Alternative Cloud solution that you manage yourself: ownCloud

I am using cloud file storage services for quite some time now, they are pretty convenient to have your files on the go, share them and collaborate using them. I am using Dropbox since 2008 already, look:

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This is what the introduction mail looked like: “Welcome to the Cloud” | Click for a larger image

Besides Dropbox I actively used former Microsoft’s SkyDrive, now OneDrive and Google Drive as well, seeing as it’s part of your Google account, but also Box and some other ones to try and test.

Surely they are easy to use and free, but I would like a more private solution and found one, ownCloud.

owncloud is self-hosted solution that you manage. It provides the following features:

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Click the link to learn more get ownCloud to install on your server