The 20 Coolest Data Protection Companies: The 2022 Storage 100

April 11, 2022, 04:00 PM EDT

As part of CRN’s 2022 Storage 100, here are 20 of the hottest vendors that are helping simplify data protection.

Backblaze

Gleb Budman

Chairperson, CEO

Backblaze provides multi-cloud, multi-region data protection in business-focused and personal-focused versions at what it has said is about one-quarter the cost of similar services from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, with simple, up-front pricing. The company had its IPO in November, raising $100 million.

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Joseph F. Kovar

Joseph F. Kovar is a senior editor and reporter for the storage and the non-tech-focused channel beats for CRN. He keeps readers abreast of the latest issues related to such areas as data life-cycle, business continuity and disaster recovery, and data centers, along with related services and software, while highlighting some of the key trends that impact the IT channel overall. He can be reached at jkovar@thechannelcompany.com.