Wasabi Technologies, Inc. is an American object storage service provider based in Boston, Massachusetts that sells cloud storage.[2] The company was co-founded in September 2015 by David Friend and Jeff Flowers and launched its cloud storage product in May 2017.[3]
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| Formerly | Blue Archive |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Cloud storage software |
| Founded | June 1, 2017 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 [1] | |
History
editFriend and Flowers were previously co-founders of Carbonite, an online backup service, among other companies.[4] Friend also previously launched ARP Instruments, Computer Pictures, Pilot Software, and Faxnet.[5][6]
The company was initially called "BlueArchive" at its founding, but was later renamed to "Wasabi Technologies, Inc." after hot Japanese horseradish.[3]
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. was launched with a single data center location in Ashburn, Virginia.[7]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.