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| industry = [[Computer data storage|Data Storage]]

| homepage = [http://www.cleversafe.com/ www.cleversafe.com]

}}'''Cleversafe''' Incorporated is a [[privately held company]] based in Chicago, United States.<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]].

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]] 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>

On October 5, 2015, IBM announced plans to acquire Cleversafe.

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