Backblaze to Present AI Strategy at Gartner Conference, Achieving 80% Cost Reductions
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 10 2025
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Source: Businesswire
- AI Strategy Presentation: Backblaze will showcase its strategy at the 2025 Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, where GTM Head Patrick Thomas will explain how an independent data layer addresses data sprawl, optimizing storage economics and laying a flexible foundation for AI and multi-cloud initiatives.
- Cost Reductions Achieved: Organizations like Big Cartel and a Fortune 100 media company have modernized their architectures with independent cloud storage, achieving up to 80% reductions in storage costs while enhancing performance and unlocking new AI and data-intensive workflows.
- Addressing Industry Challenges: Thomas will highlight the challenges faced by infrastructure and operations leaders, including data sprawl and vendor lock-in, which hinder the delivery of AI-driven workloads, emphasizing the significance of adopting an independent, vendor-neutral, S3-compatible data layer.
- Personalized Solutions Offered: Attendees can visit Backblaze's booth during the conference to discuss their storage strategies and receive a personalized playbook for building an independent data layer, showcasing Backblaze's commitment to driving innovation and reliability.
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Analyst Views on BLZE
Wall Street analysts forecast BLZE stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BLZE is 9.50 USD with a low forecast of 8.00 USD and a high forecast of 11.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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About BLZE
Backblaze, Inc. is a cloud storage company. The Company's two cloud services that it offers on its Storage Cloud are: Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Backblaze Computer Backup. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. The amount of data stored in this cloud service can scale up and down as needed on a pay-as-you-go basis, or can be paid for on a capacity basis or committed contract for greater predictability. This Infrastructure-as-a-Service enables use cases including backups, multi-cloud, application storage, ransomware protection, and storage for artificial intelligence/machine learning workflows. Backblaze Computer Backup automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals. This service is offered as a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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