As our company grows in customers, team members, and projects we find ourselves hiring like mad to keep up. When I created the job description for our first-ever marketing associate, one of the responsibilities was: Miscellaneous — our favorite category!
Reading, Writing, and Backing Up — Are You Ready to Go Back to School?
It’s almost time to start or go back to school. Remember to back up all your school work to protect it from accidental or other loss.
Welcome Vincent — Business Development Representative
Backblaze business backup continues to grow and so does the department. Vincent has recently joined the team to help bring new clients to Backblaze! Let’s learn a little more about Vincent, shall we?
Planned Maintenance (Wednesday July 17th 2-4pm Pacific)
We will be having a planned maintenance period today 2:00pm -4:00pm Pacific Time.
More From Our Annual Survey: Choosing the Best Cloud for Backing Up
Our annual survey showed that more people are using the cloud for backup. But are they choosing the best kind of cloud for backing up?
The Shocking Truth — Managing for Hard Drive Failure and Data Corruption
All hard drives are subject to mechanical and electronic failure as well as silent corruption of your stored data, also known as bit rot. We look at the causes of hard drive data loss and best practices for keeping your data intact.
Welcome Mike — Senior Systems Administrator
The data center keeps growing, with well over 500 petabytes of data under management, so we need more systems administrators to help us keep track of all the systems as our operation expands. Our latest systems administrator is Mike!
More People Than Ever Backing Up According to Our Survey
The good news from our latest annual poll is that more people than ever are backing up their computers. The challenge is to do even better next year.
Wanted: Head of Publishing
Since 2007, Backblaze has earned our reputation as a leader in data storage. Our products are astonishingly easy to use and affordable. In a market that includes some of the biggest corporations of our time, we have differentiated ourselves by being cleverly unconventional in how we do things. Our success is tied to the principles… Continue reading Wanted: Head of Publishing
When Ransomware Strikes
To better understand innovative ways that you can protect business data, we invite you to attend our Ransomware: Prevention and Survival webinar on
Wanted: Senior Director of Product Marketing
We’re looking for a Product Marketing leader who understands and loves focusing on the customer.
What’s the Diff: Durability vs Availability
What does it mean when a storage vendor quotes a number for data durability or availability? We sort out the differences between the terms and what you should be looking for in reliable cloud storage.
Backblaze Vaults: Zettabyte-Scale Cloud Storage Architecture
Backblaze introduced our Vault architecture in 2015. It’s four years later and Vaults still provide the foundation for Backblaze’s highly durable and cost-efficient cloud storage.
Welcome John — Senior Software Engineer
As the Backblaze team and products continue to expand we found that we needed more engineers to help us keep up with existing systems and build out news ones (and we’re always hiring, by the way). To help us, we hired a veteran from Minneapolis, John, to join our team as a senior software engineer.… Continue reading Welcome John — Senior Software Engineer
Heard Around Backblaze — June 2019
Like any tech company, all of us at Backblaze pay attention to the news and what’s happening in Silicon Valley and other tech communities. If you’re interested in what interests us, then take a look at some of the latest items that have been heard around Backblaze.
Out of Stock: How to Survive the LTO-8 Tape Shortage
It’s been 18 months since LTO-8 was announced and where can you purchase tape? Perhaps it’s time to consider a better storage strategy that won’t leave you high and dry.
Come and Get ‘Em — Storage Pods That Is
We’re giving away a number of Storage Pods that have reached their end of service. You can have one or more, but you must pick them up in person between 10am and 5pm on Friday, June 28.
An Introduction to NAS for Photo & Video Production
The camera might be firmly entrenched at the top of the list of essential equipment for photographers and videographers, but a contender for next on the list has to be network-attached storage.