Pioneering Scalable, Affordable Cloud Storage with Backblaze | Episode #72
Great Things with Great Tech Podcast
Anthony Spiteri
5 • 4 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Scalability and affordability, redefining Cloud Storage... Backblaze's self-built platform challenges the largest hyperscalers!
Backblaze is a leader in cloud storage and backup solutions, providing a transparent and open approach to safeguarding essential data. In this episode, we converse with Gleb Budman, CEO of Backblaze, a passionate advocate for data protection. We explore Backblaze's journey from bootstrapping to its successful NASDAQ IPO, and the role the company plays in the evolving data protection landscape. Backblaze is reinventing the industry by leveraging state-of-the-art technology, offering unparalleled storage solutions at a fraction of the cost of competitors. Backblaze was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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| 0:00.0 | We actually enable the customers to get their data out of Amazon for free. |
| 0:05.2 | We will pay for them to get their data out. |
| 0:20.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 72 of Great Things with Great Tech. |
| 0:24.6 | The podcast, highlighting companies doing great things with great technology. |
| 0:28.6 | My name is Anthony Spiteri and in this episode we're talking to a company that without question has disrupted the storage market, |
| 0:35.6 | catering to individuals and corporate data needs, |
| 0:39.0 | with an unwavering commitment to security, affordability, and unmatched performance, |
| 0:44.5 | all while being importantly very transparent and outwardly honest. |
| 0:48.8 | That company is Backblaze, and I'm joined by Gleb Budman, the CEO and co-founder of Backblaze. |
| 0:54.3 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:55.8 | Thanks, Anthony. |
| 0:56.4 | Good to be on with you. |
| 0:57.8 | Excellent. |
| 0:58.3 | So just before we talk about all things, storage and data and disruption of a market |
| 1:02.5 | that is so huge in this landscape of IT, |
| 1:06.5 | just want to give a shout out to the show. |
| 1:07.9 | If you love great things with great tech and would like to feature in future episodes, you can click on the link on the show notes or go to gtwgt.com. |
| 1:16.1 | As a reminder, you can keep up with all of our episodes on all major podcasting platforms, |
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| 1:26.0 | As a reminder, head to that YouTube channel. |
| 1:27.8 | You can see all of the previous 71 episodes on that YouTube channel as well. Hit the like and |
| 1:33.0 | subscribe and go from there. All right, with that, Gleb, let's talk a little bit about Backblade. |
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