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{{Short description|Cloud-based file storage service}}

{{Infobox company

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| name = Cleversafe, Inc.

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| logo = [[Image:Cleversafe_logo_following_IBM_acquisition.png|200px]]

| name = IBM Cloud Object Storage

| type = [[Subsidiary]]

| logo = IBM Cloud logo.png

| location_city = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]

| logo_size = 250px

| location_country = USA

| owner = IBM

| num_employees = over 200<ref name="ITA"/>

| industry = [[Computer dataobject storage|Data]], Storage[[cloud storage]]

| homepagewebsite = {{URL|cleversafehttps://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloud-object-storage}}

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'''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 based in [[Chicago]], Illinois.<ref name="Rogers 2014"/> Cleversafe sells an [[object storage]] system, which it calls the Dispersed Storage Network<ref name="official"/> or dsNet. Cleversafe was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 2004 by S. Christopher Gladwin and was originally based in [[Illinois Institute of Technology|IIT]]'s [[technology incubator]].

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==

The company has stated that it provides "limitless data storage."<ref name="Rogers 2014"/> The company had 116 patents issued to it in 2014.<ref name="Pletz 2015"/>

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==

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|websitearchive-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-11-0603.ibm.com|accessdatedate = November 6, 2015-11-30|languageaccessdate = en-US30 November 2015}}</ref>

[[IBM]] announced the completion of its acquisition of Cleversafe on November 6, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = IBM Completes Acquisition of Cleversafe|url = http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/48027.wss|website = www-03.ibm.com|date = 2015-11-06|accessdate = 2015-11-30|language = en-US}}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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<ref name="Rogers 2014">{{cite web | last=Rogers | first=Bruce | title=Chris Gladwin's Cleversafe Seeks To Lead the 100+ Petabyte Storage Market | website=[[Forbes]] | date=March 19, 2014 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2014/03/19/chris-gladwins-cleversafe-seeks-to-lead-the-100-petabyte-storage-market/ | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Pletz 2015">{{cite web | last=Pletz | first=John | title=At these companies, it's patents before product | website=[[Crain's Chicago Business]] | date=March 28, 2015 | url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150328/ISSUE01/150329837/at-these-companies-its-patents-before-product | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="official">{{cite web | url=http://www.cleversafe.com/solutions | title=Data solutions for every major industry | publisher=Cleversafe | accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="ITA">{{cite web | url=https://www.illinoistech.org/news/ita-spotlight-cleversafe | title=ITA Spotlight: Cleversafe | publisher=Illinois Technology Association | accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

}}

==Further reading==

* {{cite web | title=Cleversafe attempts to infiltrate the storage laws of power |author=Mellor, Chris| website=[[The Register]] | date=March 24, 2015 | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/24/whats_up_with_wattstb/ | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}

* {{cite web | title=Nena-bothering stats tempt Ericsson into Cleversafe's arms | author=Mellor, Chris|website=The Register | date=March 6, 2015 | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/06/cleversafe_attracts_ericsson_reseller_deal/ | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}

* {{cite web | title=Neuralytix report: Cleversafe fumes over classification | website=The Register |author=Mellor, Chris| date=March 3, 2015 | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/03/neuralytix_cleversafe_analyst_assesses_object_storage_vendors/ | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}

* {{cite web | title=Is Cleversafe the object storage of HP's affection? | website=The Register | date=September 30, 2014 | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/30/hp_cleversafe_object_storage_rumours/ |author=Mellor, Chris| accessdate=April 12, 2015}}

* Mellor, Chris (September 21, 2013). [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/21/more_dosh_in_cleversafes_safe "Whoosh, Whiff, Swiffle .. CLINK: Cleversafe chucks $50m in vault"]. ''The Register.'' Retrieved June 25, 2016.

==External links==

* [httphttps://www.cleversafeibm.com/products/cloud-object-storage Official website]

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