Maybe we should say “Welcome back, Aaron.” You see, Aaron is a native Californian from Sacramento, who moved to Austin, Texas a few years ago. As much as Aaron liked living in “The Live Music Capital of the World” or “Silicon Hills,” he is really excited to be back home where he’ll be working in… Continue reading Welcome Aaron: Systems Administrator
Month: March 2014
Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer
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 Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer
Storage Pod 4.0: Direct Wire Drives
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 Storage Pod 4.0: Direct Wire Drives
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 100 Petabytes of Cloud Data
Walt Mossberg Recommends Backblaze
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 Walt Mossberg Recommends Backblaze
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 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
Welcome Matt: Sacramento Here I Come…
We’d like to welcome Matt to our Operations team as a Data Center Technician. He’s our first employee to work day-in/day-out in our “new” Sacramento data center. Of course, other Backblaze folks will visit and help him out on a regular basis so he won’t get too lonely. After all, we don’t want him roaming… Continue reading Welcome Matt: Sacramento Here I Come…