text: **8.2 Moving data across clouds**
  
  Sharing data between cloud environments can be a challenge, especially if your data sets are 
  large or your cloud environments are geographically dispersed. IBM Aspera® on Cloud is an 
  IBM hosted service for quick and reliable movement of data between cloud environments. 
  
  Traditional file transfer methods, such as FTP or HTTP, and other file transfer protocols can be 
  inherently slow and unreliable for transferring large amounts of data. IBM Aspera is designed 
  to move data files of any size of volume reliably, quickly and securely. 
  
  IBM Aspera uses patented Fast, Adaptive and Secure Protocol or FASP® technology to 
  support thousands of concurrent transfer requests. This feature enables Aspera to deliver 
  high throughput over networks with high latency, such as WAN. This allows high-performance 
  secure transport of files, directories, and other large data sets to, from, and between cloud 
  storage. 
  
  **8.2.1 IBM Aspera key features and benefits**
  
  IBM Aspera includes the following key features and benefits: 
  
  (cid:2) Easy and intuitive file sharing and content delivery across a hybrid-cloud environment 
  (cid:2) High-speed data transfer at any distance 
  (cid:2) Cloud-native technology with high availability and scalability 
  (cid:2) Enterprise-grade security 
  (cid:2) Real-time control over your transfers 
  (cid:2) Central administration of hybrid environments 
  (cid:2) Automated transfers based on schedule, file arrival event, or an API call 