Aspera (company)

Aspera

Industry	Data transmission Streaming media
Founded	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Headquarters	425 Market Street, San Francisco, California , U.S.[1]
Parent	IBM (2013–present)
Website	ibm.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

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

• List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM

References

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. 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.

External links

• Digital Media World (December 5, 2018). "DMW Awards 2018 Announces Winners". Digital Media World. Retrieved December 17, 2018.