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\"Vote<\/p>\n

GigaOm, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch have gotten together again to put on the Academy Awards of the tech industry\u2014the Crunchies. Backblaze is honored to have been named a finalist in the Best Technology Achievement of 2009<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n

Not sure if you have heard of the other finalists…one is a little startup called Google and the other some company named Microsoft. ;-)<\/p>\n

Voting for the Crunchies ends this Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at midnight and we would love to have your vote. (It just takes a click to vote\u2014no personal info or sign-ups.)<\/p>\n

How Did We Get Selected to Be a Finalist?<\/h2>\n

Nominations from you and selection by the Crunchies Committee.<\/p>\n

What Is the Technology Achievement?<\/h2>\n

A combination of the unlimited, unthrottled, back-up-all-data online backup service<\/a> itself and the uber-inexpensive cloud storage<\/a> hardware design we gave away.<\/p>\n

So, What Now?<\/h2>\n

Vote for us! We promise to still be your friend after we’re famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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