Wasabi Technologies, Inc.
FormerlyBlue Archive
Company typePrivate
IndustryCloud storage software
FoundedJune 1, 2017 (2017-06-01) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
FounderDavid Friend, Jeff Flowers
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David Friend CEO
Jeff Flowers CTO
ProductsWasabi Hot Storage
Websitewasabi.com
Footnotes / references
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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]

History

Friend 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.[7]

Wasabi Technologies, Inc. was launched with a single data center location in Ashburn, Virginia.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Cloud storage startup Wasabi Technologies raises $68 million - Storage Soup". Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  2. ↑ Kepes, Ben (3 May 2017). "Wasabi serves up some spicy AWS-killer claims". NetworkWorld. IDG. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Cline, Keith. "Wasabi - Taking on the Tech Giants with Hot Storage". Venture Fizz. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Engel, Jeff (3 May 2017). "Friend & Flowers Return With Wasabi, Take on Amazon in "Hot Storage"". Xconomy. Xconomy, Inc.
  5. ↑ Albertson, Mark (2022-07-20). "Wasabi's 'hot cloud storage' gains traction as data security strategies evolve". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Wasabi - Taking on the Tech Giants with Hot Storage". VentureFizz. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  8. ↑ Lawson, Stephen (3 May 2017). "How to size up a new cloud service like low-priced Wasabi". NetworkWorld. IDG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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