Aspera is a
data transport and
streaming
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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
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
.
History
Aspera was founded in 2004 by Michelle Munson and Serban Simu. Munson and Simu patented and Aspera developed
FASP
The Fast Adaptive and Secure Protocol (FASP) is a proprietary data transfer protocol. FASP is a network-optimized network protocol created by Michelle C. Munson and Serban Simu, productized by Aspera, and now owned by IBM subsequent to its acq ...
, a high-speed data transfer protocol, and
software
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products based on FASP.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
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 and Engineering Emmy Award
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for Secure Accelerated File Movement over IP including the Internet. The company received a
Hollywood Professional Association The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA; formerly Hollywood Post Alliance) is a Southern California-based trade association founded in 2002. It presents awards to individuals and organizations to recognize achievements in post-production
P ...
(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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References
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IBM acquisitions
IBM subsidiaries
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