AI Mentions & Sources Report for Cloud Storage
This page provides details about en.wikipedia.org (Charity & Non-profit) which was ranked #4 out of 135 in the list of sources (4 citations (4.1% share)) in answers from AI models (OpenAI ChatGPT Latest) when they were asked the following 1 question: "If I'm looking to get into Cloud Storage, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch.
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| /wiki/Block_(data_storage | 1 | 2 |
| /wiki/File_system | 1 | 3 |
| /wiki/Erasure_code | 1 | 6 |
If I'm looking to get into Cloud Storage, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed.
## 1) Core cloud-storage concepts (know these first) - **Object storage** (dominant model for “cloud storage”; bucket + object + metadata): [Wikipedia – Object storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_storage) - **Block storage** (VM disks / databases): [Wikipedia – Block (data storage)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(data_storage)) - **File storage** (shared POSIX-like folders, often NFS/SMB semantics): [Wikipedia – File system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system) - **“S3-compatible” [...]
[...] ect + metadata): [Wikipedia – Object storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_storage) - **Block storage** (VM disks / databases): [Wikipedia – Block (data storage)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(data_storage)) - **File storage** (shared POSIX-like folders, often NFS/SMB semantics): [Wikipedia – File system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system) - **“S3-compatible” APIs** (many non-AWS vendors implement the Amazon S3 API): [Amazon S3 API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html) and [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) - **Durability/availability, replication, erasure coding** (what you’re really payi [...]
[...] S3-compatible” APIs** (many non-AWS vendors implement the Amazon S3 API): [Amazon S3 API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html) and [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) - **Durability/availability, replication, erasure coding** (what you’re really paying for): [Wikipedia – Erasure code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasure_code) - **Encryption at rest / in transit & key management**: [NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-standards-and-guidelines) - **IAM / access control** (misconfigurations are a common root cause): [AWS IAM](https://aws.amazon.com/iam/) / [Google [...]
## 1) Core cloud-storage concepts (know these first) - **Object storage** (dominant model for “cloud storage”; bucket + object + metadata): [Wikipedia – Object storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_storage) - **Block storage** (VM disks / databases): [Wikipedia – Block (data storage)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(data_storage)) - **File storage** (shared POSIX-like folders, often NFS/SMB semantics): [Wikipedia – File system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system) - **“S3-compatible” APIs** (many non-AWS vendors implement the Amazon S3 API): [Amazon S3 API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/AP [...]