Wuala Secure Cloud Storage Leaves Beta Phase

Wuala has transitioned out
of beta phase.

After celebrating its five-year
anniversary, and with the recent announcement of two updates, Wuala
claims out of beta status.

"Wuala leaving beta is a signal to users that we have refined and
evolved the entire solution from usability and services, to more efficient
back-end functionality," said Luzius Meisser, technical director,
Wuala. "During this journey, Wuala
has become a full-featured cloud service with the highest level of security.
Wuala ensures user data is protected at all times, not just during data
transfers."

Wuala has finalized two advancements

that moved it out of beta:

• The first is the inclusion of blob
  storage, a system update that creates file efficiency. When a user makes
  changes to a document, only the changes are updated in Wuala, and not the
  entire document – delivering a faster experience to the user.
• The other is Wuala Business, which is a
  new service designed for teams, work groups, and small businesses, allowing
  them to leverage storage space independently from personal accounts. With these
  developments, Wuala is well positioned as a robust, full-service cloud storage
  solution.

In 2009, Wuala joined LaCie to
capitalize on more than 20 years of expertise. Together the companies have
delivered storage solutions that merge local and cloud storage.

Now, LaCie offers Wuala in many of its
products including: 100GB 3-month trial on LaCie’s professional 5big Office +
and 4big Rack Office for small businesses, 10GB in all desktop and mobile
storage solutions like Rugged, d2 Quadra, and Porsche Design P’9000 series, 4GB
or matching capacity in all USB keys including RuggedKey and Cookey

Wuala offers security. With most cloud
services, the transmission of files is secure; however the provider has the
ability to access the data once it’s received. Wuala uses client-side
encryption. This means files are encrypted on a local device then uploaded to
Wuala servers. Even Wuala as the provider cannot access personal or business
files because the password never leaves the computer.

New users receive 5GB of complementary storage with
access to all Wuala features. Additional storage and specialized plans like
Wuala Business can be purchased separately.