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IBM Cloud Object Storage

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

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IBM Cloud® Object Storage is a highly scalable and resilient managed data service on IBM Cloud.

Ideal for securely managing massive volumes of data, helping to ensure compliance, and optimizing your cloud storage costs.

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.

  • Optimize storage costs and data usage: Flexibile storage tiers help to optimize your costs, all with 99.999999999999% (14 9's) of data durability.
  • Enhance global availability and resiliency: Select the resiliency option for your location and availability needs, including cross-regional protection with immediate data consistency.
  • Boost security and data protection: Role based policies and access permissions help secure data access through encryption key management.

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Use cases
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%.
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.
Streamlined Cloud-Native App Data Storage

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

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

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Features Central service for AI and data lakes

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

 Query data in place Immutable data retention

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

 Meet retention requirements Object versioning

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

 See how to version objects Native geographic resiliency

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

 Replicate your enterprise data Data replication

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

 Replicate your enterprise data Fast data transfer

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

 Quickly transfer your data
Resources IBM Cloud Object Storage is a Gartner leader 8 years in a row


Learn why IBM was named a leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, for 8 years in a row.

 Learn more IBM Cloud Object Storage for better resiliency


This whitepaper talks about how  IBM Cloud Object Storage capabilities can help you improve your IT resiliency with efficient and predictable costs.

 Read the white paper 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.

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