Memopal Recruits 100 Linux Beta Testers

Following the release of a beta version for Mac, Memopal is taking another step forward with the announcement of the launch of a beta release for the Linux Desktop and Server. Until August 20, 2008, Memopal is looking for 100 beta testers around the world to form a Linux community that will help it develop the first low-cost online backup system for Linux. Anybody interested in online storage and willing to participate can register with Wiki Memopal Beta Tester. Beta testers will receive a fully functional user license.

"We currently support Ubuntu and Debian and we are working on several other distributions. We feel that Linux is a key platform," remarked Gianluca Granero, Chief Technology Officer of Memopal. "Data protection," he continued, "is essential for anybody who uses a computer, no matter what operating system they use, including Linux. Memopal supports WebDav and Linux users can access their files from the web or by doing a simple ‘mount’."

Gianluca Granero is the co-creator of MGFS, ‘the Memopal Global File System’, a distributed architecture technology that can safely store information at a cost that makes online storage extremely affordable. The basic Memopal suite includes 150GB of storage for $49 a year.

Why choose Memopal?

It costs less than an external hard drive.
By purchasing a single license, Memopal can be used on more than one computer (PC, Mac and Linux) until the storage allowance has been fully used (personal license).
Files can be accessed from the web or from a mobile phone.
Files too large to send by e-mail transmission can be shared in a click.
Stored files are never automatically deleted.
Cloud storage, scalability and redundancy thanks to geographic Raid 5 technology.

Memopal foresees a future in which users will work on their documents, music and photographs at the speed of a local disk, while taking advantage of an archive accessible from anywhere, at any time. Furthermore, Memopal will last much longer than the user’s computer.