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Business Wire
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Backblaze Talks Drive Stats at DefCon 33
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced that Pat Patterson, Chief Technical Evangelist, and Stephanie Doyle, Writer and Content Strategist, will be speaking at DefCon 33, presenting a talk called, 'Tracking 300k+ Drives: What We've Learned After 13 Years.' Pat Patterson, Chief Technical Evangelist, and Stephanie Doyle, Writer and Content Strategist, will be speaking at DefCon 33, presenting a talk called, 'Tracking 300k+ Drives: What We've Learned After 13 Years.' Backblaze manages over four exabytes of data stored on over 300,000 hard drives in data centers across the world. This session, the Backblaze Drive Stats Team will cover how we collect and share the Drive Stats dataset and reports, including how we recently improved data processing and failure validations with Iceberg, Snowflake, and Trino, and a live demo of the same. The session will also touch on updated AFR trends by drive model and size, SSD tracking challenges, and share how drive insights have contributed to performance improvements in data centers. 'Drive Stats is a content franchise that has built an incredible community of technical leaders who are passionate about data storage and use,' said Patrick Thomas, Backblaze Vice President of Marketing. 'Sharing our primary source data and our process with the DefCon community is an incredible opportunity to spark new ideas and experiments, while supporting the hard drive manufacturers who quietly power the protection and use of data across the planet." DefCon 2025 is being held August 7–10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall. The session is being presented twice at the Data Duplication Village located in LVCC-L2-W225 on August 8, at 1:00 p.m., and August 9, at 1:00 p.m. For more information, please visit: About Backblaze Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator delivering a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers. We offer high-performance, secure cloud object storage that customers use to develop applications, manage media, secure backups, build AI workflows, protect from ransomware, and more. Backblaze helps businesses break free from the walled gardens that traditional providers lock customers into, enabling them to use their data in open cloud workflows with the providers they prefer at a fraction of the cost. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) was founded in 2007 and serves over 500,000 customers in 175 countries around the world. For more information, please go to
National Post
5 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Backblaze Talks Drive Stats at DefCon 33
Article content SAN MATEO, Calif. — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced that Pat Patterson, Chief Technical Evangelist, and Stephanie Doyle, Writer and Content Strategist, will be speaking at DefCon 33, presenting a talk called, 'Tracking 300k+ Drives: What We've Learned After 13 Years.' Article content Backblaze manages over four exabytes of data stored on over 300,000 hard drives in data centers across the world. This session, the Backblaze Drive Stats Team will cover how we collect and share the Drive Stats dataset and reports, including how we recently improved data processing and failure validations with Iceberg, Snowflake, and Trino, and a live demo of the same. The session will also touch on updated AFR trends by drive model and size, SSD tracking challenges, and share how drive insights have contributed to performance improvements in data centers. Article content 'Drive Stats is a content franchise that has built an incredible community of technical leaders who are passionate about data storage and use,' said Patrick Thomas, Backblaze Vice President of Marketing. 'Sharing our primary source data and our process with the DefCon community is an incredible opportunity to spark new ideas and experiments, while supporting the hard drive manufacturers who quietly power the protection and use of data across the planet.' Article content DefCon 2025 is being held August 7–10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall. The session is being presented twice at the Data Duplication Village located in LVCC-L2-W225 on August 8, at 1:00 p.m., and August 9, at 1:00 p.m. For more information, please visit: Article content Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator delivering a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers. We offer high-performance, secure cloud object storage that customers use to develop applications, manage media, secure backups, build AI workflows, protect from ransomware, and more. Backblaze helps businesses break free from the walled gardens that traditional providers lock customers into, enabling them to use their data in open cloud workflows with the providers they prefer at a fraction of the cost. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) was founded in 2007 and serves over 500,000 customers in 175 countries around the world. For more information, please go to Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Press Contact: Article content Article content Article content Article content
National Post
28-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Backblaze to Share Developer Community Insights at AI DevSummit 2025
Article content Panel to discuss strategies for building meaningful developer communities and how they impact tech organizations. Article content Article content SAN MATEO, Calif. — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced it will join a panel at this year's AI DevSummit titled, ' Building a Developer Community.' The invite-only panel is a part of the DevMarketing at DeveloperWeek Leadership track at the conference. Article content This panel, featuring executives from Zoom, Neo4j, and Catchy, will center around how these executives are building developer communities, the benefits that work has brought to their organizations, and how these communities have supported technical practitioners who engage with them. As part of the panel, Backblaze Chief Technical Evangelist Pat Patterson will share lessons from the Backblaze's developer outreach efforts, including how the company leverages developer feedback to improve its cloud storage APIs and to build trust in the AI development community. Article content 'At Backblaze, we're increasingly tapping into developer communities to connect with these specific subsets of users that each have their own experiences and skillsets,' Patterson said. 'We've encouraged our community through open-source contributions, developer-focused content like webinars, and direct engagement at events like this. These relationships have been invaluable for product feedback and innovation.' Article content AI DevSummit is the world's leading AI developer and engineering conference, being held from May 28–29 in San Francisco. The panel is set for May 29, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. PT at the South San Francisco Conference Center. The conference targets software engineers and data scientists who want an introduction to AI, as well as AI dev professionals who want a landscape view of the newest AI technologies. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Press Contact Yev Pusin Backblaze PR press@ Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Backblaze to Share Developer Community Insights at AI DevSummit 2025
Panel to discuss strategies for building meaningful developer communities and how they impact tech organizations. SAN MATEO, Calif., May 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced it will join a panel at this year's AI DevSummit titled, "Building a Developer Community." The invite-only panel is a part of the DevMarketing at DeveloperWeek Leadership track at the conference. This panel, featuring executives from Zoom, Neo4j, and Catchy, will center around how these executives are building developer communities, the benefits that work has brought to their organizations, and how these communities have supported technical practitioners who engage with them. As part of the panel, Backblaze Chief Technical Evangelist Pat Patterson will share lessons from the Backblaze's developer outreach efforts, including how the company leverages developer feedback to improve its cloud storage APIs and to build trust in the AI development community. "At Backblaze, we're increasingly tapping into developer communities to connect with these specific subsets of users that each have their own experiences and skillsets," Patterson said. "We've encouraged our community through open-source contributions, developer-focused content like webinars, and direct engagement at events like this. These relationships have been invaluable for product feedback and innovation." AI DevSummit is the world's leading AI developer and engineering conference, being held from May 28–29 in San Francisco. The panel is set for May 29, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. PT at the South San Francisco Conference Center. The conference targets software engineers and data scientists who want an introduction to AI, as well as AI dev professionals who want a landscape view of the newest AI technologies. About Backblaze Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers. We deliver high-performance, secure cloud object storage that customers use to develop applications, manage media, secure backups, build AI workflows, protect from ransomware, and more. Backblaze helps businesses break free from the walled gardens that traditional providers lock customers into, enabling them to use their data in open cloud workflows with the providers they prefer at a fraction of the cost. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) was founded in 2007 and serves over 500,000 customers in 175 countries around the world. For more information, please go to View source version on Contacts Press Contact Yev PusinBackblaze PRpress@ Jim CameronSenior Directorbackblaze@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
28-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Backblaze to Share Developer Community Insights at AI DevSummit 2025
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers, today announced it will join a panel at this year's AI DevSummit titled, ' Building a Developer Community.' The invite-only panel is a part of the DevMarketing at DeveloperWeek Leadership track at the conference. This panel, featuring executives from Zoom, Neo4j, and Catchy, will center around how these executives are building developer communities, the benefits that work has brought to their organizations, and how these communities have supported technical practitioners who engage with them. As part of the panel, Backblaze Chief Technical Evangelist Pat Patterson will share lessons from the Backblaze's developer outreach efforts, including how the company leverages developer feedback to improve its cloud storage APIs and to build trust in the AI development community. 'At Backblaze, we're increasingly tapping into developer communities to connect with these specific subsets of users that each have their own experiences and skillsets,' Patterson said. 'We've encouraged our community through open-source contributions, developer-focused content like webinars, and direct engagement at events like this. These relationships have been invaluable for product feedback and innovation.' AI DevSummit is the world's leading AI developer and engineering conference, being held from May 28–29 in San Francisco. The panel is set for May 29, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. PT at the South San Francisco Conference Center. The conference targets software engineers and data scientists who want an introduction to AI, as well as AI dev professionals who want a landscape view of the newest AI technologies. Backblaze is the cloud storage innovator providing a modern alternative to traditional cloud providers. We deliver high-performance, secure cloud object storage that customers use to develop applications, manage media, secure backups, build AI workflows, protect from ransomware, and more. Backblaze helps businesses break free from the walled gardens that traditional providers lock customers into, enabling them to use their data in open cloud workflows with the providers they prefer at a fraction of the cost. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) was founded in 2007 and serves over 500,000 customers in 175 countries around the world. For more information, please go to
