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Line 1: {{Short description\|Cloud-based file storage service}} ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=October 2008}}~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox website ~~{{ infobox software~~ \| name = IBM Cloud Object Storage ~~\| logo =~~ \| logo = IBM Cloud logo.png ~~\| screenshot =~~ \| logo_size = 250px ~~\| caption =~~ \| owner = IBM ~~\| developer = Cleversafe Inc.~~ \| industry = [[object storage]], [[cloud storage]] ~~\| released = {{release year\|2008}}~~ \| website = {{URL\|https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloud-object-storage}} ~~\| programming language = [[Java (programming language)\|Java]]~~ ~~\| operating system = [[Linux]]~~ ~~\| language = [[English language\|English]]~~ ~~\| genre = [[Dispersed Storage Technology]]~~ ~~\| license = [[GNU General Public License]]~~ ~~\| website = http://www.cleversafe.com~~ }} '''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 a data storage company and a leader in dispersed data storage technologies, a way to store large, growing amounts of digital assets.~~ 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. '''Cleversafe''', Inc. is based in Chicago, Illinois and is the developer of Dispersed Storage software, which uses information dispersal algorithms (IDAs) to separate data into unrecognizable data slices and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to multiple storage locations on a dispersed storage grid. With Dispersed Storage, transmission and storage of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the data is in one ___location, and only some of the slices need to be available in order to perfectly retrieve the data. == ~~Brief History~~ Features== 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> ~~Founded in 2004, the company is backed by NEA, OCA Ventures, Harrison Street Capital and Alsop-Louie Partners.~~ Cleversafe is led by Chris Gladwin, who has created and managed a series of new technology companies. As the founding Chairman, President and CEO of MusicNow Mr. Gladwin built the company to 100,000 customers before its acquisition by Circuit City. Gladwin is an inventor on 40 issued and pending patents related to Dispersed Storage, wireless remote interface and Internet service technology. His work has been recognized by 32 industry awards for the products, services and companies he has created. == ~~Technology~~ History== 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> Cleversafe’s Information dispersal technology works similarly to TCP/IP packets. Information is stored on data slices on a network of local or remote servers. When the data needs to be accessed, it is reassembled and delivered back. One of the advantages to this technology is that it maintains overall data integrity because the file is reassembled from other slices. Any defined number of slices can be used to recreate all the original data. The technology is thought to be highly secure because none of the slices are usable on their own. == ~~Open Source~~ References== {{Reflist}} Cleversafe is also the sponsor of an open source community<ref>[http://www.cleversafe.org Cleversafe's Open Source Community]</ref> movement to help standardize Dispersed Storage technology through its cleversafe.org project. Users can download Dispersed Storage software and set up their own Dispersed Storage networks under the GPLOpen Source License 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. 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> ~~{{portal\|Free software\|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}~~ ~~== References ==~~ ~~{{reflist\|2}}~~ ==External links== * [~~http~~https://www.~~cleversafe~~ibm.com/products/cloud-object-storage ~~Cleversafe.com~~Official website] * [http://www.cleversafe.org/ Cleversafe.org (Open Source)] ~~[[Category:Database management systems]]~~ [[Category:IBM acquisitions]] ~~{{software-stub}}~~ [[Category:2015 mergers and acquisitions]]