BACKBLAZEFIELD GUIDE · BY NIX UNOFFICIAL
LEARN / MODULE INDEX

Learn

Every module in the guide. Each page renders its full source file, citations included.

LEARN

FILE 01

The pitch

30-second and 2-minute pitches, by persona

FILE 02

Company context

What Backblaze is in 2026: numbers, strategy

FILE 03

ICPs and personas

Who buys, why, what they fear

FILE 06

B2 Cloud Storage deep dive

Every feature and how it actually behaves

FILE 07

Overdrive, B2 Neo, MCP

The AI and neocloud motion

FILE 08

Computer Backup

Endpoint backup, Business, Enterprise Control

FILE 27

Industry plays

Edu, healthcare, SLED, finserv, media, surveillance, gaming, MSP

FILE 32

Feature matrix

What lives in which product; feature-to-pain map

WHITEBOARD

FILE 25

Whiteboard fieldcraft

Ask, draw, validate

FILE 09

Board: backup and ransomware

3-2-1-1-0 with Object Lock

FILE 10

Board: media workflows

Camera to archive to delivery

FILE 11

Board: AI training data lake

GPU clouds, Overdrive, B2 Neo

FILE 12

Board: CDN origin

Zero egress delivery through partners

FILE 13

Board: hybrid and migration

NAS, tape, S3 to B2

EXECUTE

FILE 14

TCO and economics

Formulas, worked examples, live calculator

FILE 15

Competitive battlecards

S3, Wasabi, R2, Azure, GCS, on-prem, MinIO

FILE 16

Partner plays

Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, CDNs, MSPs

FILE 04 + 05 + 20 + 24 + 31

Field lab

Discovery, qualification, objections, drills, flashcards, call plans

FILE 17

POC and demo scripts

b2 CLI, aws CLI, boto3, rclone, Object Lock

FILE 19

Migration playbook

Universal Data Migration, Fireball, rclone, cutover

FILE 22

Deal story templates

How to write and tell a win

FILE 30

Outreach templates

Recaps and follow-ups

FILE 26

First 90 days

SE operating plan and metrics

REFERENCE

FILE 28 + 29

Reference

CLI and API reference, technical deep Q&A

FILE 18

Security and compliance FAQ

SOC 2, HIPAA BAA, GDPR, encryption, keys

FILE 33

Customer FAQ quickfire

One-line answers

FILE 21

Glossary

Terms an SE must use correctly

FILE 23

Sources

Every URL, date checked