Celebrate with us in Amsterdam at IBC, the premier European conference and expo for media and entertainment technology, as we toast our European partners and our new data center that just opened in Amsterdam.
Making the Data Center Choice (the Work Has Just Begun)
We select our European data center.
The Logistics of Finding the Right Data Center: The Great European (Non) Vacation
Join Backblaze on a European road trip to visit ten data center candidates in three countries in three days.
Getting Ready to Go to Europe
On Tuesday August 20th, we announced the opening of our first European data center. This post is the first in our three-part series on why we wanted an EU data center and how we selected one.
Welcome Fabian — Senior Java 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 Fabian to join our team as a senior java engineer. Let’s learn a bit… Continue reading Welcome Fabian — Senior Java Engineer
Announcing Our First European Data Center
We have big news. Starting today, our first European data center, in Amsterdam, is open and accepting customer data!
Heard Around Backblaze — August 2019
Here’s the August installment of what we’re talking about at lunchtime, discussing over Slack, debating in the hallways, and paying attention to at Backblaze.
Welcome Kim — Senior Engineering Manager
Joining to help manage our amazing, ever-growing team of engineers is Kim. Kim’s background with companies like Microsoft and Salesforce.com makes her a great addition to the team. Let’s learn a little more about Kim, shall we?
Interview With Filmmaker Laura D’Antoni
We met filmmaker Laura D’Antoni when we worked with her on a number of films for Backblaze. We were intrigued by her career as a director, editor, and filmmaker and thought our readers would be interested in getting to know her and her work better.
B2 Copy File is Now Public
At the beginning of summer, we put B2 Copy File APIs into beta. We’re pleased to announce that they are now public and ready to use (and we even included a few feature). Here’s the lowdown on how developers can use these new capabilities with B2 Cloud Storage.
Wanted: Graphic Designer
We’re looking for a graphic designer who understands and loves focusing on the customer. As importantly, we’re looking for someone that wants to be on a team that shows genuine care for each other. Put more plainly, we’re looking for a teammate.
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2019
This review looks at the Q2 2019 and lifetime hard drive failure rates of the data drive models currently in operation in our data centers.
Interviews From Storage Pod Pickup Day
Why would people make the long trek to our data center in Sacramento just to get a free Storage Pod? We asked them in these video interviews.
Welcome Nicole — Marketing Associate
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?