Year: 2012

Backblaze Turns Five: A Startup Grows Up

Five years. That’s crazy. I can’t believe that it has been five years since Backblaze officially started. While some work started before then, the company was officially incorporated in Delaware on April 20, 2007. When I think back to a few of us sitting in a one-bedroom apartment brainstorming about what we could possibly to… Continue reading Backblaze Turns Five: A Startup Grows Up

Backblaze Release 2.0.4

Backblaze has made a new release available. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 4/18/12 Version: 2.0.4 Auto-Update: None Improved Japanese translations as part of the Sourcenext partnership launch. Tweaked “Transfer Backup State” where old hosts are named “old_inactive_” for clarity. Enhanced robustness of Transfer Backup State for clients reporting unknown OS. Localized… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.0.4

Backblaze Release 2.0.3

Backblaze made a new release available. These release notes are a little delayed. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 3/26/12 Version: 2.0.3 Auto-Update: None Auto-detect user-preferred language at time of install. Streamlined logging for minor speed improvement of client application. Excluded a temporary folder with AVG virus definitions that need not be… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.0.3

Konichiwa! Backblaze Partners with Japan’s Largest Software Vendor: Sourcenext

Backblaze and Sourcenext partnership

Backblaze launches in a big way in Japan today. We have partnered with Sourcenext to offer our unlimited online backup service to the Japanese market. The service provided in Japan still provides automatic backup, unlimited storage, unthrottled bandwidth, robust encryption, restore via download or USB drive, Locate My Computer, and more for one flat rate.… Continue reading Konichiwa! Backblaze Partners with Japan’s Largest Software Vendor: Sourcenext

1.6 Petabytes of Storage in One Day

Sometimes I’m just amazed how much data we store for our customers—pictures, videos, documents, spreadsheets, and more. It takes a lot of storage. Yesterday Kirk, Sean, new guy Dave, and Guido, from our operations group, outdid themselves. They racked and powered up 12 new Storage Pods in one day; that is freakin’ awesome and it’s… Continue reading 1.6 Petabytes of Storage in One Day

Backblaze Joins Foursquare, Wikipedia, and Apple in Moving to OpenStreetMap

If you use the “Locate My Computer” feature of Backblaze Personal Backup, you can get a map of the current location of your lost or stolen computer. Beginning today, that map will be provided by OpenStreetMap, a collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world released through an open content license. What… Continue reading Backblaze Joins Foursquare, Wikipedia, and Apple in Moving to OpenStreetMap

Wanted: Customer Support Zealots

Our online backup team needs customer support zealots to help answer any and all questions from our customers. Customer Support Representative Experience in customer or technical support is a big plus, but the intense desire to help protect data and the belief that online backup is a critical component of any backup strategy is paramount.… Continue reading Wanted: Customer Support Zealots

Today Is World Backup Day 2012: Back Up and Help Your Friends

It has arrived. This holiday has no painted eggs, no tree, no turkey, and no costumes. But it does have gifts: an iPad, five one-year unlimited online backup licenses, and more. More importantly, it has the ability to save your memories and give you the undying love of your friends, family, and co-workers. While 94%… Continue reading Today Is World Backup Day 2012: Back Up and Help Your Friends

World Backup Day 2012

Backblaze is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor for World Backup Day 2012. World Backup Day was started by a couple of concerned Reddit users as an independent grassroots initiative meant to raise awareness about the importance of doing backups. The audacious goal of World Backup Day is to have everyone back up their files,… Continue reading World Backup Day 2012

Backblaze Release 2.0.2

Editor’s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files—explore ways to recover your data here. Backblaze has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded over… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.0.2

Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings

New Ultrabook Design Decisions Limit Data Recovery Options When my girlfriend recently dropped (and killed) her new Ultrabook, I found out the Solid State Drive (SSD) inside of it was not easily removable like the old hard drives always were. This means a dead laptop = completely lost data if you aren’t fully backed up.… Continue reading Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings

Sing and Win an iPad

Nearly everyone likes to sing. And nearly everyone would like to win an iPad 3 when it becomes available. And we believe nearly everyone should backup their laptop or desktop computer with Backblaze. So we’ve combined all three into one easy contest: the “We Love You Backblaze” contest. One lucky winner will be able win an iPad 3. We’ve… Continue reading Sing and Win an iPad