Whois & Analysis for nextcloud.org

Nextcloud is a suite of client-server software for creating file hosting services and using them.

It is functionally very similar to the widely used Dropbox, with the primary functional difference being that Nextcloud is free and open-source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server.

In contrast to proprietary services like Dropbox, the open architecture allows adding additional functionality to the server in form of so-called applications.

Collaborative software or groupware is an application software designed to help people involved in a common task to achieve their goals.

One of the earliest definitions of collaborative software is "intentional group processes plus software to support them".

Data (or) is a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.

An example of qualitative data would be an anthropologist's handwritten notes about his or her interviews with people of an Indigenous tribe.

Pieces of data are individual pieces of information.

While the concept of data is commonly associated with scientific research, data is collected by a huge range of organizations and institutions, including businesses (e.g., sales data, revenue, profits, stock price), governments (e.g., crime rates, unemployment rates, literacy rates) and non-governmental organizations (e.g., censuses of the number of homeless people by non-profit organizations).

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books.

File sharing may be achieved in a number of ways.

Common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include manual sharing utilizing removable media, centralized servers on computer networks, World Wide Web-based hyperlinked documents, and the use of distributed peer-to-peer networking.

Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use.

The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them.

These activities can occur at the producer side or at the consumer side or both.

Because every software system is unique, the precise processes or procedures within each activity can hardly be defined.

Therefore, "deployment" should be interpreted as a general process that has to be customized according to specific requirements or characteristics.

A brief description of each activity will be presented later.