We hear from customers all the time who were able restore data using our online backup service after their laptop died or was stolen. Sometimes our customers even catch the thief using Backblaze such as this Digital 007 that wrote us a year ago. It this case, Mark Bao was the Digital 007 and caught… Continue reading How an 18-Year-Old Used Computer Backup to Catch a Laptop Thief
Year: 2011
We’re Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer to Join Our Engineering Team
We are growing quickly and are on a bit of a hiring binge. Last week we opened a customer support position that we have now filled, but are looking for yet another person to add to that team. Additionally, we are now looking for a fantastic Java engineer. You will work on the server side… Continue reading We’re Looking for an Excellent Java Engineer to Join Our Engineering Team
How Critical Research for a Cancer Cure Was Stolen
No, I’m not kidding. Apparently two researchers that had been working on a cure for prostate cancer had all their data on a laptop. While they stopped quickly on the way to their lab, a thief stole the laptop out of their parked car. And, yes, I hate to say it: they had no backup.… Continue reading How Critical Research for a Cancer Cure Was Stolen
Survey Shows 51% of Americans Have Lost Digital Content Forever
Deloitte published the results of its fifth “State of the Media Democracy,” which shares the results of a poll of about 2,000 American consumers. While there are a number of interesting results from the survey that demonstrate the increase in smartphones and continued viewing of TV and reading of magazines, here is a stat that… Continue reading Survey Shows 51% of Americans Have Lost Digital Content Forever
Skinned My Mac
I love having an in-house designer. Got a new skin for my Mac: Want one? Download this Mac skin and use Uniqueskins to get one.
We’re Looking for a Rockstar Support Representative to Help Our Customers
Are you passionate about helping people? Communicate perfectly in email? We may be looking for you! Backblaze needs a great support representative to join our team. We are looking for someone who will help users of our unlimited online backup with any questions they have. Customer Support Representative Experience in customer or technical support is… Continue reading We’re Looking for a Rockstar Support Representative to Help Our Customers
Tweet for a Free Year of Backblaze
I bought one extra license to our unlimited backup service as a gift. Since practically everyone I know already uses Backblaze, I’m going to give it away. Tweet why you love Backblaze by noon tomorrow (Feb 11, 2011 California time) and include this link http://bit.ly/2fFTYR and we will randomly pick someone to get the license.… Continue reading Tweet for a Free Year of Backblaze
Why We Are Still Deeply Committed to Truly Unlimited Backup
These last couple days there has been much discussion in the media about whether the days of unlimited backup are over. Our answer is: No. Backblaze Is Committed to Unlimited Backups There are one billion computers on this planet and less than 1% of them are backed up online. We provide an online backup service… Continue reading Why We Are Still Deeply Committed to Truly Unlimited Backup
A New Backblaze Headquarters Location: Hello, San Mateo!
After almost four years in our original office in downtown Palo Alto, it was time to accept that we just couldn’t keep stuffing people in the space. Now, I’m thrilled to say that we have found and moved into a fantastic new office! Thank you to all that responded to our request for office suggestions.… Continue reading A New Backblaze Headquarters Location: Hello, San Mateo!
What Does 10 Petabytes of Data Actually Look Like? A Visualization of Massive Scale
As we approached the end of 2010, our VP of Engineering sent an email: Backblaze crossed the 10 petabyte mark in data storage for our customers. While I see us constantly adding storage for our online backup service, it was one of those moments that made me think, “Wow, that’s a lot of storage.” 10… Continue reading What Does 10 Petabytes of Data Actually Look Like? A Visualization of Massive Scale