B2Cloud – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:04:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Backblaze B2 x Suite Studios: S3 Native File Streaming Turns B2 Cloud Storage Into a High-Performance Drive https://noise.getoto.net/2026/09/10/backblaze-b2-x-suite-studios-s3-native-file-streaming-turns-b2-cloud-storage-into-a-high-performance-drive/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:04:38 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113387 Backblaze B2 now integrates with Suite Studios S3 Native File Streaming, giving teams high-performance, drive-like access to cloud data. Work directly with standard S3-compatible objects across media, scientific, geospatial, and engineering workflows without duplicating datasets or creating new storage silos.

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]]> Introducing the Backblaze B2 MCP Server https://noise.getoto.net/2026/09/08/introducing-the-backblaze-b2-mcp-server/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:13:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113380 The Backblaze B2 MCP Server gives AI agents a safe, standard way to operate cloud object storage. Connect MCP-compatible clients to scoped B2 application keys, manage files and buckets, move large objects directly, and control destructive actions with configurable safeguards.

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]]> Four Platforms, One Timeline: Bringing TAMS Workflow to Life on Backblaze B2 https://noise.getoto.net/2026/09/03/four-platforms-one-timeline-bringing-tams-workflow-to-life-on-backblaze-b2/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:23:57 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113362 TAMS organizes live media by time, giving distributed production teams faster access to shared footage. See how Backblaze B2, LiveWyer, CuttingRoom, and Drastic Technologies create an interoperable, cloud-native workflow for ingest, editing, playback, distribution, and archive with economics at scale.

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]]> Backblaze B2 To Encrypt New Uploads by Default https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/27/backblaze-b2-to-encrypt-new-uploads-by-default/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113337 Starting September 14, Backblaze B2 will automatically encrypt every new upload and destination copy at rest with AES-256. Always-on SSE-B2 strengthens security without application changes, added costs, or performance impact, while preserving SSE-C for customer-managed encryption keys when required instead.

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]]> Why Your GPU Is Sitting Idle: The Data Pipeline Problem No One Talks About https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/25/why-your-gpu-is-sitting-idle-the-data-pipeline-problem-no-one-talks-about/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:22:30 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113334 Adobe’s experience reveals why GPUs sit idle during AI model training: slow storage, insufficient throughput, and uneven workloads. Learn how storage bottlenecks and uneven data loading leave expensive GPUs idle—and how always-hot, high-throughput object storage keeps AI training pipelines running efficiently at scale while reducing wasted compute costs.

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]]> Results from the Backblaze Generative AI Media Hackathon https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/14/results-from-the-backblaze-generative-ai-media-hackathon/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:52:05 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113323 See what the strongest projects from the Backblaze Generative AI Media Hackathon had in common. These five generative media apps show how storage and orchestration become part of production-ready design.

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]]> Backblaze Drive Stats: How an Open Dataset Powers Academic and AI/ML Research https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/13/backblaze-drive-stats-how-an-open-dataset-powers-academic-and-ai-ml-research/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:08:38 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113304 Backblaze Drive Stats has been cited in more than 105 academic papers and AI/ML projects since 2018. Explore the research it powers and download the dataset.

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]]> 90% of Enterprise Data Is Unstructured, and GenAI Can’t Use It Without Better Storage https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/06/90-of-enterprise-data-is-unstructured-and-genai-cant-use-it-without-better-storage/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:41:24 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113299 GenAI can finally unlock the 90% of enterprise data trapped in unstructured formats—but legacy storage wasn't built for continuous indexing, vectorization, and RAG workflows. Learn why always-hot, high-throughput storage is becoming a prerequisite for production AI performance, accuracy, and cost efficiency.

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]]> Computer Backup vs. Cloud Storage: Which Do You Need? https://noise.getoto.net/2026/08/04/computer-backup-vs-cloud-storage-which-do-you-need/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:59:46 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113290 Backup and cloud storage solve different problems. Learn when to use Backblaze Computer Backup, when B2 Cloud Storage is the better fit, and why many organizations use both to protect endpoints, store growing datasets, and support data throughout its lifecycle.

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]]> AI Data Pipeline 101: Ingest & Archive https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/29/ai-data-pipeline-101-ingest-archive/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:25:44 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113274 Most AI projects don't fail because of the model—they fail because of the data. Learn how to build an AI-ready data pipeline from ingestion onward.

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]]> Network Stats for Q2 2026: All Eyes on Neocloud Traffic Variance https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/23/network-stats-for-q2-2026-all-eyes-on-neocloud-traffic-variance/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113221 Read the Q2 2026 Network Stats report to see the latest in cloud storage and neocloud networking trends.

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]]> Cloud Vendors Make It Easy to Get In. They’re Counting on It Being Hard to Leave. https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/22/cloud-vendors-make-it-easy-to-get-in-theyre-counting-on-it-being-hard-to-leave/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:27:03 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113213 Cloud storage vendors compete aggressively to sign you up, then make it expensive and complicated to move your data out. Learn why migration friction has become part of the cloud business model, and how Backblaze Universal Data Migration helps remove barriers to exit.

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]]> Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2026 https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/09/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-2026/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113117 Read the Q1 2026 Drive Stats Report to see the latest on failure rates of over 340,000 hard drives.

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]]> AI Can Now Execute 73% of Expert-Level Cyberattacks. Here’s What IT Leaders Need to Do. https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/07/ai-can-now-execute-73-of-expert-level-cyberattacks-heres-what-it-leaders-need-to-do/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:37:14 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113104 New frontier AI models can now perform expert-level offensive cybersecurity tasks, shrinking the gap between vulnerability discovery and exploitation while lowering the barrier for attackers. For IT leaders, that means detection alone is no longer enough.

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]]> Backblaze Announces Five-Year Multi-Exabyte Data Storage Agreement with CoreWeave https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/23/backblaze-announces-five-year-multi-exabyte-data-storage-agreement-with-coreweave/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113069 Read more about how the $335M strategic agreement aligns to strong AI demand and establishes Backblaze as a key storage provider.

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]]> Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon: Build with B2, Genblaze, and GMI Cloud https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/23/backblaze-generative-media-hackathon-build-with-b2-genblaze-and-gmi-cloud/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:07:13 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113078 Join the Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon to build innovative generative media applications using Backblaze B2, Genblaze, and GMI Cloud for a chance to win cash prizes.

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]]> Why AI Projects Stall: Data Silos https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/15/why-ai-projects-stall-data-silos/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:16:52 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113057 Customer records live in the database. Payment activity is safely stored in your payment processor. Call recordings and transcripts live in Zoom, Teams, Webex, or another video conferencing application–or are shared to Gong for customer insights. Telemetry resides in an observability tool like Grafana or DataDog. Your own day-to-day work is in Google Drive or… Continue reading Why AI Projects Stall: Data Silos

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]]> Introducing Genblaze: A Python SDK for Generative Media Pipelines https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/11/introducing-genblaze-a-python-sdk-for-generative-media-pipelines/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:21:40 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113060 Genblaze is an open-source Python SDK from Backblaze for building generative media pipelines — one API across video, image, and audio providers, with swappable models, durable B2 storage, and SHA-256 provenance manifests on every run.

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]]> What Network Data Can and Can’t Tell Us About AI Infrastructure https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/10/what-network-data-can-and-cant-tell-us-about-ai-infrastructure/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:26:45 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113042 AI infrastructure is difficult to observe directly. That’s because AI systems are highly distributed. They span storage platforms, GPU clusters, training pipelines, and multiple cloud providers—and those looking to optimize their stacks have to build out a visibility layer that takes all of those things into account. Data is constantly moving between different tools and… Continue reading What Network Data Can and Can’t Tell Us About AI Infrastructure

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]]> Your AI Strategy Is Only as Strong as Your Data Foundation https://noise.getoto.net/2026/06/03/your-ai-strategy-is-only-as-strong-as-your-data-foundation/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:20:46 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=113034 Two-thirds of enterprise leaders see significant potential in integrating AI models with their proprietary data. Yet only 22% feel confident their current IT infrastructure could actually support new AI applications. That gap—between ambition and capability—is where most AI investments stall, budgets balloon, and promising projects quietly get shelved. The problem isn’t the models, the change… Continue reading Your AI Strategy Is Only as Strong as Your Data Foundation

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