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Wuala was a secure online file storage, file synchronization, versioning and backup service originally developed and run by Caleido Inc.〔Wuala | FAQ | General Questions | (Who is behind Wuala? )〕 It is now part of LaCie, which is in turn owned by Seagate Technology. The service stores files in data centres that are provided by Wuala in multiple European countries (France, Germany, Switzerland).〔Wuala | (How it Works )〕 An earlier version also supported distributed storage on other users' machines, however this feature has been dropped.〔(A measurement study of the Wuala on-line storage service )〕 On 17 August 2015 Wuala announced that it was discontinuing its service and that all stored data would be deleted on 15 November 2015.〔https://support.wuala.com/2015/08/wuala-shutdown-notice/〕 ==History== Most research and development occurred at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. 14 August 2008 :An "open beta"-java-applet, available from the website, could be run from a web browser. 19 September 2008 :The Wuala Webstart〔(Wuala Webstart | Download Wuala Webstart software for free at SourceForge.net )〕 project was registered on SourceForge.net.〔(SourceForge.net: Wuala Webstart - Project Web Hosting - Open Source Software )〕 26 October 2008 :An Alpha release REST API, at a very early stage of development, supported HTTP GET requests for content that was either public, or shared through a keyed hyperlink.〔(Wuala Rest API | Wuala API (Alpha) )〕 16 December 2008 :The Uniform Resource Locator changed from http://wua.la/ to http://www.wuala.com/ and files that were public, or shared through a keyed hyperlink, were made accessible through web browsers.〔Wuala Blog | (Jingle Bell Rock )〕 19 March 2009 :LaCie announced a merger with Caleido AG.〔(LaCie and Wuala Merge to Create a Cloud of Storage Devices )〕〔Wuala | FAQ | (Wuala and LaCie )〕 Wuala described the merger as being between Wuala and LaCie〔(Who is behind Wuala? )〕 (not Caleido AG and LaCie). 5 January 2010 :Post-merger announcement of the first joint products.〔(Introducing: LaCie CooKey and LaCie WhizKey with Wuala Inside )〕〔(LaCie Unveils New USB "Keys" with Wuala Online Storage Inside )〕 23 May 2011 :All pro features - backup, sync, file versioning and time travel - are available for everyone at no cost〔(Hottingen: New Style & Full-Feature Set )〕 28 September 2011 :The "trade storage" feature was discontinued.〔(Wuala dropping p2p trading )〕 11 June 2014 :The storage plan was shifted to a paid-only service 〔https://support.wuala.com/2014/06/shifting-to-paid-only-service/〕 31 October 2014 :Wuala announced that existing free-only storage would be terminated at the end of 2014 and customers wishing to save their data should migrate away or purchase a paid plan〔https://cdn.wuala.com/files/termination_free_storage.pdf〕 17 August 2015 :Wuala announced that it would allow no further renewals or purchase of storage. The service will transition to read-only on 30 September 2015 and all stored data will be deleted on 15 November 2015〔https://support.wuala.com/2015/08/wuala-shutdown-notice/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wuala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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