Case Study: HKN GmbH helps the Luxembourg Ministry of Education build a DSGVO-compliant Nextcloud cloud

Setup and operation of an on-premise Nextcloud cluster

The Centre de gestion informatique de éducation (CGIE), the IT organization for the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth of Luxembourg, faced the challenge of rapidly deploying a high-performance, DSGVO-compliant cloud platform for its 15,000 teachers. They needed a secure, on-premise alternative to Microsoft 365 for sensitive data, with specific requirements including S3-compatible storage from a Luxembourg provider, single sign-on with two-factor authentication, and seamless integration with OnlyOffice for browser-based editing.

HKN GmbH implemented a highly available, on-premise Nextcloud cluster featuring redundant load balancers, powerful caching, and a multi-master MySQL database to guarantee performance. They successfully integrated the external S3 storage without impacting speed, resulting in immediate and widespread user adoption from day one. The solution provided by HKN GmbH delivered a scalable, DSGVO-compliant cloud that ensured data sovereignty and was met with very positive feedback from thousands of users.

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