Wuala Merges With LaCie

Swiss-based Wuala has announced that they have merged with European storage manufacturer LaCie for an undisclosed sum. Congrats to Wuala co-founder and CEO Dominik Grolimund and the entire Wuala team. I’ve had a chance to chat with Dominik several times over the past year and I found him to be very intelligent and I always walk away from the conversations with new knowledge.

The companies note in the release that they will build a "unique and sustainable" cloud storage system. Wuala’s nine employees will join LaCie. The Wuala FAQ notes that they will be expanding the team in the near future.

Interestingly I just purchased a LaCie external drive a month ago and it came with a free year of Carbonite online backup. I wonder if today’s announcement will put the Wuala application in the LaCie package going forward. 

Check out my interview with Dominik from last year.