Backblaze
{{Short description|Backup and cloud hosting company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Backblaze, Inc.
| logo = Backblaze Logo.svg
| hq_location = San Mateo, California, U.S.
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Gleb Budman (CEO)|Frank P. Patchel (CFO)|Kevin Gavin (CMO)}}
| products = {{Unbulleted list|Cloud storage|File backups}}
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|BLZE}}
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Online backup service|Cloud storage}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|2007|04|20}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Gleb Budman|Billy Ng|Nilay Patel|Brian Wilson|Casey Jones|Tim Nufire|Damon Uyeda}}
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|102 million|link=yes}} (2023)
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-58 million}} (2023)
| net_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|-60 million}} (2023)}}
| assets = {{decrease}} {{US$|132 million}} (2023)
| equity = {{decrease}} {{US$|44.9 million}} (2023)
| num_employees = 381 (December 2023)
| website = {{URL|backblaze.com}}
| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000146205624000033/blze-20231231.htm |title=Backblaze, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=1 April 2023 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |pages=6, 55–56}}
}}
Backblaze, Inc. is an American cloud storage and data backup company based in San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2007 by Gleb Budman and others.{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2022-12-13 |title=Back up a minute: Backblaze on SMR, storage tiers, and Web3 |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/12/13/backblaze-ceo/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-US}} Its two main products are their B2 Cloud Storage and Computer Backup services, targeted at both business and personal markets.
History
Backblaze was established in 2007 in San Mateo, California.{{Cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |title=Amazon cloud storage challenger Backblaze files to go public |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/cloud-object-storage-company-backblaze-files-to-go-public.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=CNBC |date=18 October 2021 |language=en}} In 2008, the company released online backup services to support PCs running Apple's macOS and Microsoft Windows.
In October 2021, Backblaze filed to go public on the Nasdaq under the symbol BLZE. In November, the company launched its public IPO.{{Cite web |title=Backblaze Stock Could Be The Next Cloudflare In The Making (NASDAQ:BLZE) |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4471154-backblaze-could-be-the-next-cloudflare-in-the-making |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=seekingalpha.com |date=22 November 2021 |language=en}}
Backblaze and Catalogic, a data protection vendor, announced their partnership in March 2022.{{Cite web |last=Fay |first=Joe |date=2022-03-14 |title=Catalogic partners with Backblaze to tackle ransomware and tape maintenance |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/03/14/catalogic-partners-with-backblaze-to-tackle-ransomware-and-tape-maintenance/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-US}}
Since 2013, Backblaze has reported quarterly reliability statistics for its data center hard drives, showing annual failure rates for each model.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-01 |title=Backblaze HD reliability stats show oldies can be goodies |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/01/backblaze_hd_reliability_stats_show/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=The Register |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Backup Company Reveals Hard Drive Failure Rates For 2022 |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/backblaze-hdd-failure-rates-2022 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US}}
Products
=Cloud backup=
Backblaze's first product was its computer backup, offering users to back up their computer data continuously and automatically with a monthly subscription service.{{cite web|url=https://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/02/backblaze-online-backup-with-time-machines-finesse/ |title=Backblaze: Online Backup With Time Machine's Finesse |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2 June 2008 |accessdate=28 March 2016}}
=Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage=
In September 2015, Backblaze launched a new product, B2 Cloud Storage. Being an infrastructure as a service (IaaS), it is targeted at software integration for different kinds of businesses.{{Cite web |last=Lardinois |first=Frederic |date=2016-06-28 |title=Backblaze launches its low-cost cloud storage service out of beta |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/28/backblaze-launches-its-low-cost-cloud-storage-service-and-s3-competitor-out-of-beta/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}
In May 2020, Backblaze released an Amazon S3-compatible API, allowing customers to use existing tools and applications with B2 Cloud Storage without rewriting them.{{Cite web |last=Lardinois |first=Frederic |date=2020-05-04 |title=Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/backblaze-challenges-aws-by-making-its-cloud-storage-s3-compatible/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}} In May 2022, Backblaze released its cloud replication services, which allow customers to back up and store data in a location that is geographically separate from the data's primary location.{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2022-06-07 |title=Backblaze launches 'cloud replication' to help companies store and sync data across regions |url=https://venturebeat.com/cloud/backblaze-launches-cloud-replication-to-help-companies-store-and-sync-data-across-regions/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Backblaze B2 offers cross-continent Cloud Replication service |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/252521171/Backblaze-B2-offers-cross-continent-Cloud-Replication-service |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=TechTarget |language=en}}
Technology
=Data centers=
Backblaze has five data centers; four in the United States and one in Europe. Two U.S. data centers are in Northern California near Sacramento, one is in Phoenix, Arizona, and in December 2022, Backblaze took residence in the CoreSite data center in Reston, Virginia.{{cite press release |title=Backblaze Opens New US East Data Region |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/12/13/2572902/0/en/Backblaze-Opens-New-US-East-Data-Region.html |website=globenewswire.com |date=13 December 2022 |access-date=12 January 2023}} Backblaze's data center in the European Union is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.{{cite web |date=27 August 2019 |title=Backblaze opens data center in Amsterdam, retains same pricing as US |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/backblaze-opens-data-center-in-amsterdam-retains-same-pricing-as-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914054320/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/backblaze-opens-data-center-in-amsterdam-retains-same-pricing-as-us/ |archive-date=2019-09-14 |access-date=27 August 2019 |website=TechRepublic.com}} In September 2022, Backblaze contracted 1MW of capacity at Nautilus's floating data center in Stockton, California.{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Georgia |date=2022-09-09 |title=Backblaze contracts 1MW of capacity at Nautilus's floating data center in Stockton, California |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/backblaze-contracts-1mw-of-capacity-at-nautiluss-floating-data-center-in-stockton-california/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.datacenterdynamics.com |language=en}}{{-}}
References
{{Reflist|35em}}
{{Backup software}}
Category:File hosting for Windows
Category:Online backup services
Category:Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Category:2021 initial public offerings
Category:Software companies of the United States
Category:Software companies established in 2007
Category:American companies established in 2007
Category:Companies based in San Mateo, California
Category:Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area