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  **8.2.2 Using IBM Aspera in a Hybrid cloud environment**
  
  IBM Aspera gives you the ability to connect your on-premises storage with on-premises 
  private cloud and off-premises public cloud to access files and folders in multiple 
  environments. IBM Aspera supports all of the leading cloud platforms, such as IBM Cloud, 
  AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. 
  
  You can configure access between the transfer nodes in your private and public cloud 
  environments to ensure seamless data transfer. You can embed file and folder delivery within 
  your applications by using the Aspera API. IBM Aspera’s containerized, scalable software is 
  optimized to run on and is certified on Red Hat OpenShift. It is included in the IBM Cloud Pak 
  for Integration to give you an end-to-end solution for hybrid cloud integration. 
  
  For more information about integrating IBM Aspera in a hybrid cloud environment, see the 
  data sheet IBM Aspera on Cloud. 
  
  IBM Aspera also supports the main cloud object storage services, including the following 
  examples: 
  
  (cid:2) IBM Cloud 
  (cid:2) Amazon AWS S3 
  (cid:2) OpenStack Swift version 1.12 and Up 
  (cid:2) Microsoft Azure BLOB 
  (cid:2) Akamai NetStorage 
  (cid:2) Google Storage 