Comments on: Wuala, online social storage from Switzerland, ready for your files

By: Wuala Merges with External Storage Company Lacie - The Next Web

Wuala Merges with External Storage Company Lacie - The Next Web — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:08:13 +0000

[...] launched publicly in August of last year and gained impressive press coverage (we covered them here and interviewed Grolimund here) and popularity amongst users and analysts alike. The nine members [...]

By: Wuala trashes barriers and should now focus on building trust « TheNextWeb.com

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:01:17 +0000

[...] European start-ups facilitating this trend is Wuala, a Swiss online hard disk service. Since the launch in August (after a three-year Alpha), the Zurich-based start-up has “gained substantial traction” [...]

By: Filip

Filip — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:15:36 +0000

Hi. Full disclosure here: I work for http://www.nomadesk.com, which offers small business users (or nomadic professionals, as we like to call ourselves) an innovative way to share documents and work together on a “virtual fileserver.” I read this post on Wuala with great interest, and just wanted to add NomaDesk to the discussion.
Because most mobile pro’s appreciate off-line capabilities while travelling, we have added local encryption to the mix and TheftGuard. Actually, NomaDesk comes with a feature set specifically geared toward the digital nomad. I would appreciate your review.

Thanks!

By: Switzerland gives start-ups Silicon Valley offices

Switzerland gives start-ups Silicon Valley offices — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:57:00 +0000

[...] be, I don’t think Swiss entrepreneurs like the Amazee team and DDominik Grolimund from Wuala (review here) will really mind. They have an excellent opportunity to build their presence in Silicon Valley. I [...]

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:32:38 +0000

What sounds amazing to me in the announcement is the fact that during the 10 months of alpha testing they had real people actually using the service as I doubt that anyone could upload this huge number of files only for the sake of testing. So hopefully they will get those millions of users they are dreaming of now.

By: Dominik Grolimund

Dominik Grolimund — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:29:04 +0000

gonzo, you’re mistaken here. the 5 GB which you see in the preferences dialog are your local cache only – it’s the most recent data that you’ve downloaded in wuala, comparable to a browser’s cache. note that all the files in the cache are completely encrypted.

trading storage is completely optional – by default, nothing is shared.

best,
dominik (co-founder of wuala)

By: gonzo

gonzo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:23:22 +0000

it’s worth noting that in order to get 1GB of free online storage in wuala one has to devote 5GB on his hard drive – they use this cache to speed up the transfer to make the users happy, but they do not tell them what is the hidden price of it.

By: Se lanza Wuala, una startup de almacenamiento online

Se lanza Wuala, una startup de almacenamiento online — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:26:33 +0000

[...] startup suiza de almacenamiento online, Wuala, se ha lanzado de manera oficial. La compañía presta servicios gratuitos de almacenamiento online [...]