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LaCie’s offers you a unique hybrid cloud solution. The solution teams your NAS and Wuala, LaCie’s home grown cloud storage solution, together to offer you a seamless experience between local and cloud storage. After installing the Wuala client on your workstation you can mount both local and cloud storage for simple sharing and file storage. You can easily drag and drop files to either the 5big NAS Pro or the cloud. Files are synced between your company’s computers and accessible from nearly all mobile devices.
The LaCie Wuala desktop client installs easily and with the purchase of a 5big NAS Pro, you are given 100GB of Wuala for Business space free for 3 months.
Unlike Wuala for individuals, files stored in Wuala for business are uploaded to business groups. Each user defined in that group will have access to the files. Segregating groups is as easy as creating a group and assigning users. Each group can be independently managed and total storage is based on the organization, not the user.
Lets say company Computing on Demand has a marketing group, an IT group, a sales group, and a legal group. We can these groups in Wuala and assign the users to each group. Unless a user is assigned to more than one group, he or she is only able to view, share, and sync files from their specific group. Groups can be created for external customers as well as internal customers. The point, is that there are endless possibilities for Wuala Business… in your business.
As for security, Wuala encrypts your data (AES, RSA, and SHA) to keep everything you upload into the cloud safe from unintended access. No one can access your data (unless given access), not even Wuala employees. The cloud storage solution also uses a CDN approach to storing your data, storing files in Switzerland, Germany, and France, keeping speeds to a maximum.
Use Cases (From LaCie)
IT-Free Central Storage: A small publishing company chooses a LaCie hybrid cloud device because its simple setup means even a non-IT employee can integrate the NAS into their network ecosystem. And file system integration, with its drag-and-drop simplicity, offers a steep learning curve to users. What’s more, the company is able to provide remote access and file sharing in complete security, without a cumbersome VPN setup.
Remote Sales Force: An auto parts manufacturing company is looking to better support their sales force. They opt for a LaCie hybrid cloud device to streamline how they deploy support collateral, such as pricing information, brochures, and presentations, to the team. Creative Services simply archive files to the hybrid cloud using file system integration, and salespeople use the mobile apps to access files, hassle-free.
Manage NAS in Multiple Locations: A family-owned printing business operates four shops spread out in three cities. A single LaCie hybrid cloud devices lets the owner provide storage to all four shops, but manage it from a single location. She can even manage files away from the office using the iOS mobile app.
