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Nextcloud Spotlight: Nextcloud Talk

Communication is a vital part of our lives. We interact with people every day in a variety of settings and through a variety of methods. Phone calls, video calls, email, and instant messaging are used every day in our professional and personal lives when in-person conversation is not possible. Many of these services rely on a third-party service provider to provide the resources needed to facilitate communication. This can result in privacy concerns over the possibility of an unauthorized third-

Nextcloud Spotlight: Nextcloud Office

Whether it be in school, at work, or in your free time, there’s a very high chance that you’ve used a program from an office suite at some point. The most famous office suite is easily Microsoft Office with its iconic programs like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Today, Microsoft Office can be used locally on a computer through paying for a subscription service or using their online Office365 tool which provides a free version of Microsoft Office with some features restricted. While Microsoft Offic

Nextcloud Spotlight: Nextcloud Calendar

Scheduling is a vital part of our daily lives. We’re constantly having to keep track of important times and dates whether they’re a part of our personal life or are tied to our professional careers. Personally, I have many weekly meetings to keep track of which makes these scheduling tools invaluable. There’s many tools online and offline to help us keep track of our schedules and here I’ll be highlighting one such tool. Nextcloud Calendar is Nextcloud’s built-in tool for scheduling. It allows

Nextcloud Spotlight

Cloud computing has become a staple of our connected lives. We now store and share data that’s being kept on servers far away from us. Cloud computing has many benefits such as remote backups of data, flexibility, and scalability. Organizations can host much of their infrastructure in the cloud which carries benefits such as business continuity in the event of a local disaster that would normall impair the organization’s ability to operate. The inherent nature of cloud computing, however, raises

Virtualization in the Homelab

Introduction Welcome to the first blog from 45HomeLab, a place where we repurpose our enterprise-based knowledge into accessible information for home users. Today, we're diving into the exciting world of virtualization, discussing why it's so popular, and outlining a few of our favorite options when using the HL15. What is Virtualization? To begin with, storage virtualization is the practice of running multiple, isolated operating systems within a single larger system. Instead of multiple co