{"id":107026,"date":"2022-10-18T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=107026"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:05:17","slug":"backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Like many industries, higher education has spent the last decade discovering the transformative power of the cloud and moving into the next century. The cost savings of running a more efficient tech stack and easier access to the vital data it contains have allowed those institutions to pursue the practical and academic discoveries they were built for.<\/p>\n

Graduating to Cloud Storage<\/h2>\n

Across the board, colleges and universities are pushing the boundaries of what cloud storage can do\u2014and their creativity is paying huge dividends for their efficiency and security. We\u2019ve included a few examples below that show just how these institutions have been able to maximize their cloud storage capabilities to reduce costs, modernize outdated operations, protect sensitive student and research data, and extend their ability to provide knowledge to a wider audience.<\/p>\n

Citing Our Work<\/h2>\n

Pittsburg State<\/a>: Located in Kansas, this university found themselves with nearly five decades of data in harm\u2019s way due to the constant threat of tornadoes. Adding off-premises storage with Backblaze B2 not only gave them the geographical separation they needed, but the addition of a virtual air gap through Object Lock quadrupled their protection against ransomware.<\/p>\n

Coast Community College District<\/a>: CCCD aiming to update its data management system and eliminate costly delays from tape backups. Their existing tapes needed to be physically chauffeured between the three colleges in the district\u2014Coastline Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College\u2014in friendly L.A. traffic. Backblaze B2\u2019s S3 Compatible APIs made for a seamless integration with Cohesity backup.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

UCSC\u2013Silicon Valley<\/a>: A 22-person video production team at the university\u2019s online learning program, UC\u2013Scout had quickly reached their storage capacity after archiving thousands of videos. By leveraging Backblaze B2, their IT team was able to streamline the entire production process, saving money and unleashing the team\u2019s full creative potential.<\/p>\n

Kanopy<\/a>: The \u201cNetflix for libraries\u201d overhauled its tech stack in order to share its massive selection of more than 25,000 videos with thousands of schools and public libraries. After migrating to Backblaze B2, Kanopy was able to scale efficiently and rapidly accelerate content onboarding.<\/p>\n

Gladstone Institutes<\/a>: Gladstone Institutes needed an affordable, reliable backup system that would allow their researchers to focus on the life-saving developments they were pursuing in the lab. Cloud storage\u2019s increased reliability allowed them to move away from LTO, and off-premise storage shielded their findings from the potential for natural disasters.<\/p>\n

Office Hours\u2014No Lectures<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re planning to attend EduCause \u201922<\/a>, you can learn more about the many possibilities Backblaze opens up in higher education. Through a new partnership<\/a> between Backblaze and Carahsoft<\/a>, public sector customers can now leverage their existing state, local, and federal buying programs to access Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to a live demo of Instant Recovery<\/a> in the Veeam booth, we\u2019re proud to sponsor the Carahsoft Happy Hour Reception<\/a>. With special cocktails you won\u2019t find anywhere else (try the \u201cBackblaze Special;\u201d you\u2019ll love it), this is a great opportunity to network with fellow educators and learn more about how Backblaze can help you leverage your tech stack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attending EduCause ’22? Come chat with Backblaze and see all the ways cloud storage is a great solution for higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":107027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[468],"class_list":["post-107026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-storage","category-events","tag-b2cloud","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBackblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how higher education institutions leverage Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to enhance efficiency, protect data, and reduce costs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover how higher education institutions leverage Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to enhance efficiency, protect data, and reduce costs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-18T16:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-18T21:05:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Newman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@backblaze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@backblaze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Newman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education","description":"Discover how higher education institutions leverage Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to enhance efficiency, protect data, and reduce costs.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education","og_description":"Discover how higher education institutions leverage Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to enhance efficiency, protect data, and reduce costs.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/","og_site_name":"Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze","article_published_time":"2022-10-18T16:09:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-18T21:05:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":820,"url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jennifer Newman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@backblaze","twitter_site":"@backblaze","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Newman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/"},"author":{"name":"Jennifer Newman","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4a51bf3dafad672e48e918aa8afc9a5f"},"headline":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education","datePublished":"2022-10-18T16:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-18T21:05:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/"},"wordCount":528,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","keywords":["B2Cloud"],"articleSection":["Cloud Storage","Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/","url":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/","name":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","datePublished":"2022-10-18T16:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-18T21:05:17+00:00","description":"Discover how higher education institutions leverage Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to enhance efficiency, protect data, and reduce costs.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","width":1440,"height":820},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-at-educause-22-fueling-innovation-in-higher-education\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Backblaze at Educause \u201922: Fueling Innovation in Higher Education"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/","name":"Backblaze Cloud Solutions Blog","description":"Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Backblaze","url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/backblaze_icon_transparent.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/backblaze_icon_transparent.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Backblaze"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze","https:\/\/x.com\/backblaze","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Backblaze","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Backblaze"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4a51bf3dafad672e48e918aa8afc9a5f","name":"Jennifer Newman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Newman-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Newman-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jennifer-Newman-150x150.jpg","caption":"Jennifer Newman"},"description":"Jen Newman is the partner marketing director for Backblaze. She has an extensive background in data protection software and storage, both on-premises and in the cloud. She started her IT career in sales, then became a solutions marketing and competitive intelligence guru before taking on the partner realm. Outside the business world, Jen is a hockey mom, weightlifter, and always on the go. Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter.","url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/author\/jennifer\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bb-bh-EduCause-e1666049964295.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}