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IBM Cloud Object Storage

Store data in any format, anywhere, with scalability, resilience and security

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Highly scalable and resilient

IBM Cloud® Object Storage is a highly scalable and resilient object storage service on IBM Cloud, helping to ensure security, compliance, data availability, and performance. With built-in encryption, multi-region support, and seamless integration with the powerful IBM Cloud ecosystem, it's the perfect foundation for modern data-driven applications and workloads such as AI, data lakehouses, media content, cloud-native applications, backup and archives.

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Benefits

  1. Scalability
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Scale capacity and performance

Store virtually unlimited amounts of data, expanding and contracting at will, paying only for what you use.

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Optimize storage costs and durability

Flexible storage tiers help to optimize your costs, all with 14 9's (99.999999999999%) of data durability.

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Enhance global availability and resiliency

Select the resiliency option ideal for your needs, including immediately consistent data protection across regions.

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Boost security and data protection

Role based policies and access permissions help secure data access, with leading encryption key management.

Server room with rows of servers and lights
Scale capacity and performance

Store virtually unlimited amounts of data, expanding and contracting at will, paying only for what you use.

A man inspecting a server rack with multiple hard drives and cables.
Optimize storage costs and durability

Flexible storage tiers help to optimize your costs, all with 14 9's (99.999999999999%) of data durability.

Render of slinky-style object suggesting transformation and progression
Enhance global availability and resiliency

Select the resiliency option ideal for your needs, including immediately consistent data protection across regions.

A man working on a computer in an office setting with a colorful background.
Boost security and data protection

Role based policies and access permissions help secure data access, with leading encryption key management.

Features

Features

Central service for AI and data lakes

Provides an ideal low-cost data store for AI workloads, natively integrated with the watsonx portfolio.

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    Immutable data retention

    Protect against ransomware and preserve electronic records and data integrity until retention and/or legal requirements are met.

      Explore immutable data retention
      Object versioning

      Activate versioning to maintain multiple iterations of an object within a bucket, shielding against inadvertent deletions or alterations.

        Learn more about object versioning
        Native geographic resiliency

        Protect data within or across established regions, providing immediate data consistency with no replication lag.

          Explore native geographic resiliency
          Data replication

          Replicate your object data across customized cloud regions to meet your unique requirements.

            Learn more about data replication
            Fast data transfer

            Improve transfer times with natively integrated IBM Aspera® high-speed data transfer.

            Explore high-speed data transfer

            Use cases

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            AI Datalake & Data Warehouse

            Leverage IBM Cloud Object Storage as an optimized datastore for AI workloads – up to 2x price performance while reducing costs up to 50%.

            Supercharge your AI Datalake
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            Immutable Data Protection, Backup, and Recovery

            Improve your RTO and RPO with secure and easy-to-use, cost-effective immutable backup storage to protect against ransomware.

            Back up your data
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            Streamlined Cloud-Native App Data Storage

            Build integrated apps using compute runtimes, microservices and IBM Cloud Object Storage for immediate data consistency across regions.

            Develop cloud-native apps
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            Data Archiving

            Consolidate archive data in a low-cost, highly-durable, centralized repository protected with lifecycle controls and immutable retention policies.

            Consolidate archive data

            Client stories

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            Blendow Group

            Learn how Blendow Group uses AI with IBM Cloud Object Storage to significantly enhance the efficiency and scope of legal document analysis.

            Read the Blendow Group story
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            BASE Media Cloud

            See how the managed cloud services company powers a global media distribution portal and centralized storage hub using IBM Cloud Object Storage.

            Read the BASE Media Cloud story
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            Anycloud

            Learn how Anycloud expanded to more than 30 countries across a wide range of industries, providing secure hybrid backup and disaster recovery built on IBM Cloud Object Storage.

            Read the Anycloud story
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            National Van Lines

            See how by migrating critical workloads to the IBM hybrid cloud, National Van Lines could gain access to real-time replication and fast recovery through IBM Cloud® Object Storage.

            Read the National Van Lines story

            Resources

            Introducing Seagate Lyve Data Transfer Service available on the IBM Cloud marketplace

            Seagate and IBM Cloud offers a robust data transfer solution, seamlessly linking edge devices and on-prem systems to cloud through IBM Cloud Object Storage.

            Learn more
            IBM COS Wins TrustRadius Top Rated 5th year in a row

            TrustRadius awarded IBM COS the 2024 Top Rated distinction for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Cloud Storage, and Object Storage.

            Explore
            The recipe for RAG: How cloud services enable generative AI outcomes

            At IBM, we believe AI workloads will form the backbone of critical tasks, managing trusted data with resilient infrastructure.

            Read the blog
            Putting data storage at the forefront of cloud security

            IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Object Storage can help keep your data secure through offering solutions that drive innovation while protecting your valuable assets.

            Read the blog
            Take the next step

            Try IBM Cloud Object Storage today.

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