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| Formerly | Blue Archive |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Cloud storage software |
| Founded | June 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-01) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Founder | David Friend, Jeff Flowers |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | David Friend CEO Jeff Flowers CTO |
| Products | Wasabi Hot Storage |
| Website | wasabi |
| Footnotes / references | |
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is an American object storage service provider based in Boston, Massachusetts that sells cloud storage. The company was co-founded in September 2015 by David Friend and Jeff Flowers and launched its cloud storage product in May 2017.
History
Friend and Flowers were previously co-founders of Carbonite, an online backup service, among other companies. Friend also previously launched ARP Instruments, Computer Pictures, Pilot Software, and Faxnet.
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.
References
- "Cloud storage startup Wasabi Technologies raises $68 million - Storage Soup". Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
- Kepes, Ben (3 May 2017). "Wasabi serves up some spicy AWS-killer claims". NetworkWorld. IDG. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Cline, Keith. "Wasabi - Taking on the Tech Giants with Hot Storage". Venture Fizz. Archived from the original on 2017-05-13. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- Engel, Jeff (3 May 2017). "Friend & Flowers Return With Wasabi, Take on Amazon in "Hot Storage"". Xconomy. Xconomy, Inc.
- Albertson, Mark (2022-07-20). "Wasabi's 'hot cloud storage' gains traction as data security strategies evolve". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- "David Friend, Wasabi Technologies CEO and Co-Founder, Announced as Keynote Speaker at TiE Boston Annual Gala on Dec. 2, 2022". INDIA New England News. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- Lawson, Stephen (3 May 2017). "How to size up a new cloud service like low-priced Wasabi". NetworkWorld. IDG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.