Aspera (company)

Aspera
IndustryData transmission
Streaming media
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters425 Market Street,
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.[1]
ParentIBM (2013–present)
Websiteibm.com/aspera/

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Aspera, an IBM Co. in Emeryville , CA". YP.com.
  2. ^ Press release (19 December 2013). "IBM Closes Acquisition of Aspera". IBM. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ Davies, David (2 October 2018). "Interview: Michelle Munson, Eluvio". IBC. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  4. ^ a b Proffitt, Allison (17 January 2014). "Bio-IT World". Bio-IT World. Archived from the original on 2014-01-29. 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. ^ Jackson, Joab (2013-12-19). "IBM gets fast file transfers with Aspera acquisition". Computerworld. 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. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  8. ^ "Blackmagic, Canon, Cinnafilm, IBM Aspera, Telestream Among HPA Engineering Award Winners". SHOOTonline. 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  9. ^ Aspera (23 December 2005). "Bulk data transfer". Aspera. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  10. ^ Aspera (4 September 2007). "Method and system for aggregate bandwidth control". Aspera. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  11. ^ Aspera (16 January 2009). "Practical model for high speed file delivery services supporting guaranteed delivery times and differentiated service levels". Aspera. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. ^ Aspera (5 March 2010). "Method and system for I/O driven rate adaptation". Aspera. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. ^ Aspera (9 April 2012). "Multicast bulk transfer system". Aspera. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. ^ PacGenesis (30 September 2020). "What is Aspera Software?". PacGenesis. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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