social aspects of remote work
- 27:57Summary and future of remote work
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