Wasabi Technologies
{{Short description|American object storage service provider}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Wasabi Technologies, Inc.
| logo = Wasabi_Logo.png
| former_name = Blue Archive
| type = Private
| industry = Cloud storage software
| founded = {{Start date and age|2017|06|01}} in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| founder = David Friend, Jeff Flowers
| hq_location_city = Boston, Massachusetts
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = David Friend CEO
Jeff Flowers CTO
| products = Wasabi Hot Storage
| website = {{URL|wasabi.com}}
}}
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is an American object storage service provider based in Boston, Massachusetts that sells cloud storage.{{cite web |last1=Kepes |first1=Ben |title=Wasabi serves up some spicy AWS-killer claims |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/962882/wasabi-serves-up-some-spicy-aws-killer-claims.html |website=NetworkWorld |date=3 May 2017 |publisher=IDG |access-date=7 November 2018}} The company was co-founded in September 2015 by David Friend and Jeff Flowers and launched its cloud storage product in May 2017.{{cite web |last1=Cline |first1=Keith |title=Wasabi - Taking on the Tech Giants with Hot Storage |url=https://venturefizz.com/blog/wasabi-taking-tech-giants-hot-storage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513222207/https://venturefizz.com/blog/wasabi-taking-tech-giants-hot-storage |archive-date=2017-05-13 |accessdate=9 February 2018 |website=Venture Fizz}}
History
Friend and Flowers were previously co-founders of Carbonite, an online backup service, among other companies.{{cite web |last1=Engel |first1=Jeff |date=3 May 2017 |title=Friend & Flowers Return With Wasabi, Take on Amazon in "Hot Storage" |url=https://xconomy.com/boston/2017/05/03/friend-flowers-return-with-wasabi-take-on-amazon-in-hot-storage/ |website=Xconomy |publisher=Xconomy, Inc.}} Friend also previously launched ARP Instruments, Computer Pictures, Pilot Software, and Faxnet.{{Cite web |last=Albertson |first=Mark |date=2022-07-20 |title=Wasabi's 'hot cloud storage' gains traction as data security strategies evolve |url=https://siliconangle.com/2022/07/20/wasabis-hot-cloud-storage-gains-traction-data-security-strategies-evolve-securestoragehottakes/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=David Friend, Wasabi Technologies CEO and Co-Founder, Announced as Keynote Speaker at TiE Boston Annual Gala on Dec. 2, 2022 |url=https://indianewengland.com/david-friend-wasabi-technologies-ceo-and-co-founder-announced-as-keynote-speaker-at-tie-boston-annual-gala-on-dec-2-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=INDIA New England News |language=en}}
The company was initially called "BlueArchive" at its founding, but was later renamed to "Wasabi Technologies, Inc." after hot Japanese horseradish.
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. was launched with a single data center location in Ashburn, Virginia.{{cite web|last1=Lawson|first1=Stephen|title=How to size up a new cloud service like low-priced Wasabi|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/963112/how-to-size-up-a-new-cloud-service-like-low-priced-wasabi.html|website=NetworkWorld|date=3 May 2017|publisher=IDG|access-date=9 February 2018}}
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