Apple launched OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard on Friday and not only is it faster and smaller, but also adds a few new features and core services. But for many, the price of just $29 seemed to be the primary reason to upgrade. So, were these really enough for people to rush out and buy the… Continue reading Backblaze Supports Snow Leopard
Backups in Baghdad: Protecting Data Around the World
“Jason,” not his real name, is an electrical engineer contracting for the military. I wanted to share the comments and photos he sent us about his experience with Backblaze in Baghdad: My being here is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I don’t want something like a hard drive failure to sour it. My… Continue reading Backups in Baghdad: Protecting Data Around the World
MacWorld Brings Back Steve Jobs
Sometimes its the little things that warm my heart. In January, many of us hoped to see Steve Jobs on stage as the keynote for the MacWorld event. We decided to show our support by making “Bring Back Steve Jobs” posters and passing them out the morning of the keynote. Today a very cool time… Continue reading MacWorld Brings Back Steve Jobs
Syncplicity Shutting Off Mac Users
Backblaze welcomes all Syncplicity users with a 15% off coupon! While synchronization and backup are not the same, some users try to use sync as a form of backup. Synchronization provider Syncplicity had a Mac version in beta for a while…but last week announced they are pulling the plug on it because of technical issues.… Continue reading Syncplicity Shutting Off Mac Users
Backblaze Release 1.0.1
Backblaze has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded over the next two weeks. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 6/8/09 Windows Version: 1.0.1.161 Mac Version: 1.0.1.162 Auto-Update: All Users This release is primarily a maintenance release to add system checks and make the service… Continue reading Backblaze Release 1.0.1
Backup Awareness Month Winners
June was Backup Awareness Month and every day we chose one person who installed a free trial to receive a one-year subscription to Backblaze. We received a lot of great feedback from the daily winners, many being shocked to have won something and thrilled to have the security of knowing they were backed up. As… Continue reading Backup Awareness Month Winners
Cloud Computing: Takeaways from the GigaOm Structure 09 Conference
One year ago I attended Cloud Camp, a gathering of early adopters of cloud computing. Primary questions there centered on: “How do we define cloud computing?” Last Thursday, I attended GigaOm Structure 09 and the discussions were full of cloud computing success stories, explanations of deployments, insights about how to scale bigger, offerings of cloud… Continue reading Cloud Computing: Takeaways from the GigaOm Structure 09 Conference
Causes of Data Loss and Some Statistics
Nearly one of two people (46%) lose data every year according to a study of Backblaze customers. Shocking? It surprised me at first glance, but then I dug in deeper. Drive Failures According to a Google study of hard drive failures, disk drives over a year old have about a one in 10 chance of… Continue reading Causes of Data Loss and Some Statistics
Backup Awareness Month: First Winners and Slight Clarifications
Today is the fifth day of Backup Awareness Month and these three people have already won their one-year subscription to Backblaze Computer Backup: June 1st: Rui Marques June 2nd: Tim Slater June 3rd: Michael Koch Each of them simply clicked the Start Backing Up button to get a free trial on that day and were… Continue reading Backup Awareness Month: First Winners and Slight Clarifications
Backblaze Release 1.0.0.149 and 1.0.0.150
Backblaze has made a new release available and some users are being automatically upgraded. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 6/5/09 Windows Version: 1.0.0.149 Mac Version: 1.0.0.150 Auto-Update: Some Users Minor release to address a few small issues including: Cloned Drive Primary Drive Selection A small percentage of (mostly Mac) users that… Continue reading Backblaze Release 1.0.0.149 and 1.0.0.150
Backblaze Release 1.0.0.143 and 1.0.0.144
Backblaze has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 6/2/09 Windows Version: 1.0.0.143 Mac Version: 1.0.0.144 Auto-Update: All Users Cloned Drive Support In April, Backblaze released a dramatically improved system for supporting external drives. Previously when an external drive… Continue reading Backblaze Release 1.0.0.143 and 1.0.0.144
Backblaze Philosophy for New Releases
Backblaze is constantly listening to customer feedback and innovating internally. The new features, bug fixes, and underlying enhancements that result from these become available in various releases of the Backblaze service. One of the pieces of feedback we heard was that some of you wanted to know more about these releases. We listened and I… Continue reading Backblaze Philosophy for New Releases
June Is Backup Awareness Month
For Backup Awareness Month, Backblaze conducted its second annual user backup study. Well, we still have a ways to go as only 6% of consumers are doing regular backups. To celebrate Backup Awareness Month, continue spreading the message, and get people backing up their computers, we are giving away a Free One-Year Subscription to Backblaze… Continue reading June Is Backup Awareness Month
TheAppleBlog Requests Old-Time Creativity
Josh Pigford at TheAppleBlog was excited by the arrival of a new simple drawing application for the Mac called “Paintbrush” that brought back the pixelated times of the past. To celebrate, he challenged his readers to create images with the new app and offered to give two one-year subscriptions to Backblaze to the best ones.… Continue reading TheAppleBlog Requests Old-Time Creativity
Backblaze Mac Launch Winners
Two weeks ago Backblaze launched the Mac version of its unlimited online backup service. As part of the launch, we randomly selected 25 people who installed on the day of the launch to receive a free one year license to the Backblaze service. I wanted to share a few of the responses we received when… Continue reading Backblaze Mac Launch Winners
Backblaze Launches Mac Version
Backblaze loves the Mac, and even tried to bring back Steve Jobs, so we’re very excited today to make our unlimited online backup service available to all Mac users. With half the founding team originally from Apple, we couldn’t wait to support the Mac platform. We’re thrilled to do so and to see some of… Continue reading Backblaze Launches Mac Version
It Can Sometimes Be a Problem
Cara is a good friend of ours and a we had a great time trying to shoot something for the Backblaze homepage. As a bonus, Cara does all of her own stunts so we were able to use real fire with real gasoline instead of CGI fire.
Have You Been a Data Crisis Counselor?
Dan Tynan’s article “The 7 dirtiest jobs in IT” hit a nerve with many an IT worker, and Tynan followed it up with “Even dirtier IT jobs.” Number six on the list of the dirtiest jobs? Data crisis counselor. This is a person on the other end of the phone from “sobbing adults who’ve lost… Continue reading Have You Been a Data Crisis Counselor?