Cleversafe Gains a Further Lead in Dispersed Storage Technology; Granted Four More Patents by USPTO

CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleversafe Inc., the smarter equation for big data storage, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted and issued four new patents to the company, further solidifying Cleversafe's IP portfolio around Dispersed Storage technology. As a visionary in the storage industry with a clear lead to solving the massive storage challenges brought on by the growth of unstructured 'Big Data', the new patents issued to Cleversafe signal their commitment to innovation.

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"We've been solving the world's growing problem of how to store information at the petabyte level and beyond for a number of years already," said Chris Gladwin, CEO and president of Cleversafe, Inc. "The industry is just now catching on that traditional solutions can't scale effectively to store the massive amounts of data being generated in today's enterprise environments. Our innovation is a true leadership advantage and we'll continue to develop our technology to meet the ever-growing demands of 'Big Data' and to keep us well ahead of the curve," said Gladwin.

Cleversafe continues to be one of the most patenting U.S. companies per employee with nine issued patents presently and approaching 150 published utility patents pending.

Cleversafe's newly issued U.S. patents include:

• U.S. patent number 7,953,937, issued May 31, 2011, and entitled, "Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Subdividing Data for Storage in a Dispersed Data Storage Grid"

• U.S. patent number 7,953,771, issued May 31, 2011, and entitled, "Virtualized Storage Vaults on a Dispersed Data Storage Network"

• U.S. patent number 7,962,641, issued June 14, 2011, and entitled, "Streaming Media Software Interface to a Dispersed Data Storage Network"

• U.S. patent number 8,019,960 issued September 13, 2011 and entitled, "Metadata Management System for an Information Dispersed Storage System

About Cleversafe Inc.

Cleversafe has created a breakthrough technology that solves petabyte and beyond big data storage problems. This solution drives up to 70 percent of the storage costs out of the business while enabling secure and reliable global access and collaboration. Many of the world's largest data repositories rely on Cleversafe. To learn more about Cleversafe and its solutions, please visit www.cleversafe.com, call 312-423-6640 or email us at [email protected].

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