With Cleversafe buy, IBM zeroes in on unstructured data

IBM will acquire object-based storage vendor Cleversafe in a move to bolster its cloud business unit with more flexibility and simplified management options in the hybrid cloud.

Founded in 2004, Chicago-based Cleversafe offers large-scale content repository, backup, archive, collaboration and storage as a service. The acquisition aims in particular to help companies tackle growing volumes of unstructured data such as audio, video and images, IBM said Monday.

Object storage such as what Cleversafe provides can offer more efficient storage of massive amounts of data while also meeting the demands of data-intensive workloads delivered via the cloud.

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