'''Cleversafe, Inc.''' is a [[Privatelyprivately 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.
== 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.
