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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-premisepremises]], 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>http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5537.pdf</ref>{{cite Interactionweb|access-date=30 withApril Cloud Object Storage is based on Rest APIs.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.

'''IBM Cloud Object Storage''' is a service offered by [[IBM]]<ref>https://www.ibm.com/cloud</ref> for storing and accessing unstructured data. The [[object storage]] service can be deployed [[on-premise]], as part of [[IBM Cloud|IBM Cloud Platform]] offerings, or in hybrid form.<ref>https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252449283/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>http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5537.pdf</ref> Interaction with Cloud Object Storage is based on Rest APIs.

==Design==

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==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==

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>

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://www.ibm.com/cloudproducts/cloud-object-storage/ Official website]

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