Aspera is a
data transport and
streaming technology company
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that provides high speed data transfer services. Aspera belongs to the
hybrid cloud
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business unit of
IBM.
History
Aspera was founded in 2004 by Michelle Munson and Serban Simu. Aspera developed
FASP
The Fast Adaptive and Secure Protocol (FASP) is a proprietary data transfer protocol. FASP is a network-optimized network protocol developed by Aspera, owned by IBM. The associated client/server software packages are also commonly called Aspe ...
, a high-speed data transfer protocol, and
software
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...
products based on FASP.
acquired Aspera in January 2014.
Aspera won a 2013
Primetime Engineering Emmy Award
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for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development and a 2014
Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
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for Secure Accelerated File Movement over IP including the Internet. The company received a
Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Engineering Excellence Award for its Telestream Vantage with Lightspeed Live Capture product in 2018.
Patents
Aspera has been granted the following patents:
* 2005: Bulk data transfer technology.
* 2007: Methods and systems for aggregate bandwidth control.
* 2009: Practical models for high speed file delivery services, supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels.
* 2010: Methods and systems for input and output driven rate adaptation.
* 2012: Multicast bulk transfer systems.
* 2015: Bulk data transfer and measuring the roundtrip time of requests and transmissions.
See also
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List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM
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IBM acquisitions
IBM subsidiaries
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