Year: 2016

Welcome Intern Aaron!

The newest intern to join the Marketing ranks is Aaron! He’s a high school student who’s just dipping his toes in the fantastical world of startups. He’ll be helping us work on our spreadsheets and making sure that all of our campaigns are properly cataloged and accounted for. Let’s learn a bit more about Aaron,… Continue reading Welcome Intern Aaron!

Welcome Intern Ari

Our first intern of the summer, Alex, has been working hard in the data center making sure that all the drives are spinning, and Marketing now has its first intern of the summer! Ari joins us from Indiana University, where he studies marketing and sales. Let’s learn a bit more about Ari, shall we? What… Continue reading Welcome Intern Ari

How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back

Reading Peter’s post on getting your data ready for vacation travels reminded me of a story we recently received from a Backblaze customer. Una’s laptop was stolen and then traveled over multiple continents over the next year. Here’s Una’s story, in her own words, on how she got her laptop back. Enjoy. Pulse Incident Number… Continue reading How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back

Cloud Storage on a Budget—Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Launches With Support, Integrations, an SLA, and More

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage 1.0 is out of Beta and available for organizations large and small to reliably, yet inexpensively, store their data in the cloud. B2 not only provides cloud storage at 1/4th the cost of leading providers, it also comes with a 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA), free and premium support options, and a growing list of partners who have created integrations to sync, backup, or archive data to the B2 cloud.

Annalisa Joins the Support Crew

As Backblaze continues to grow, we’re constantly on the lookout for talented folks in all of our departments. Our latest hire is Annalisa, who is joining our Support team as a Junior Technical Support Representative. Let’s learn a bit more about Annalisa, shall we? What is your Backblaze title? Junior Technical Support Representative. Where are… Continue reading Annalisa Joins the Support Crew

Backblaze Release 4.1—What’s in a Name?

Introducing release 4.1, the latest update to our Backblaze Personal Backup and Backblaze Business Backup clients. This is our first major release with our new product names. What new names, you say? Our initial product, delivered eight years ago, was Backblaze Online Backup, a good name. Over time we added a second product, Backblaze for… Continue reading Backblaze Release 4.1—What’s in a Name?

Meet the Interns: Alex

It’s summer time and that means our latest crop of interns are coming! Our first intern started a week ago and has been hard at work in our data center, helping our Operations department keep our Storage Pods spinning. Let’s take a moment and learn more about Alex, shall we? What is your Backblaze title?… Continue reading Meet the Interns: Alex

All About FileVault: Encryption for Your Mac

FileVault keeps your data safe if your Mac is ever stolen or lost by encrypting the hard drive. What does that mean, though? Let’s demystify FileVault and find out more about how it works with things like Backblaze. What Is FileVault? FileVault is Apple’s term for disk encryption. It’s been around in its current incarnation… Continue reading All About FileVault: Encryption for Your Mac

Still $5/Month

On June 2nd, 2008, when Backblaze was still just five guys hammering away on a big red box in a one-bedroom apartment turned office, Backblaze went into public beta with version 1.0.0.71. With great fanfare, we announced unlimited online backup of your Windows PC for just $5 a month, the Mac release was a few… Continue reading Still $5/Month

Data Backup: Are You a Hero or a Zero?

June is Backup Awareness month, and Backblaze being a data backup company, is keen to have folks be, well, backup aware. During the year, we publish blog posts and articles on data backup and spend marketing money spreading the word—back up your data. We’re not alone, as there are plenty of other companies doing the… Continue reading Data Backup: Are You a Hero or a Zero?

Backblaze and Dropbox: Complementary Cloud Services

We’ve talked before about the difference between online storage and online backup. One of the most popular online sharing services is Dropbox. Many of us have both Dropbox and Backblaze installed side by side on the same computer. How do they work together to keep your computer data protected? Let’s take a look. What Is… Continue reading Backblaze and Dropbox: Complementary Cloud Services

One Billion Drive Hours and Counting: Q1 2016 Hard Drive Stats

For Q1 2016 we are reporting on 61,590 operational hard drives used to store encrypted customer data in our data center. There are 9.5% more hard drives in this review versus our last review when we evaluated 56,224 drives. In Q1 2016, the hard drives in our data center, past and present, totaled over one billion hours in operation to date. That’s nearly 42 million days or 114,155 years worth of spinning hard drives. Let’s take a look at what these hard drives have been up to.

Hiring a VP of Marketing

Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze is looking to hire a VP of Marketing. I find that both exhilarating and frightening. Why frightening? Because I’ve played the role since the inception of the company, it would be… Continue reading Hiring a VP of Marketing

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