IBM® Aspera® High-Speed File Transfer delivers time-critical transport of very large files and data sets, such as high-definition broadcast videos and high-quality advertising footage, to many global endpoints. It offers highly scalable server software that supports thousands of concurrent transfer sessions and multiple client options for initiating high-speed transfers including the web browser plug-in, desktop and point-to-point clients and command line.
This file transfer software enables centralized control over network-wide transfers, nodes and users with complete visibility into the high-speed transfer environment. It provides a dashboard overview of all activity and multilevel views of the performance of individual transfers and node activity. In addition, it lets users create automated one-time or recurring transfers including multipoint "smart transfers" that can later be copied, modified and reused.
This file transfer software offers a breakthrough transfer protocol that leverages an existing WAN infrastructure and commodity hardware. It achieves speeds up to hundreds of times faster than FTP and HTTP and eliminates the fundamental bottleneck of conventional file transfer technologies.
IBM Aspera High-Speed File Transfer gives users and administrators control over individual transfer rates and bandwidth sharing, and full visibility into bandwidth utilization. It maintains comprehensive logging for customized reports and auditing and allows administrators to monitor and control bandwidth utilization with the adaptive rate control feature that enables fast, automatic discovery of bandwidth capacity and its full utilization while remaining fair to other traffic.