John Quigley

Biography

John Quigley http://www.jquigley.com is a computer scientist based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a researcher at the Illinois Institute of Technology, having done previous work in distributed information retrieval systems, and currently leading a team designing and developing a new ambient-oriented programming language with the Distributed, Real-time, Embedded Lab. John is a core development team leader with the Open Source company, Cleversafe, Inc., designing dispersed storage software for massive grids. He is heavily involved in the Chicago Technical community, having founded the Chicago Linux and Chicago Lisp groups. You can contact John at jquigley@jquigley.com.

Talk

Cleversafe, Inc. http://www.cleversafe.org, is developing software to store the world's data. It's an ambitious goal, and one Cleversafe thinks can be achieved through the open source development of their innovative, dispersed storage software. This talk was focused on the core technology that drives their system. This was followed by an in depth analysis of Cleversafe's ambitious business model and some musings on how Open Source companies can survive in the cut-throat commercial market.

The talk took place on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Company Profile

Cleversafe, Inc. http://www.cleversafe.com, is building the Dispersed Storage Project. The project uses information dispersal algorithms IDAs to separate data into 11 unrecognizable DataSlices and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, creating a storage grid. With dispersed storage, transmission and storage of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the data is in one location, and only 6 out of the 11 nodes need to be available in order to perfectly retrieve the data.

Data on the grid remains private and secure in the face of natural catastrophes, or failures of hardware, connection, facility, or IT management. Moreover, the individual data slices do not carry enough information for an unauthorized viewer to determine the original content.


Home About Events Speakers Media Sponsors Credits	John Quigley Biography John Quigley http://www.jquigley.com is a computer scientist based in Chicago, Illinois. He is a researcher at the Illinois Institute of Technology, having done previous work in distributed information retrieval systems, and currently leading a team designing and developing a new ambient-oriented programming language with the Distributed, Real-time, Embedded Lab. John is a core development team leader with the Open Source company, Cleversafe, Inc., designing dispersed storage software for massive grids. He is heavily involved in the Chicago Technical community, having founded the Chicago Linux and Chicago Lisp groups. You can contact John at jquigley@jquigley.com. Talk Cleversafe, Inc. http://www.cleversafe.org, is developing software to store the world's data. It's an ambitious goal, and one Cleversafe thinks can be achieved through the open source development of their innovative, dispersed storage software. This talk was focused on the core technology that drives their system. This was followed by an in depth analysis of Cleversafe's ambitious business model and some musings on how Open Source companies can survive in the cut-throat commercial market. The talk took place on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Company Profile Cleversafe, Inc. http://www.cleversafe.com, is building the Dispersed Storage Project. The project uses information dispersal algorithms IDAs to separate data into 11 unrecognizable DataSlices and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, creating a storage grid. With dispersed storage, transmission and storage of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the data is in one location, and only 6 out of the 11 nodes need to be available in order to perfectly retrieve the data. Data on the grid remains private and secure in the face of natural catastrophes, or failures of hardware, connection, facility, or IT management. Moreover, the individual data slices do not carry enough information for an unauthorized viewer to determine the original content.

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