Thank you for voting on your favorite billboard! The votes have been tallied across the Facebook poll, comments, blog feedback, Twitter responses… And the winner is: Kiss your lost files hello Lee Robertson wins one-year of Backblaze online backup by voting/retweeting. Congratulations Lee, thanks to everyone that voted… And look out for the billboard appearing… Continue reading And the Winner Is… Kiss Your Lost Files Hello
It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard
We asked you to provide us ideas for a billboard and, wow, did you come through! You submitted about 200 ideas! It was incredibly difficult to narrow them down. But, after much deliberation, rigorous analysis, careful evaluation…and just some plain “I like that one!” we came down to the six ideas below. Now, it’s time… Continue reading It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard
Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays—and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight
Peace of mind means different things to different people. It might be knowing you can get the song your baby falls asleep to when you’re traveling or being able to find your lost or stolen computer. At Backblaze, we believe that peace of mind comes from never having to worry about losing the video of… Continue reading Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays—and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight
Welcome, Backify Customers
Drama tends to be reserved for reality TV. Or sometimes for Valleywag. But the last couple of days there has been some drama in the backup space. About a month ago, Backify launched an online backup service claiming to offer 512GB for free. That surprised me and others and I was curious as to how… Continue reading Welcome, Backify Customers
Backblaze Is Faster Than…
Meet the Backblaze Peloton. From Wikipedia: The peloton travels as an integrated unit, like birds flying in formation, each rider making slight adjustments in response to the riders around him or her… I would say we started a Backblaze biking group because of the inherent efficiency, teamwork, and performance of a well-executed peloton; that this… Continue reading Backblaze Is Faster Than…
Job: Director of Product Marketing
Does it pain you when people lose data? Want to help promote an online backup service that has helped save a marriage, save Christmas, save a photographer’s portfolio, and even bring down an Argentinian counterfeiting crime ring? Come be our Director of Product Marketing and lead customer acquisition programs! We need someone who is creative… Continue reading Job: Director of Product Marketing
Job: Sr. Systems Administrator
UPDATE: this position has been filled by Kirk! Do you like big data? Big red boxes? The Backblaze online backup service has nearly 20 petabytes of customer data stored and adds about a petabyte every month. We like people who have the creativity to come up with new ways of building bigger and cheaper cloud… Continue reading Job: Sr. Systems Administrator
Backblaze 2.0: The Story of Unlimiting Our Unlimited Backup
Backblaze has always provided unlimited online backup: unlimited storage and unthrottled bandwidth. Today, I am very excited to announce: Backblaze 2.0—a performance release that makes the service more unlimited, faster, and even easier to get all your data safely backed up. There are 16 updates that we think you’ll love. I want to highlight a… Continue reading Backblaze 2.0: The Story of Unlimiting Our Unlimited Backup
The 1.35 Petabyte Backblaze Salt Pod
Researchers have discovered that a pinch of table salt can get more data onto spinning hard drive platters. A lot more: 6TB in a single platter! Considering the latest drives have up to five platters, that would be 30TB in a single hard drive. Put 45 of those drives into a Backblaze Storage Pod and… Continue reading The 1.35 Petabyte Backblaze Salt Pod
Get Well, Amit!
Several years ago, a guy sent us an email saying he liked our service and was planning on recommending Backblaze on his newsletter, Photojojo. We’d never heard of him or his newsletter but we said, “Great!” Shortly thereafter he wrote “Backblaze: Backup Software You’ll Actually Use” and almost 10,000 people showed up to try the… Continue reading Get Well, Amit!
A Small Tribute to Steve Jobs
One of our support guys sent an email to the company a few minutes ago saying Steve Jobs died. After a moment of disbelief there was some shock, then sadness. Steve Jobs wasn’t one in a million. He was one in a billion. And while we had never met him, he had a profound impact… Continue reading A Small Tribute to Steve Jobs
Sean Has a New Friend. His Name Is Guido.
A single Backblaze Storage Pod weighs nearly 150 lbs and takes two people to rack it. Each time Sean has gone to the data center to rack new Pods (which happens every two weeks) he needed to bring another person for assistance. In the interest of giving Sean a hand, we bought him a friend.… Continue reading Sean Has a New Friend. His Name Is Guido.
The History of Hard Drive Prices: $399.99 for a 3.1GB Hard Drive
No, not 3TB…3GB. We stumbled across this scan of a Best Buy news ad from 1996. “30-Message Pagers,” “Motorola Cellular Flip Phone,” “28.8 kbps modem”—what a trip down memory lane. One of my favorite ads, for obvious reasons, is for hard drives: At those prices, a Backblaze Storage Pod today would cost $18,000,000! (45 drives… Continue reading The History of Hard Drive Prices: $399.99 for a 3.1GB Hard Drive
GINA Builds Some Backblaze Pods
Okay, actually it was Chloe that built the first Pod. And Greg that built the second. But those Pods were built to store the geospatial information data for GINA—the Geographic Information Network of Alaska. When searching for pics of Backblaze Storage Pods, I stumbled across Stefanie “Chloe” Edgar’s Picasa album with photos of the Storage… Continue reading GINA Builds Some Backblaze Pods
Petabytes on a Budget 2.0: Revealing More Secrets
To get the latest updates and information on ALL of the Storage Pod versions. Click Here. It’s been over a year since Backblaze revealed the designs of our first generation (67TB) Storage Pod. During that time, we’ve remained focused on our mission to provide an unlimited online backup service for $5 per month. To maintain… Continue reading Petabytes on a Budget 2.0: Revealing More Secrets
Backblaze Fully Supports OS X Lion (10.7)
While Apple just recently announced their newest operating system, OS X Lion (10.7), Backblaze has been working with developers and beta testers for a while to ensure our online backup service is fully compatible. When you rush out to upgrade to Lion, know that your Backblaze online backup service will work seamlessly. The new OS… Continue reading Backblaze Fully Supports OS X Lion (10.7)
94% of Computer Users Still Risk Data Loss by Not Backing Up
Each of the last four years during June’s Backup Awareness Month, Backblaze has conducted a data backup survey using Harris Interactive. We always ask the same question: are you backing up your computer data and, if so, how often? The results of this fourth annual survey and the three previous ones are: Percent of Respondents… Continue reading 94% of Computer Users Still Risk Data Loss by Not Backing Up
Backblaze Finds $1 Million Counterfeit Cash
No, I’m not kidding. Just over a month ago we launched Locate My Computer, a free feature of our online backup service, to find your computer if it is lost or stolen. Since then a number of people have recovered their computers. However, one of our customers (let’s call him “Joe” as he requested anonymity… Continue reading Backblaze Finds $1 Million Counterfeit Cash