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Backblaze Named Finalist in Most Innovative Data Storage Solution of SiliconANGLE Media’s 2026 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the high-performance cloud storage platform for the AI era, today announced that it has
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[{"type":"text","content":" SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBackblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the high-performance cloud storage platform for the AI era, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the Most Innovative Data Storage Solution of SiliconANGLE Media’s 2026 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260128448443/en/Backblaze: theCUBE Technology Innovation Awards - Most Innovative Data Storage Solution Finalist for 2026\nB2 Overdrive redefines cloud object storage by eliminating the traditional trade-off between cost and performance. With the best price-to-performance value in the industry, it delivers up to 1Tbps of sustained throughput for AI, machine learning (ML), and high performance compute (HPC) workloads, offering hyperscaler-level throughputs at a fraction of the cost—with no egress fees or complex pricing tiers. Its high-capacity architecture enables organizations to handle massive datasets efficiently, making enterprise-scale, strategic storage more accessible than ever.\n\n\n\"In the AI era, data needs to move fast to wherever the GPUs are. Traditional cloud providers make that process slow and costly. B2 Overdrive is designed for blistering speed at a fraction of the price,\" said Gleb Budman, CEO of Backblaze. \"Being named a finalist for Most Innovative Data Storage Solution by SiliconANGLE shows how we're changing the cloud storage landscape.\"\n\n\nBrought to you by theCUBE, the Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards celebrate the world’s most forward-thinking companies, pioneering leaders, and breakthrough technologies that are redefining what’s possible. Spanning categories from AI innovation and product development to company growth and leadership excellence, the Awards spotlight the wide-ranging contributions of organizations and individuals driving the evolution of B2B and B2B2C technology. Backblaze B2 Overdrive earned recognition as a finalist from a highly competitive pool of nominees, evaluated by a panel of industry experts and technology leaders.\n\n\n“The finalists in this year’s Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards are some of the most ambitious and effective innovators in technology today,” said Dave Vellante, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media. “Each company, product, and leader recognized has demonstrated signif...