{"id":5067,"date":"2014-03-17T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=5067"},"modified":"2025-12-12T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:48:11","slug":"walt-mossberg-recommends-backblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/walt-mossberg-recommends-backblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Walt Mossberg Recommends Backblaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-walt-mossberg.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-FyZNzWrG\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-walt-mossberg.jpg\" alt=\"blog-walt-mossberg\" width=\"560\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-walt-mossberg.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/blog-walt-mossberg-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Last week, venerable reviewer Walt Mossberg did an in-depth <a title=\"Backblaze review\" href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2014\/03\/11\/triple-coverage-back-up-your-computer-in-three-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze review<\/a> and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I like and can recommend Backblaze.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mossberg had been the head technology reviewer for The Wall Street Journal for approximately 25 years before leaving to start a dedicated technology site, Re\/code, in January 2014. According to <a title=\"Walt Mossberg Wikipedia entry\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walt_Mossberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mossberg is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers on information technology. In 2004, in a lengthy profile, Wired called him &#8220;The Kingmaker,&#8221; saying &#8220;few reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry&#8217;s successes and failures.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are thrilled to have him review our online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/backup-and-archive\">backup service<\/a>, recommend it, and choose it as part of his personal backup strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Mossberg also recommended a full three-tier approach with which we agree:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>1. A sync service for actively used files.<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>2. A local backup.<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>3. An online backup.<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Importantly, he reviewed both the backup:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;In my tests, the backups have gone smoothly, even though I used the computer in multiple locations with multiple network speeds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And he reviewed the restore:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;I tested two of the methods\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/docs\/downloading.html\">downloading<\/a> and the USB drive\u2014and found that both worked perfectly and quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mossberg also discussed his three-tier backup strategy and his experience with Backblaze on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2014\/03\/11\/mossberg-on-backblaze-it-just-does-it.html\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t be more pleased that Walt enjoyed the service and hope that his three-tier approach will help you with your <a href=\"\/blog\/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy\/\">backup strategy<\/a>. You can find other reviews and comments from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/backblaze-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze users here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, venerable reviewer Walt Mossberg did an in-depth Backblaze review and said: &#8220;I like and can recommend Backblaze.&#8221; Mossberg had been the head technology reviewer for The Wall Street Journal for approximately 25 years before leaving to start a dedicated technology site, Re\/code, in January 2014. 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