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Andy Klein
Andy Klein is the Principal Cloud Storage Storyteller at Backblaze. He has over 25 years of experience in technology marketing and during that time, he has shared his expertise in cloud storage and computer security at events, symposiums, and panels at RSA, SNIA SDC, MIT, the Federal Trade Commission, and hundreds more. He currently writes and rants about drive stats, Storage Pods, cloud storage, and more.
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How We Optimized Storage and Performance of Apache Cassandra at Backblaze
January 10, 2019 // No Comments
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2018 in the Rear View Mirror
December 18, 2018 // No Comments
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LTO Versus Cloud Storage Costs — the Math Revealed
December 4, 2018 // 3 Comments
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Buying a Hard Drive this Holiday Season? These Tips Will Help
November 20, 2018 // 10 Comments
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Migrating from CrashPlan: Arq and B2
October 23, 2018 // 4 Comments
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Hard Drive Stats for Q3 2018: Less is More
October 16, 2018 // 23 Comments
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Backblaze B2 API Version 2 Beta is Now Open
September 13, 2018 // 2 Comments
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How to Leverage Your Amazon S3 Experience to Code the Backblaze B2 API
August 30, 2018 // 1 Comment