2016 – Object Storage and S3

This is a series of posts sponsored by Cloudian Inc that looks at the ubiquity and importance of the S3 API and vendor support.

• Object Storage: Standardising on the S3 API (19 February 2016) – this post provides background on S3 and the development of the API.
• Object Storage: S3 API and Security (7 March 2016) – this post digs deeper into the data access features of the S3 API.
• Object Storage: S3 API Advanced Features (11 March 2016) – a discussion on some of the advanced features of S3 like encryption.
• Object Storage: Validating S3 Compatibility (31 May 2016) – an initial step into validating S3 API compatibility for object stores.