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Line 1: {{Short description\|Cloud-based file storage service}} ~~{{Infobox_Company~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=April 2019}} ~~\| company_name = Cleversafe, Inc.~~ {{Infobox website ~~\| company_logo = [[Image:Cleversafe.svg\|200px]]~~ \| name = IBM Cloud Object Storage ~~\| company_type = [[Privately held company]]~~ \| logo = IBM Cloud logo.png ~~\| location_city = [[Chicago, Illinois\|Chicago]], [[Illinois\|IL]]~~ \| logo_size = 250px ~~\| location_country = USA~~ \| owner = IBM \| num_employees = 40<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cleversafe.com/company/Company_Overview_Data_Storage_Technology \| title=Cleversafe At a Glance \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[Cleversafe]]}}</ref> \| industry = [[~~Dispersed~~object ~~Data~~storage]], ~~Storage~~[[cloud storage]] \| website = {{URL\|https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloud-object-storage}} ~~\| products = [[Cleversafe Accesser]]<br />[[Cleversafe Manager]]<br />[[Cleversafe Slicestor]]~~ ~~\| revenue = Not reported~~ ~~\| homepage = [http://www.cleversafe.com/ 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, Inc.''' is a [[Privately held company\|privately held company]] based in the [[United States]] which is pioneering [[Dispersed Storage]] technology and software<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS132255+19-Aug-2008+PRN20080819 \| title=Cleversafe and Partners Launch the First Commercial Dispersed Storage Network \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>. Dispersed storage is a technology that uses [[erasure codes]] to split data into multiple ''slices'', each of which is then stored to an independent storage appliance via [[TCP/IP]]. Due to properties of erasure codes, the dispersed storage system can tolerate multiple failures of individual storage appliances without losing the ability to recover data. 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. == History ==▼ The company was founded in [[Chicago, Illinois\|Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in 2004 by S. Christopher Gladwin, the President and CEO of Cleversafe. Cleversafe received funding from venture capital firms including: [[New Enterprise Associates\|NEA]], OCA Ventures, Harrison Street Capital, and Alsop-Louie Partners. Since the founding of Cleversafe in 2004 it has launched its [[Open Source]] project, expanded its partner program, and released several versions of its products. ==~~Technology~~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> ▲== History == Cleversafe's current software release uses Cauchy [[Reed-Solomon]] as its [[Information Dispersal Algorithm]] (IDA) for encoding data into slices. Data may also be optionally processed by any number of provided [[codecs]] which can perform operations such as [[encryption]], [[compression]], or adding [[Message authentication code\|message authentication]]. Once the data is fully processed, the slices are distributed via a Cleversafe designed [[Protocol_(computing)\|protocol]] to multiple storage locations; this TCP/IP based protocol may optionally be secured using [[Transport Layer Security\|TLS]]. 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> Each storage ___location (site) typically will house a number of individual storage appliances known as ''Slicestors''. The collection of appliances involved in processing, storing, or managing data is is referred to as a ''dispersed storage network'' or [[dsNet]] in the Cleversafe nomenclature. Data stored in the dsNet is logically isolated into into discrete containers called ''Vaults''. Each Vault may have its own separate access controls, quota and data transformation and storage strategy. This technology is an alternative to traditional [[RAID]] and [[Replication_(computer_science)\|replication]] based storage systems. == ~~Products~~ References== {{Reflist}} * [[Cleversafe Accesser]] * [[Cleversafe Manager]] * [[Cleversafe Slicestor]] ==External ~~Awards~~ links== * [~~http~~https://www.~~cleversafe~~ibm.com/products/cloud-object-storage Official website]▼ ~~Cleversafe has been the recipient of several awards, including:~~ [[Category:IBM acquisitions]] * Chicago Innovation Awards 2008<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/08_43/B4105chicago_innovation.htm \| title=Chicago Innovation Awards \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[BusinessWeek]]}}</ref> [[Category:2015 mergers and acquisitions]] * Wall Street Journal's 2008 Technology Innovation Award for Software<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122227003788371453.html \| title=The 2008 Technology Innovation Awards \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> * 2007 City Lights Newcomer Award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.itacitylights.com/history.html \| title=History of the CityLIGHTS Awards \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=Illinois I.T. Association CityLIGHTS}}</ref> * Horizon Award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1079326180;pp;5 \| title=Special Report: 10 Cool Cutting-Edge Technologies on the Horizon Now \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[Computerworld]]}}</ref> ~~== Open Source ==~~ From early on, Cleversafe has been a sponsor of an [[open source community]]. Cleversafe decided that by open sourcing their software, it would enable others to develop all kinds of applications and environments related to dispersed storage<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cleversafe.org/faqs#_Toc176922784 \| title=Why did Cleversafe decide to open source the Dispersed Storage software? \| accessdate=2008-11-26 \| publisher=[[Cleversafe]]}}</ref>. Cleversafe's [[open source]] software is released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. ~~{{portal\|Free software\|Free Software Portal Logo.svg}}~~ ~~== References ==~~ ~~{{reflist\|2}}~~ ~~== External Links ==~~ ▲* [http://www.cleversafe.com/ Official website] * [http://www.cleversafe.org/ Cleversafe Open Source Community Website]