Aspera (company)
File transfer software company
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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]
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| Industry | Data transmission Streaming media |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | 425 Market Street, , |
| Parent | IBM (2013–present) |
| Website | ibm |
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]
