Backblaze Press Articles

(this page started 6/2/08)

Below are a collection of press articles that talk about Backblaze, a company I founded with a few partners.

8/5/07 - New York Times - Living Modestly Despite a Nice Nest Egg - by Gary Rivlin

6/2/08 - Press Release - Backblaze Launches!

6/2/08 - TechCrunch - Backblaze: Online Backup With Time Machine's Finesse - by Jason Kincaid

6/2/08 - Ars Technica - Making off-site backups brainless: hands-on with Backblaze - by David Chartier

6/2/08 - Simple Help - Review: Backblaze backup service - 25 Beta Invites for Simple Help readers - by Ross McKillop

6/2/08 - Killer Startups - Backblaze.com - Blue Screen of Death? No Problem.

6/4/08 - Atelier - Editorial: Data Backup Websites Simple To Use - by Danny Scuderi

7/22/08 - CNET Webware - Backblaze: Possibly World's Easiest Online Backup - by Rafe Needleman

7/24/08 - US News & World Report - Backblaze Is Simplest Way Yet to Back Up PC Files - by David LaGesse

7/26/08 - Italia.sw - Backblaze Online Backup Innovation - (original article in Italian)

7/27/08 - zepy.net - Backblaze: Possibly world's easiest online backup - by Kur-nia-one

8/23/08 - tic-tech-toe.com - Backblaze: Brainless Backup - by Ben Creighton

9/16/08 - TechCrunch - Backblaze's One-Click Online Backup Opens To The Public - by Jason Kincaid

9/16/08 - VentureBeat - Backblaze makes it dead simple to backup your files online - by Matt Marshall

9/16/08 - Kkomp - Backblaze Launches

9/16/08 - PRWeb - Backblaze Offers 'Peace of Mind' through Online Backup Solution - by PRWeb

9/16/08 - U.S. News and World Report - Backblaze Has the Guts to Declare Itself Ready - by David LaGesse

9/16/08 - TinyCrunch - 5 Great Online Backup Sites (Backblaze is the easiest) - by Jason Kincaid

9/16/08 - Thirdsector Tech - Backblaze - unlimited online backup for $5 / month - by Thirdsector Team

9/17/08 - Deep Jive Interests - Backblaze: Why Do You Make It So Hard To Like You? - by Tony Hung

9/21/08 - A Few Good Pens - Backblaze: Backing Up Your Files Online - by Dale Ducatte

12/3/08 - Download Squad - Backblaze Offers Truly No-Hassle Online Backups - by Lee Mathews

12/3/08 - LifeHacker - Backblaze Offers Hassle-Free Unlimited Online Backups - by Adam Pash

12/7/08 - Data Rocket - Securing Your Digital Life - by Jon Phillips

12/9/08 - TechCrunch - Backblaze Brings Its Dead Simple Online Backup To The Mac - by Jason Kincaid

12/9/08 - theAppleBlog - Backblaze Online Backup Service - by Nick Santilli

12/9/08 - TidBITS - Backblaze Launches Mac Beta of Online Backup Service - by Joe Kissell

12/9/08 - Ars Technica - Backblaze: online Time Machine for Mac - by David Chartier

12/9/08 - MacsimumNews - Backblaze announces private beta version of its Mac software - by Dennis Sellers

12/9/08 - TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) - Backblaze beta launches for Mac! - by Christina Warren

12/9/08 - MacNN - Backblaze reveals web-based system backup for Mac

12/10/08 - VentureBeat- Simple backup service Backblaze comes to Macs - by Anthony Ha

12/11/08 - InfoTech - Backblaze Intros Online Backup Solution for Mac Computers - by Rajani Baburajan

12/12/08 - On Storage - Backblaze Intros Mac Beta of Unlimited Online Backup Service - Jeff Goldman

12/14/08 - Daring Fireball - Backblaze Launches Mac Beta - by John Gruber

12/16/08 - ToMuse - Get Unlimited Hassle Free Backups For Your PC Or Mac With Backblaze - by Kevin

12/20/08 - iwanz - Chinese Review of Backblaze

1/1/09 - Courier Press - Backblaze keeps computer contents safe without the hassle - Justin Williams

1/6/09 - Cool Hunting - Backblaze Online Backup: Mac Beta Access - Doug Black

1/13/09 - iPhone Savior - Mac Faithful Show True Signs of Missing Steve Jobs

1/13/08 - MacNN - 'Bring Back Steve Jobs' flyers frustrate Apple

1/15/09 - Photojojo - Backblaze: Backup Software You'll Actually Use - Amit Gupta

1/30/09 - MacUser UK - Backblaze: MacUser Labs Winner for Best Online Backup Software - Tom Gorham
                                       And Click Here for the online version that came out a few days later.

3/1/09 - Content Agenda - Taking a Walk in 'the Cloud' - Keep Data Safe in the Cloud - David LaGesse

3/3/09 - DMG Photography - Backblaze - Breathing a Sigh of Relief - David Griffin

3/10/09 - theAppleBlog - Backblaze Recommended over Mozy or Carbonite - by Matthew Bookspan

3/13/09 - twistermc.com - Forget About Backing Up with Backblaze - by Thomas McMahon

3/15/09 - PC Go (German Print Magazine) - Capstore, Carbonite, Backblaze, and Mozy Review - by Jörn-Eric Burkert

4/14/09 - 5THIRTYONE - Backblaze: Secure unlimited automatic backups for $5 - by Derek Punsalan

4/14/09 - Macsimum News - Backblaze announces Mac Online Backup - by Dennis Sellers

4/14/09 - Macworld - Backblaze online backup debuts for Mac - by Peter Cohen

4/14/09 - TechCrunch - Backblaze's Online Backup Solution For Macs Hits Public - by Robin Wauters

4/14/09 - TidBITS - Backblaze Publicly Launches Online Backup Service for Macs - by Joe Kissell

4/14/09 - VentureBeat - Simple backup service Backblaze now available to all Mac users - by Anthony Ha

4/14/09 - MacNN - Backblaze debuts 'effortless' backup for Macs

4/14/09 - PC World - Backblaze Online Backup Debuts for Mac - by Peter Cohen

4/14/09 - TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) - Backblaze for Mac officially launches - by Christina Warren

4/14/09 - TechWhack - Backblaze now available for Apple Mac

4/14/09 - theAppleBlog - Backblaze for Mac Now Live - by Nick Santilli

4/14/09 - CNET - Easy backups for Mac: Backblaze - by Jason Parker

4/14/09 - Digital Composting - Backblaze - my offsite backup strategy - by Ron Brinkmann

4/15/09 - ComputerWorld - Backblaze now offers unlimited  Mac backups for $5 a month - by Lucas Mearian

4/15/09 - MyCom (Japanese) - Unlimited online backup from "Backblaze" For the Mac - by Yoichi Yamashita

4/17/09 - AppScout.com - Backblaze now Backs up Macs, Too - by Tony Dreier

4/22/09 - The Mac Observer - Backblaze to the Rescue! - by Ted Landau

4/22/09 - The Apple Store - Backblaze Listed in Apple's Downloads Section

4/27/09 - Cocolog-Nifty (Japanese) - Backblaze, Monster of an Online Full PC Data Service! - by Masaki

6/11/09 - Mac Life- Online Storage Battle: Which Cloud Back-Up Service Reigns Supreme? - by Susie Ochs

7/2/09 - The Father Life - Backblaze - Like Life Insurance Only Cheaper - by Ben Martin

7/9/09 - Mac App Storm - 8 Backup Solutions for OS X (Backblaze is best Online Backup) - by David Appleyard

7/13/09 - Survey - Top 10 Cloud Storage Providers (Backblaze is #8)

7/13/09 - Stuck In Customs - Backblaze Review - Trey Ratcliff

7/13/09 - TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) - Let's do the Time Warp again!  Offsite Time Machine backups - by Steven Sande

7/25/09 - TechWeb - Top 19 Mac Apps For Tight Budgets (Backblaze is #14) - by Mitch Wagner

7/31/09 - PMUG - Backblaze: Time Machine for the Cloud - by Khürt

8/4/09 - Eastman's Online Geneology Newsletter - Another Online Backup Solution (but I Use Backblaze) - by Dick Eastman

8/27/09 - Mac1 (Norway) - Nettbackup med Backblaze (In English: Network Backup with Backblaze) - by kjellhar

8/31/09 - Avid Cruiser - Backblaze Ships Author Restore Hard Drive - in Helsinki - by Ralph Grizzle

9/1/09 - Backblaze Blog - Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage - by Tim Nufire, Backblaze blog

9/1/09 - GigaOm - Are You Ready for Open-Source Hardware? - by Om Malik

9/1/09 - StorageMojo - Cloud storage for $100 a terabyte - by Robin Harris

9/1/09 - Online Backups Review - Build a Backblaze

9/1/09 - Vator News - Backblaze gives away cloud storage design (to spur some innovation) - by Chris Caceres

9/1/09 - ZDNet - Build a RAID 6 array for $100/TB - in "Storage Bits" by Robin Harris

9/1/09 - Information Overload - Backblaze is a good Compliment to a Drobo - by Brian T. Nakamoto

9/1/09 - VentureBeat - Backblaze sets its cheap storage designs free - by Anthony Ha

9/1/09 - Mashable - How It Works: The Continually Declining Cost of Unlimited Data Backup - by Christina Warren

9/1/09 - ByteAndSwitch - 67 Terabytes for $7,867: How-to By BackBlaze - by Mike Fratto

9/1/09 - BoingBoing - Open design for a 67 TB array for $7867 - by Cory Doctorow

9/1/09 - Appfrica - OpenSource Hardware Goes Mainstream - by Theresa Carpenter Sondjo

9/1/09 - TUAW - Need a few petabytes of Mac storage? Build your own BackBlaze Storage Pod - by Steven Sande

9/1/09 - Reddit.com - Petabytes on a budget #1 on Reddit.com - submitted by Toadfoot

9/1/09 - Electronista (macnn) - Backblaze gives away cloud storage design

9/1/09 - KyleCordes.com - Finally, massive storage done right - by Kyle Cordes

9/2/09 - SlashDot - Hardware: Build Your Own $2.8M Petabyte Disk Array For $117k - submitted by Chris Pirazzi

9/2/09 - Guardian.co.uk - Petabytes on a budget - by Jack Schofield

9/2/09 - Chakfused - Heavy Peta-ing

9/2/09 - ZDNet - BackBlaze reveals how to build petabyte storage arrays for a 10th of the cost - by Jason Hiner

9/2/09 - CrunchGear - How much for 67 terabytes? Try $7,867 - by Dave Freeman

9/3/09 - Ycombinator (Hacker News) - Discussion About Backblaze Storage Pod - 105 authors and comments weigh in

9/3/09 - Mvdirona Perspectives - Backblaze Successfully Challenges the Server Tax - by James Hamilton (from Amazon Web Services)

9/3/09 - CRN (Australia) - Want a petabyte for under US$120,000? - by Sholto Macpherson

9/3/09 - C0T0D0S0.org - Some perspective to Backblaze's DIY storage server mentioned at Storagemojo - by Joerg Moellenkamp

9/4/09 - Ycombinator (Hacker News) - Discussion About above Joerg Moellenkamp's Blog Post - 100 authors and comments respond to Joerg Moellenkamp

9/4/09 - Digg - Backblaze hits #2 spot on Digg

9/7/09 - Macworld - Backblaze gives away its 67TB ‘storage pod’ design - Peter Cohen

9/3/09 - C0T0D0S0.org - Thoughts about this DIY-Thumper and storage in general - by Joerg Moellenkamp

9/3/09 - ZDNet - Survival of the fit-most - by Phil Wainewright

12/7/09 - Nerd Stalker - Backblaze is 2009's Best Cloud Backup - by Adolfo Foronda

12/5/09 - Vator News - An inside look at Backblaze - by Chris Caceres

8/27/10 - Backblaze Blog - Backblaze online backup almost acquired - Breaking down the breakup - Gleb Budman

8/27/10 - Tech Crunch - Online Backup Startup Backblaze Was Almost Bought.  Twice.  What Went Wrong - by Robin Wauters

8/27/10 - Venture Beat - Backup service Backblaze almost acquired by .... someone - by Anthony Ha

8/27/10 - Hacker New (ycombinator.com) - Discussion about Acquisition Blog Post

8/27/10 - Small Net Builder - Backblaze Almost Acquired - Lessons Learned the Hard Way - by Tim Higgins

8/27/10 - Law Shucks - Client's Perspective on a Busted Deal

8/27/10 - Online Backups Review - Backblaze Acquired, Almost

10/7/10 - New York Times (GigaOm) - Macintosh Backup Smackdown - Backblaze Hands Down Better than Mozy or Carbonite

5/23/11 - On this date Backblaze launched the "Locate My Computer" functionality.  Here is a screenshot of the "Locate My Computer" Page and this is the Blog Post announcing the feature

5/23/11 - TUAW - Backblaze adds free Locate My Computer service to backups - by Steven Sande

5/23/11 - MacStories - Backblaze Launches Location Service to Find Stolen Computers - by Cody Fink

5/23/11 - MacTech - Backblaze Online Backup Launches 'Locate My Computer'

5/23/11 - Online Backups Review - Locate your Lost or Stolen Computer with Backblaze

5/23/11 - Tech Whack - Backblaze launches locate my computer feature

5/23/11 - Small Cloud Builder - Backblaze adds Free Stolen Computer Locator

5/23/11 - Business Insider - Backblaze adds free Locate service to backups

5/23/11 - Mac News - Backblaze Online Backup Launches 'Locate My Computer'

5/23/11 - The Inquisitr - Backblaze launches 'Locate My Computer' so everyone can humiliate the person who stole their laptop on YouTube

5/23/11 - eWeek - Backup Provider Backblaze Now Includes Locator for Stolen PCs

7/20/11 - Launch of the Pod 2.0 blog post - Petabytes on a Budget v2.0: Revealing More Secrets

  1. 7/20/11 - Backblaze Blog - Petabytes on a Budget v2.0: Revealing More Secrets - by Tim Nufire, Backblaze blog
  2. 7/20/11 - Extreme Tech - How to build your own 135TB RAID6 storage pod for $7,384 - by Sebastian Anthony
  3. 7/20/11 - GigaOm - Cloud storage for $100 a terabyte - by Derrick Harris
  4. 7/21/11 - GigaOm - Open source and the IT company, a lucrative proposition - by Paul Miller
  5. 7/20/11 - Ycombinator (Hacker News) - 135TB for $7,384 - Backblaze Pod 2.0 - 75 authors and comments weigh in
  6. 7/20/11 - Slashdot - Build Your Own 135TB RAID6 Storage Pod for $7,384 - posted by CmdrTaco, 238 comments
  7. 7/20/11 - Electronista - Backblaze intros Storage Pod 2.0: DIY 135TB server for $7K
  8. 7/20/11 - VentureBeat - Backblaze sets its cheap storage designs free - by Regina Sinsky
  9. 7/20/11 - StorageMojo - How It Works: The Continually Declining Cost of Unlimited Data Backup - by Robin Harris
  10. 7/22/11 - TUAW - Backblaze updates Storage Pod Project and supports Lion - by Steven Sande
  11. ... total of 15 articles ....
     

10/26/11 - TechCrunch - Online Storage Service Backblaze Now More Unlimited Than Unlimited - by Robin Wauters

10/26/11 - GigaOm - Backblaze now backs up whatever you've got - by Barb Darrow

10/26/11 - Wired - Backblaze’s Basic Cloud Storage is 25 Times Cheaper than Amazon S3 - by Jon Stokes


4/15/2012 - Sunday 11pm (California time) - The SourceNext Japanese launch.  This is an Affiliate partnership where the company "SourceNext" helped Backblaze improve our Japanese translations and we split the profits from selling in Japan.  Below are some press articles from the launch (many downloads, many Japanese Prepaid codes sold).

   1) Backblaze page on Sourcenext site: (English) (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
        http://www.sourcenext.com/product/pc/uti/pc_uti_000789/

   2) Backblaze free trial page on Sourcenext site: (English) (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
       http://www.sourcenext.com/titles/free/bb/

   3) Sourcenext Press Release: (English)  (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
       http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000024.000004346.html 

   4) PDF/datasheet of their press release: http://prtimes.jp/data/corp/4346/cf55eef4be4e3a18d7d663a097960b66.pdf
       (Saved Local Copy of PDF of above link.)


    Articles

    5) http://news.nifty.com/cs/technology/techalldetail/mycom-20120416-20120416061/1.htm (English)  (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
    6) http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2012/04/16/108/ (English)  (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
    7) http://cloud.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20120416_526792.html (English)  (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
    8) http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20120416_526833.html (English) (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)
    9) http://pc.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20120416/1046165/ (English) (Screenshot of English Page for Preservation)

 

 

 

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