Redpill Linpro in public sector offensive for collaboration tools

The report includes various regulatory compliant digital collaboration tools for the public sector, and was drawn up in response to a need for digital collaboration platforms that meet legislative and functionality requirements and can replace Microsoft Teams.

“It is very positive that eSam has now published its recommendations and we are pleased to be able to offer several different alternatives. Following the introduction of GDPR, and particularly after the Schrems II judgment last year, we have witnessed an enormous rise in demand for alternative collaboration tools from government authorities, municipalities and also from the private sector,” says Henrik Gavelli, CEO of Redpill Linpro.

The report is a collaboration between many government authorities and municipalities where an evaluation group tested and assessed a number of different digital collaboration tools. As a major supplier to the public sector, Redpill Linpro already provides a number of Open Source-based solutions to government authorities, including the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Swedish Maritime Administration, the Swedish Public Employment Service and the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority.

“We know that a number of government authorities and municipalities have been waiting for the publication of this report before replacing their current solutions. We look forward to being part of this transformation to help the public sector to increase accessibility and thereby create even better societal benefits,” says Henrik Gavelli.

The following collaboration solutions from Redpill Linpro are now approved by eSam. They will be offered as ready-to-use solutions, both as on-premises and private cloud services, through the framework agreement regarding “Software services and system development” via the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency in Sweden:

• Nextcloud is a large-scale collaboration platform offering file-sharing and storage, document management, office applications, chat, e-mail, calendar, videoconferencing, whiteboard and Kanban support. More information is available at https://nextcloud.com.
• Jitsi video conferencing software is integrated with Nextcloud and Mattermost chat, but can also be run independently. Find out more at https://jitsi.org/.
• Mattermost is a chat solution that also includes Kanban support. The service can be integrated with Jitsi video conferencing software but can also be run independently. For more information, please visit https://mattermost.com/.
• Collabora is a complete office suite that offers the same functionality as Microsoft Office 201X, but can be used entirely from a browser. Collabora also allows collaborative editing of documents, similar to Microsoft 365 and Google Docs. Read more at https://www.collaboraoffice.com/.
• Rocket.chat is a secure and encrypted chat application that can be run together with Nextcloud. More information is available at https://rocket.chat.


• Element is a secure and encrypted application for chat that also offers video calls. Works together with Nextcloud and Jitsi. For more information, visit https://element.io.


• Collaboard is a collaboration solution around a whiteboard online. Read more about the service here https://www.collaboard.app.

For more information

eSam’s report is available on this link:

Digital samarbetsplattform för offentlig sektor