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Line 1: {{Short description\|Cloud-based file storage service}} ~~{{ infobox software~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=April 2019}} ~~\| logo =~~ {{Infobox website ~~\| screenshot =~~ \| name = IBM Cloud Object Storage ~~\| caption =~~ \| logo = IBM Cloud logo.png ~~\| developer = Cleversafe Inc.~~ \| logo_size = 250px ~~\| released = {{release year\|2008}}~~ \| owner = IBM ~~\| programming language = [[Java]]~~ \| industry = [[object storage]], [[cloud storage]] ~~\| operating system = [[Linux]]~~ \| website = {{URL\|https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloud-object-storage}} ~~\| language = [[English language\|English]]~~ ~~\| genre = [[Dispersed Storage Technology]]~~ ~~\| license = [[GNU General Public License]]~~ ~~\| website = http://www.cleversafe.org~~ }} '''IBM Cloud Object Storage''' is a service offered by [[IBM]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ibm.com/cloud\|title = IBM Cloud}}</ref> for storing and accessing unstructured data. The [[object storage]] service can be deployed [[on-premises]], as part of [[IBM Cloud\|IBM Cloud Platform]] offerings, or in hybrid form.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252449283/Object-storage-On-prem-in-the-cloud-and-hybrid\|title = Object storage: On-prem, in the cloud and hybrid}}</ref> The offering can store any type of object which allows for uses like data archiving and backup, web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=30 April 2023 \|url=http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5537.pdf\|title=IBM Cloud Object Storage Concepts and Architecture. System Edition \|website=IBM\|year=2021\|author=Alexander Gavrin\|display-authors=et. al.}}</ref> Interaction with Cloud Object Storage is based on Rest APIs. ==Design== ~~Cleversafe is software for secure, private and reliable storage of the world’s data using information dispersal.~~ IBM Cloud Object Storage stores objects that are organized into buckets (as S3 does) identified within each bucket by a unique, user-assigned key. All requests are authorized using an access control list associated with each bucket and object. Bucket names and keys are chosen so that objects are addressable using HTTP URLs. ==Features== Because Cleversafe separates data into unrecognizable Data Slices before sending using Cauchy Reed-Solomon Information Dispersal Algorithms the distribution can be executed via secure Internet connections, to multiple storage locations on a Dispersed Storage Network. IBM Cloud Object Storage offers different storage classes, identical in data protection, security, durability and resiliency. The classes differ in data pattern and availability needs.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage/storage-class-tiers-archive\|title = IBM Cloud Object Storage - IBM Cloud Object Storage Class Tiers and Archives}}</ref> ==History== It won the 2008 Technology Innovation Award of the Wall Street Journal in the category software.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122227003788371453.html The 2008 Technology Innovation Awards]</ref> The offering was originally introduced by [[Cleversafe Inc.]], a company based in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2014/03/19/chris-gladwins-cleversafe-seeks-to-lead-the-100-petabyte-storage-market\|title=Chris Gladwin's Cleversafe Seeks to Lead the 100+ Petabyte Storage Market\|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Cleversafe sold an [[object storage]] system, which it calls the Dispersed Storage Network or dsNet. Cleversafe was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 2004 by [[Chris Gladwin (engineer)\|S. Christopher Gladwin]] and was originally based in [[Illinois Institute of Technology\|IIT]]'s [[technology incubator]]. The company has stated that it provides "limitless data storage". The company had 116 patents issued to it in 2014.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150328/ISSUE01/150329837/at-these-companies-its-patents-before-product\| title = NuCurrent, Cleversafe focus on filing for patents early {{!}} Crain's Chicago Business\| date = March 27, 2015}}</ref> [[IBM]] announced the completion of its acquisition of Cleversafe on November 6, 2015 and has since rebranded the company's products as IBM Cloud Object Storage.<ref>{{Cite web\|title = IBM Completes Acquisition of Cleversafe\|url = http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/48027.wss\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151109211426/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/48027.wss\|url-status = dead\|archive-date = November 9, 2015\|website = www-03.ibm.com\|date = November 6, 2015\|accessdate = 30 November 2015}}</ref> ~~{{portal\|Free software\|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}~~ == References == {{~~reflist\|2~~Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud-object-storage Official website] [[Category:IBM acquisitions]] [[Category:2015 mergers and acquisitions]]