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Aspera (company)

Aspera is a data transport and streaming technology company that provides high-speed data transfer services. Aspera belongs to the hybrid cloud business unit of IBM.[2]

History

Aspera was founded in 2004 by Michelle Munson and Serban Simu.[3] Munson and Simu patented and Aspera developed FASP, a high-speed data transfer protocol, and software products based on FASP.[4] IBM acquired Aspera in January 2014.[4]

Aspera won a 2013 Primetime Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development[5][6] and a 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Secure Accelerated File Movement over IP including the Internet.[7] The company received a Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Engineering Excellence Award for its Telestream Vantage with Lightspeed Live Capture product in 2018.[8]

Patents

Aspera has been granted the following patents:

  • 2005: Bulk data transfer technology.[9]
  • 2007: Methods and systems for aggregate bandwidth control.[10]
  • 2009: Practical models for high speed file delivery services, supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels.[11]
  • 2010: Methods and systems for input and output driven rate adaptation.[12]
  • 2012: Multicast bulk transfer systems.[13]
  • 2015: Bulk data transfer and measuring the roundtrip time of requests and transmissions.[14]

See also

External links

References

  1. Aspera, an IBM Co. in Emeryville, CA YP.com^
  2. Press release. IBM Closes Acquisition of Aspera IBM, 19 December 2013, retrieved 11 December 2018^
  3. David Davies. Interview: Michelle Munson, Eluvio IBC, 2 October 2018, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  4. Allison Proffitt. Bio-IT World Bio-IT World, 17 January 2014, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  5. Chris Cookson to Be Honored at Emmy Engineering Awards The Hollywood Reporter, 26 September 2013, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  6. Joab Jackson. IBM gets fast file transfers with Aspera acquisition Computerworld, 2013-12-19, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  7. RECIPIENTS OF THE 66th ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE BELLAGIO HOTEL DURING THE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW IN LAS VEGAS Emmy Online, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 4 August 2014, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  8. Blackmagic, Canon, Cinnafilm, IBM Aspera, Telestream Among HPA Engineering Award Winners SHOOTonline, 27 June 2018, retrieved 2019-10-20^
  9. Aspera. Bulk data transfer Aspera, 23 December 2005, retrieved 12 December 2018^
  10. Aspera. Method and system for aggregate bandwidth control Aspera, 4 September 2007, retrieved 12 December 2018^
  11. Aspera. Practical model for high speed file delivery services supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels Aspera, 16 January 2009, retrieved 12 December 2018^
  12. Aspera. Method and system for I/O driven rate adaptation Aspera, 5 March 2010, retrieved 12 December 2018^
  13. Aspera. Multicast bulk transfer system Aspera, 9 April 2012, retrieved 12 December 2018^
  14. PacGenesis. What is Aspera Software? PacGenesis, 30 September 2020, retrieved 19 October 2020^