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World Backup Day 2012

Backblaze is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor for World Backup Day 2012. World Backup Day was started by a couple of concerned Reddit users as an independent grassroots initiative meant to raise awareness about the importance of doing backups. The audacious goal of World Backup Day is to have everyone back up their files,… Continue reading World Backup Day 2012

“We Love You Backblaze” Contest Winner

First, we want to thank everyone for creating and sharing their videos for the “We Love You Backblaze” video contest. We hope everyone had fun. The creativity and uniqueness of the entries was truly amazing. Everyone who entered the contest will get a coveted Backblaze T-shirt, so if you entered the contest and haven’t heard… Continue reading “We Love You Backblaze” Contest Winner

Backblaze Release 2.0.2

Editor’s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files—explore ways to recover your data here. Backblaze has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded over… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.0.2

Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings

New Ultrabook Design Decisions Limit Data Recovery Options When my girlfriend recently dropped (and killed) her new Ultrabook, I found out the Solid State Drive (SSD) inside of it was not easily removable like the old hard drives always were. This means a dead laptop = completely lost data if you aren’t fully backed up.… Continue reading Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings

Sing and Win an iPad

Nearly everyone likes to sing. And nearly everyone would like to win an iPad 3 when it becomes available. And we believe nearly everyone should backup their laptop or desktop computer with Backblaze. So we’ve combined all three into one easy contest: the “We Love You Backblaze” contest. One lucky winner will be able win an iPad 3. We’ve… Continue reading Sing and Win an iPad

The DVD Is Dead. USB Flash Drive Restores Are Here.

Editor’s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files—explore ways to recover your data here. DVDs were a fantastic storage medium, able to store an astounding 4.7GB of data for a few… Continue reading The DVD Is Dead. USB Flash Drive Restores Are Here.

Just in Time: Backblaze Saves New Employee

While I wish that everyone would backup their data, the reality is for many people it takes a specific event to occur. (Unfortunately, that moment for most people is data loss.) For Kirk, that moment was starting to work at Backblaze. In a crazy coincidence, immediately after starting work and signing up with our online… Continue reading Just in Time: Backblaze Saves New Employee

Director of Web Services: Kirk

I’m excited to announce we have hired a Director of Web Services (a position which morphed just slightly from the original title of Sr. Systems Administrator). Below is a short interview with the latest addition to the Backblaze family: Kirk. Where are you originally from? Why did you move here? I was born in Washington… Continue reading Director of Web Services: Kirk

Backblaze Is Faster than the Sound of Panic After a Hard Drive Failure

Yes, that’s how blazing fast Backblaze is at backing up your data! At least according to @joerocklin who gets a Backblaze bike jersey for finishing: “Backblaze is faster than…” In addition to Joe’s answer, there were hundreds of other suggestions…many of which made us laugh out loud. Thank to everyone who submitted! For your perusing… Continue reading Backblaze Is Faster than the Sound of Panic After a Hard Drive Failure

Cyber Monday Winner Gets Peace of Mind for Giving Peace of Mind

Congratulations to Kenneth Ames for winning the Backblaze Cyber Monday raffle! He bought one year Backblaze online backup gifts for both his son and daughter in college. Helping ensure his kids don’t lose their school papers, photos, music, and other data got Kenneth a $250 gift card which he’s using to take a trip to… Continue reading Cyber Monday Winner Gets Peace of Mind for Giving Peace of Mind

And the Winner Is… Kiss Your Lost Files Hello

Thank you for voting on your favorite billboard! The votes have been tallied across the Facebook poll, comments, blog feedback, Twitter responses… And the winner is: Kiss your lost files hello Lee Robertson wins one-year of Backblaze online backup by voting/retweeting. Congratulations Lee, thanks to everyone that voted… And look out for the billboard appearing… Continue reading And the Winner Is… Kiss Your Lost Files Hello

It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard

We asked you to provide us ideas for a billboard and, wow, did you come through! You submitted about 200 ideas! It was incredibly difficult to narrow them down. But, after much deliberation, rigorous analysis, careful evaluation…and just some plain “I like that one!” we came down to the six ideas below. Now, it’s time… Continue reading It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard