AI traffic doesn't behave like regular internet traffic. We have the data to prove it. 🧵

Everyone is obsessing over GPU compute, but almost no one is talking about the data pipeline bottleneck starving those expensive GPUs of data. 🛑 Backblaze's Director of Solutions Engineering, Troy Liljedahl, joined the Inside AsembleAI podcast to explain how to actually fix the AI bottleneck nobody's watching. If you're tired of your cluster sitting idle, give it a listen: hubs.ly/Q04xF97f0

This week at the AI Infra Summit, Backblaze’s Kamren Mahaney is breaking down the data pipeline bottleneck that is quietly stalling frontier AI models. Stop Starving Your GPUs 📅 Sept 15th | ⏰ 1:00 PM PT | 📍 Expo Theatre Book some time with our team: hubs.ly/Q04xnRpk0

Heading to the AI Infra Summit next week? 🚀 Don't miss Backblaze's Kamren Mahaney taking the stage in the Expo Theatre on Sept 15th at 1:00 PM PT! He'll be breaking down how to solve the massive data pipeline bottlenecks that keep your expensive GPUs sitting idle. Catch his talk, then come hang out with our team at Booth #1256! hubs.ly/Q04xdP0v0

#AIagents need a secure, durable place to store what they build. Meet the open-source Backblaze B2 #MCP Server. It gives your AI agents a safe, standard way to operate cloud object storage. Try the 1-click install for Claude Desktop and read the full launch details here: hubs.ly/Q04w-tR70

Is your Mac device management strategy missing a critical layer of data protection? 🍏💻You can now catch the full recording on-demand! Learn how device management and endpoint backup work together to shield your fleet from ransomware, hardware failure, and offboarding gaps. ▶️ Watch the session here: hubs.ly/Q04wKs580

Adobe recently revealed that early on, 60 cents of every dollar they spent on AI compute was wasted. Why? Their GPUs were sitting idle, just waiting on data to load. 📉 If your storage is slow, your entire AI training pipeline stalls. We broke down the two massive data bottlenecks keeping GPUs idle, and how to fix them. Read the full breakdown here: hubs.ly/Q04w8NF50

⏳ Happening TODAY! Join Backblaze & @Jamf for a live session on strengthening cyber resilience in Mac-first environments. 🗓️ 10am PT | 12pm ET🔗hubs.ly/Q04vH8qd0

This weather wasn't the only thing to heat up this summer — so did network traffic. ☀️🚘 Dive into the most recent data in our most recent #NetworkStats report and compare predictive patterns to actual #Neocloud and #Hyperscaler traffic. hubs.ly/Q04vzq-k0

Security shouldn't depend on a checkbox. 🔒 Starting Sept 14, Backblaze B2 is making AES-256 server-side encryption the automatic baseline for all new uploads. ✅ No app changes required ✅ Zero additional cost ✅ Zero performance impact Read the details: hubs.ly/Q04vzxdq0

Tomorrow: Jamf and Backblaze on building a complete Mac protection strategy. If you manage a Mac fleet with a small IT team, this one's for you. We're covering the Mac protection gap, where device management and backup each fit, and how to deploy automated backup through Jamf without manual installs. 📅 Fri, Aug. 28 | 12:00 PM CST / 10:00 AM PST | 30 minutes Last chance to register: hubs.ly/Q04st1Qt0 #MacAdmins #Jamf #ITsecurity #MDM #EndpointBackup #MacIT

We always love seeing what the community does with our open-source Drive Stats data! 📊 Researchers just published a peer-reviewed study analyzing 12 years of our public data covering over 1.66m drive-years to determine HDD reliability. Check out the full write-up: 🔗 hubs.ly/Q04vqBp_0

Gartner predicts 60% of AI projects will be abandoned this year due to poorly prepped data. The problem isn't your LLM—it's your pipeline. 📉 We just published a guide on getting the first steps right: Data Ingest & Archive. Learn about taxonomy, metadata, and more: hubs.ly/Q04v6WCD0

Ransomware. Lost devices. Hardware failure. Employee offboarding. None of these check whether a Mac is enrolled in your MDM. This Friday, Jamf and Backblaze are walking through how device management and endpoint backup work together, plus best practices for deploying backup through Jamf without adding work for your IT team. 30 minutes. Live Q&A with solution engineers from both sides. 📅 Friday, August 28 | 12:00 PM CST / 10:00 AM PST Save your seat: hubs.ly/Q04ssPj_0 #MacAdmins #Jamf #ITleadership #DataProtection #Ransomware #MacIT #SysAdmin

How are you handling #AI data demands? 🤔 @TheFuturumGroup explored our Q2 #Earnings & @CoreWeave deal, reviewing how #BackblazeB2 offers scalable #CloudStorage for #MachineLearning. hubs.ly/Q04tK6m80

🚨 Tomorrow @ 1 PM EDT! Missed #Ai42026? Catch up on major #AI storage trends from GPU demands to #Backblaze's $335M CoreWeave deal. Join for our live recap. Can't make it? Register to get the recording! 👉 Reserve your spot: hubs.ly/Q04tCQB00

We've made 10+ years of hard drive data free, and it's fueling #AcademicResearch! 🧠 Our open #DriveStats dataset has backed 227+ papers, powering the future of #AI & #MachineLearning. Dive into the research: hubs.ly/Q04tsLfp0

🎉 The GenAI Media #Hackathon results are in! 🏆 1,300+ builders created amazing apps using #BackblazeB2. Huge congrats to our top 3: 🥇 firstframe 🥈 beavous 🥉 takegraph See how they're defining the future of #AI media: backblaze.com/blog/results-f…

Managed isn't the same as protected. Your MDM keeps Macs configured and compliant. It won't bring back a file ransomware encrypted or a departing employee deleted. Join Jamf and Backblaze for a live webinar on building a complete Mac protection strategy: device management plus backup, working together. 📅 Friday, August 28 | 12:00 PM CST / 10:00 AM PST | 30 minutes Register: hubs.ly/Q04ssCQ50 #MacAdmins #Jamf #MDM #ITsecurity #Ransomware #EndpointBackup #MacIT #CyberResilience

Moving petabytes of #MachineLearning audio data is enough to make any engineer need a hard reboot. 🤖 See why @Hume_AI switched to Backblaze B2 #CloudStorage to hit 10 GB/s uploads and $0 egress fees, keeping their #AI pipelines perfectly fed! 🚀 hubs.ly/Q04sXG0X0

Hot take: if your backup client shows up on a user's screen, you built it wrong. Good backup is invisible. No prompts. No permission clicks. MSPs on Jamf and Addigy want it to run silently, full stop. Does your team let end users touch their own backup settings? Tell us why. Learn more about Backblaze Computer Backup: hubs.ly/Q04ssgfP0 #MacAdmins #SysAdmin #MSP