OW2con'24

Méven Car

Michael runs Collabora's Productivity division making Open Source rock around Office Productivity and documents, particularly Collabora Online and other products based on LibreOffice.

Michael is a Christian and enthusiastic Open Source developer. He runs Collabora's Office division, leading our Collabora Online and Office products, supporting customers and partners alongside our extremely talented team. He has served as a Director of the The Document Foundation and has contributed to both ODF and OOXML standardization. Prior to Collabora he gained a wide experience as a Novell/SUSE Distinguished Engineer working on various pieces of Free Software infrastructure across the Linux stack to from the base-system, boot-time, MeeGo, GNOME, CORBA, Nautilus, Evolution and Open Source accessibility, among others.


Session

06-12
10:10
20min
Unleash the Power of COOL: Seamless Integration, Cutting-Edge Features and Empowered Collaboration for your Documents
Méven Car

Join us for an exciting update from the world of Collabora Online (COOL). Let us show you how users and integrators benefit from using a security focused, truly open-source, online office suite.
In this session we’ll show you why File Sync & Share and LMS provisions are integrating Collabora Online into their products. Hear about the work we’ve done over the past year to improve integration APIs, and make COOL an even better experience for its users. See what makes Collabora Online so feature rich and powerful.
For administrators seeking cutting-edge solutions, we have interesting new Kubernetes deployment options that are easy to install and automatically-scale. From seamless deployment and integration of external tools, to easy font management APIs and tooling to enhance compatibility across platforms – COOL makes your job a breeze.
But that's not all! We have infused the underlying LibreOffice technology with a host of essential features for users, building on our foundation of strong interoperability and collaborative editing. Hear about the latest features including usability, accessibility and interoperability improvements, as well as how we have improved performance across the board.
Learn how Collabora Online brings scalable, secure, on-premise document editing to everyone – allowing integrators to provide extra functionality to their offering, and users to stay in control of their data.

Technologies: OW2 projects and beyond
Main stage