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Year: 2021
Backblaze Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
SAN MATEO—November 2, 2021. Backblaze, Inc. (“Backblaze”), a leading storage cloud platform, today announced that it has launched the roadshow for its initial public offering. Backblaze has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer 6,250,000 shares of its Class A common stock to the public.… Continue reading Backblaze Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2021
Read our latest report on the Q3 2021 and lifetime failure rates of our data drives, with insights and observations on the failure rates of the 190,000+ drives in our environment, including HDD and SSD boot drives.
Who Ya Gonna Call? Backblaze
A spooky data story for your Halloween weekend. Remember to back up your files!
What’s the Diff: Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud
Learn more about the difference between a private cloud and a public cloud and which is best for your use case.
Drive Failure Over Time: The Bathtub Curve Is Leaking
Read this post to learn how drive failure rates fit the bathtub curve in 2021 compared with our 2013 drive stats data.
How to Add Object Lock to Your IT Security Policy
Learn about five different use cases for Object Lock and how to ensure your business gets all the protection from cybersecurity threats that it offers.
Crash CORS: A Guide for Using CORS
Learn more about cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) and how to enable it using Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.
Backblaze Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
San Mateo, California, October 18, 2021 – Backblaze, Inc. today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for… Continue reading Backblaze Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Bringing Connected Container Management via Cycle
Learn more about our latest integration with Cycle, which empowers developers to easily deploy containers, unify their application management, and choose the microservices and technologies they need.
A Quick Guide to iCloud and iTunes Backups for Your iPhone and iPad
Read this post to learn how to back up all of the data on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Using Machine Learning to Predict Hard Drive Failures
Learn more about how our Drive Stats data was used in a research paper that examined whether the application of algorithms for interpretable machine learning would predict drive failure and provide meaningful insights about drive health.
Analyst Firm Validates B2 Cloud Storage Platform’s Time and Budget Savings
Read the key findings from Enterprise Strategy Group’s Economic Validation report on the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage platform.
What’s the Diff: Backblaze S3 Compatible API vs. B2 Native API
If you’re just getting started with B2 Cloud Storage, this post will explain the differences between the Backblaze S3 Compatible API and the B2 Native API, and which is best for your use case.
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) vs. Solid-state Drive (SSD): What’s the Diff?
Read this post to learn more about the difference between HDDs and SSDs.
Are SSDs Really More Reliable Than Hard Drives?
Do SSDs fail less often than HDDs? Read this post to see the findings from our Drive Stats reports.
Announcing Backblaze Developer Day: Build Blazing Apps
Announcing Backblaze Developer Day on October 21st! Learn more about what to expect and register for free today.
How to Back Up Old Email Accounts
Read this post to learn how to download and back up your Gmail and Outlook data.