Month: March 2014

We’re Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer to Join Our Team

Want to work at a company that helps customers in over 150 countries around the world protect the memories they hold dear? A company that stores over 100 petabytes (a quarter as much as Facebook) of customers’ photos, music, documents and work files in a purpose-built cloud storage system? Well, here’s your chance. Backblaze is… Continue reading We’re Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer to Join Our Team

Introducing Storage Pod 4.0: A Look at Our Direct Wire Design

To get the latest updates and information on ALL of the Storage Pod versions. Click Here. For the first time since the original Storage Pod, Backblaze is announcing a completely redesigned approach with the introduction of the first “direct wire” Storage Pod. This new Storage Pod performs four times faster, is simpler to assemble, and… Continue reading Introducing Storage Pod 4.0: A Look at Our Direct Wire Design

What is a Terabyte? Understanding 100 Petabytes of Cloud Data

Wow. Backblaze is now storing 100 petabytes of customer data in our cloud storage. 100 petabytes is a hard number to wrap our heads around, so… How much data is 100 petabytes? 100 petabytes 100,000 terabytes 100,000,000 gigabytes 100,000,000,000 megabytes Here are a few comparisons to help contextualize 100 petabytes: One quarter as much data… Continue reading What is a Terabyte? Understanding 100 Petabytes of Cloud Data

Why Tech Journalist Walt Mossberg Recommends Backblaze for Cloud Backup

Last week, venerable reviewer Walt Mossberg did an in-depth Backblaze review and said: “I like and can recommend Backblaze.” Mossberg had been the head technology reviewer for The Wall Street Journal for approximately 25 years before leaving to start a dedicated technology site, Re/code, in January 2014. According to Wikipedia: Mossberg is widely regarded as… Continue reading Why Tech Journalist Walt Mossberg Recommends Backblaze for Cloud Backup

Join Our Team for a Few Days and Work for Backblaze at Macworld

You love Backblaze. You’ve woken up in the middle of the night asking yourself, “Self, why is it that I’m not working at Backblaze, I love those guys!” Well, here’s your chance! Backblaze has a big presence at Macworld (March 27-29th) this year and we want someone to come spend a day with us at… Continue reading Join Our Team for a Few Days and Work for Backblaze at Macworld

Backblaze + Pebble

Backblaze and Pebble? Talk about worlds colliding. I (Yev) love the Pebble, and I’ve been wearing one ever since my Kickstarter edition watch shipped last year. More recently I’ve upgraded to the shiny and new Pebble Steel. Anyway, I’m also the social media guy at Backblaze, so I’m constantly monitoring the ‘social sphere’ for any… Continue reading Backblaze + Pebble