Backblaze Buzz

Palo Alto, California – July 17, 2008 –Backblaze (www.backblaze.com), provider of the only no-configuration online backup service, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. Backblaze was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Backblaze and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies will be honored at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford scheduled to occur on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University. This two-and-a-half day executive event highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends disrupting the global technology industries and features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases.

Fifty of the top CEOs from the AO Global 250 will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in a “CEO Showcase.”

“The AO Global 250 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and platforms that are driving the next phase of innovation and creating real value at an economically uncertain time.”

The AO Global 250 was selected from over hundreds of companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise and greentech sectors from around the world.

6% of users perform regular backups. 100% of users should. Backblaze provides the easiest online backup service to enable everyone to backup. By providing the only online backup system that backs up all data, for just $5 per month the company removes users’ primary challenge to backups – the need to figure out which files to backup and how to find them.

A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959

“We are honored to be recognized for innovating in online backup and working to ensure users never lose data,” said Gleb Budman, CEO of Backblaze. “While 300 million users have broadband, 94% of them risk data loss by not performing regular backups. Backblaze is laser focused on ease-of-use to ensure everyone can keep their computer backed up.”

About Backblaze
Founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs and located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Backblaze is on a mission to ensure all computer data is backed up. Backblaze offers the only no-configuration online backup service. Available worldwide in 11 languages, Backblaze costs just $5 per month per computer for unlimited backup.

Visit http://www.backblaze.com for more information or to backup your own computer.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a community blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the industry in innovation by engaging its bloggers in a social network. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, OnHollywood, OnMedia, GoingGreen, NordicGreen, and Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine”. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

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