We’ve never had an intern in the data center before, but that changed last week when Larry’s son Steve joined the data center ranks! We needed an extra set of hands to move and tear down a lot of our old chassis, and Steve was a willing victim volunteer! Lets learn a bit more about… Continue reading Meet the Team: Welcoming Steve to Our Data Center Operations
Year: 2015
How to Make the Most of Working Remotely
I’m sitting in a hotel room in a small remote town in the south of Germany, where I’m spending the week working. I did not come here because of a customer, partner, or work event. Instead my wife and I coordinated a week of vacation in Berlin with a work trip for her in this… Continue reading How to Make the Most of Working Remotely
We Need a Data Center Facilities Manager!
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. The Backblaze Data Center team is responsible for Backblaze’s cloud infrastructure. This is the team that defines our data center requirements and finds and/or builds facilities that meet our needs. This team… Continue reading We Need a Data Center Facilities Manager!
You Can Never Have Too Many Brians
Because we like to order large batches of name tags, we have to continue hiring Brians. Our latest intern continues the Brian trend! He’s joining us for a few weeks and working on some back-end and mobile projects; awesome! Let’s get to know Brian number five a bit better, shall we? What is your Backblaze… Continue reading You Can Never Have Too Many Brians
What You Would Do With a Storage Pod
A few weeks ago, we held a contest offering a free Storage Pod chassis as a prize to people who came up with creative ways to use/reuse a Backblaze Storage Pod chassis. The response was outstanding! We reviewed all the submissions and selected 20 we thought the most deserving—it was hard work. Here are some… Continue reading What You Would Do With a Storage Pod
Happy 4th of July!
Happy July 4th to everyone in the USA. Backblaze is celebrating the 4th of July with a blaze of our own! Have a safe and wonderful Independence Day!
Welcoming Our New Director of Marketing, Jim, to the Backblaze Team
The hiring continues at Backblaze (anyone know a good Senior Automation Engineer?), and the newest addition to the team is Jim! Jim’s joining the Marketing team as the Director of Marketing! It’s been a while since our team has grown and we couldn’t be more excited! Let’s learn a bit more about Jim, shall we?… Continue reading Welcoming Our New Director of Marketing, Jim, to the Backblaze Team
Kelly Joins Us as a Sr. Front-End Developer!
We’re pleased to announce Kelly joining the Backblaze team. We’re thrilled to have a dedicated front-end developer around to make the site more whiz-bang awesome! Bilingual in Vietnamese and English, Kelly has previously worked at Skunkworks (Vietnam) and Skype in Palo Alto. Let’s learn a bit more about Kelly, shall we? What is your Backblaze… Continue reading Kelly Joins Us as a Sr. Front-End Developer!
Computer Backup: Pick a Card, Any Card
Earlier this month, we blogged about the results from our 2015 Annual Backup Awareness Survey. There were charts and tables and numbers, and as everyone read it, their eyes glazed over and they drifted into a sound sleep. For the last eight years, we’ve collected, parsed, and presented this data each June. The upshot is… Continue reading Computer Backup: Pick a Card, Any Card
Wanted: Senior Automation Engineer
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze continues to grow and we need a Senior Automation Engineer to help us do it! Please note, even though “automation” is in the position title, this position does not involve self-driving… Continue reading Wanted: Senior Automation Engineer
Backblaze Open-sources Reed-Solomon Erasure Coding Source Code
At Backblaze we have built an extremely cost-effective storage system that enables us to offer a great price on our online backup service. Along the path to building our storage system, we have used time-tested technologies off the shelf, but we have also built in-house technologies ourselves when things weren’t available, or when the price… Continue reading Backblaze Open-sources Reed-Solomon Erasure Coding Source Code
Backblaze Mobile 2.0 for iOS
Easy Remote File Access Backblaze is proud to announce that Backblaze Mobile 2.0 for iOS is now available for your iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, or iPod Touch to access, download, experience, and share the files you have backed up with Backblaze Online Backup. Supporting a wide assortment of iOS devices and packed with new features… Continue reading Backblaze Mobile 2.0 for iOS
Locker: Cryptolocker Progeny Awakens
At midnight on May 25th, a dormant strain of ransomware awoke and began to wreak havoc on the systems and networks it had infected. The ransomware, known as Locker, was continuing in the footsteps of its ancestors, (Cryptolocker, CTB Locker, Cryptowall, and others) infecting systems, encrypting files, and then extorting money from people, businesses, and… Continue reading Locker: Cryptolocker Progeny Awakens
HGST Hard Drives: A Look at the 8TB Helium Drives
We recently installed and deployed 45 HGST 8TB hard drives into Backblaze Storage Pod 902 and the drives have recently completed their initial data loading phase. As we have done with Seagate, Western Digital, and Toshiba drives, we tracked the HGST drives during their data loading phase to see how well they performed. Here’s what… Continue reading HGST Hard Drives: A Look at the 8TB Helium Drives
Meet the Team: Introducing Our New Marketing Intern, Caitlin
Our Engineering Intern Katherine’s reign of “newest intern” is over! Our newest newest intern, Caitlin, has recently joined the Marketing department to help us with some fun tasks! Caitlin is a student at the University of San Francisco and is studying psych and graphics design, so maybe we’ll have her come up with some cool… Continue reading Meet the Team: Introducing Our New Marketing Intern, Caitlin
Eric Joins Our Accounting Department
We’re hiring like crazy over here (know any Sys Admins?) and the latest person to join the Backblaze team is Eric! He’s joining our money department as a Junior Staff Accountant, and our controller Cecilia couldn’t be happier! Let’s take some time and learn a bit about Eric, shall we? What is your Backblaze title?… Continue reading Eric Joins Our Accounting Department
Welcome to Backup Awareness Month 2015
June is Backup Awareness Month and we are kicking things off with a review of the 2015 results from our annual Backup Awareness Survey. Since 2008, in preparation for Backup Awareness Month, Backblaze has tasked the folks at Harris Interactive to poll computer owners to determine how often they back up the data on their… Continue reading Welcome to Backup Awareness Month 2015
Meet the Team: Introducing Katherine, Our Newest Summer Intern
The summer months are upon us and that means it’s time for Backblaze to get a whole new set of interns! The first one to join us is Katherine! She’s a JRPG playing Swarthmore Phoenix that’s joining our engineering team to help on some back-end projects they’ve been working on. Let’s get to know her… Continue reading Meet the Team: Introducing Katherine, Our Newest Summer Intern