Comments on: Wuala ‘merges’ with LaCie to take P2P cloud storage mainstream

By: Wuala, almacenamiento P2P y Lacie | Tecnologia al dia

Wuala, almacenamiento P2P y Lacie | Tecnologia al dia — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:49:27 +0000

[...] el que compartir ficheros. Ahora que se ha anunciado la adquisició de Wuala por parte de Lacie (TC UK), he vuelto a darle una oportunidad y estoy cambiando de opinión a marchas forzadas: mejor [...]

By: Christophe Camborde

Christophe Camborde — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:00:13 +0000

Good deal !

By: Digest Combo #77,#78,#79

Digest Combo #77,#78,#79 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:50:50 +0000

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By: Online storage απο την LaCie, by Wuala! | zero.gr

Online storage απο την LaCie, by Wuala! | zero.gr — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:02:07 +0000

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By: Storage guy

Storage guy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:51:21 +0000

The only problem with this deal is Lacie’s products are notoriously unreliable. They often arrive DOA or die a short while after. We have had literally dozens of their portable drive products fail. And we are not alone as several class actions have been discussed in the past.

So the concept of a cloud storage pool running on Lacie’s unreliable products doesn’t give me warm fuzzies!

This maybe a move for Lacie to get out of the hardware business which they obviously don’t do well. They have always been about the “image” of their products opposed to actually a quality reliable product.

Wuala does look like cool stuff, it’s too bad they’ve linked up with what is most likely the wrong parent to really push it.

Why someone like Netapp or EMC didn’t snap them up to build a consumer cloud storage push I don’t understand….

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:42:52 +0000

@ Gleb – there’s really no need to self-promote your company so nakedly in a posting that is vaguely related to your business. Nobody buys it.

This sounds like a forward-thinking move for LaCie. Hope the Wuala team actually got a good deal.

By: Wuala firma un acuerdo con LaCie

Wuala firma un acuerdo con LaCie — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:07:28 +0000

[...] la startup de almacenamiento online, ha firmado un acuerdo con LaCie, un fabricante francés de dispositivos de almacenamiento externo. Así, Wuala aporta la [...]

By: Vision Aforethought

Vision Aforethought — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:49:29 +0000

Lovely logo too! And the fit with LaCie is perfect.

By: Vision Aforethought

Vision Aforethought — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:48:24 +0000

Wuala seems lovely, but what I’m missing is why when one can now buy a 1T external hard drive for about $150, Wuala want $1000 per year for the same online storage. 1G free is no different than what Google offer and will go very quickly. I think the technology, branding and company fantastic, but the business model unrealistic (perhaps, unfair?) – in particular during a downturn. No ad supported model/option to keep prices down? (BTW, I have been advocating P2P online storage for years and it’s about time a real company did it.)

By: Gleb Budman

Gleb Budman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:49:56 +0000

Congratulations to Wuala and LaCie on the exit.

At Backblaze (www.backblaze.com) we have long believed that the world is moving to a hybrid model – one in which hardware, software, and online services work together to provide the ideal customer solution.

When we started down our path of building the easiest online backup service, many questioned whether the popularity of external drives would negate the need for online backup.

As it turned out, users of external drives are some of our most passionate and loyal customers. They are the ones who value data and logically start to consider the various ways it can be destroyed and the best way to ensure it does not. External drives and online backup are natural complements.

Again, congratulations to Wuala and LaCie. This seems like a natural fit.

Gleb Budman
Backblaze CEO

By: v!z

v!z — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:54:07 +0000

i am sure the company is cool and all … but the thing that caught my eye here is the way they write ‘wuala’ ….. if u knew how to read urdu …. the ‘uala’ part of the word says “mama” the way it is written in urdu …. i really couldn’t make out ‘wuala’ until i read the post … neways goodluck to both wuala and laCie

By: Adsense

Adsense — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:53:25 +0000

Good job the US model is so perfect.

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By: Neil Thompson

Neil Thompson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:31:10 +0000

“rather confirms the usual course of European startups in exiting as early as they can rather than scaling their startups to a point that they become world-beaters” – ouch. Good job the US model is so perfect.

By: timotim

timotim — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:16:24 +0000

Cool, congrats

By: Fabrice Epelboin

Fabrice Epelboin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:59:46 +0000

Yeah! Congrats to Dominique!

By: Yup

Yup — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:34:00 +0000

“…and perhaps a hardware storage company is the natural home for Wuala’s technology”

Yup, told him so, way back… glad for him he listened.