A new press release reports, “Backblaze, the cloud provider beloved by storage professionals, announced it now supports the massive S3 ecosystem with the release of new, S3 Compatible APIs. In practical terms, this means millions of software vendors, developers, and content creators—many stuck with legacy cloud providers before today—can now instantly plug into Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage by doing little more than pointing their data to a new destination. There’s no need to write new code, no change in workflow, and no downtime. Customers meanwhile get all the benefits of Backblaze B2: infinitely scalable, durable offsite storage at ¼ the price of other options.”

The release continues, “More than a dozen software companies committed to support this Backblaze B2 launch, including: (1) IBM Aspera, for fast data transfers and streaming across any distance. (2) Veeam, for backup, recovery, and management of virtual and physical infrastructures. (3) Quantum, for capturing, creating, and sharing digital content. ‘Now more than ever, businesses are looking to optimize their cloud data management infrastructure for simplicity, reliability and affordability,’ said Andreas Neufert, Vice President of Product Management, Alliances at Veeam. ‘We look forward to offering Veeam customers Backblaze B2 as a compelling new storage option’.”

The release adds, “The S3 Compatible APIs are new, yet the company is already a well-known innovator within the world of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)—Backblaze has a devoted following and more than an exabyte of customer data under management from organizations including American Public Television, Patagonia, and Verizon’s Complex Networks.”

Read more at Business Wire.

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