[1] The service enabled users to store and sync files online, and also between computers using their HybridCloud storage solution;[2] the latter functionality stopped working in approximately September 2011, while the former was undergoing formal takedown on May 1, 2012.

[7] ZumoDrive was created by the Silicon Valley–based company Zecter, which was founded by David Zhao, Kevin West, and Vijay Mani in 2007.

An additional round of $1.5 million in funding has been secured as of late October 2009, led by Sherpalo Ventures, with Tandem Entrepreneurs and VeriFone CEO Douglas Bergeron participating.

While ZumoDrive functioned as a file synchronization and storage service, it employed an approach that allows content in the cloud to appear local to the filesystem.

[15] ZumoDrive allows users to selectively synchronize individual files, folders, or the entire virtual drive.

[7][16][17] Slow broadband connection speeds can make streaming large files, such as movies to mobile and other remote devices difficult.