High-Speed File Transfer Software Suite

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High-Speed File Transfer Software Suite

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Aspera’s Mission

Transferring large data sets via inexpen-sive IP networks, instead of shipping hard drives, tapes, discs, or film, is changing the way digital content is being produced, managed and distributed. The need for a flexible, next generation file transfer technology is universal and exploding as individuals and corpora-tions exchange more data, file sizes increase and network capacities grow. Aspera’s mission is to create innovative software technologies to address the need for next-generation global transfers on existing wide area network infrastruc-ture, providing maximum speed and

advanced management in any application, over any network, from consumer broadband to Gigabit core. Aspera’s breakthrough trans-port technology, fasp™, has quickly become the market leader for high-speed data transfer in media and entertainment, and is exten-sively deployed throughout a variety of industries, as well as government and defense markets, worldwide.

Extensive Technology Deployments

All stages of the digital supply chain in the media and entertainment space – ingest, production, distribution and consumption – rely on network transfer of file-based assets, often at global distances. Used by major Hollywood studios and service companies; post-production houses; broadcasters and other content providers; cable, satellite, and on-demand media networks, as well as game developers, Aspera solutions are supporting global organizations in their successful transition to all-digital operations.

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• Technology Integration ... Page 16

Company

Aspera

High-Speed File Transfer Technologies

Aspera deployments also support data transfer in critical defense and intelligence operations around the world, the automobile industry, pharmaceutical development, software distribution, scientific data distribution and global IT solutions companies. Numerous global outsourcing companies and their US partners in finance, data processing and engineering design, rely on Aspera technology for their business-critical movement of data.

Industry-Leading Partners

Aspera enjoys strong ties with numerous industry-leading partners – technology innovators, systems integrators, and services and solutions providers – who make use of its next-generation high-speed transport technology. In addition to an all-software platform, easily deployable on any standard computing device and existing IP network infrastructure, Aspera offers a world-class software development kit to enable third parties to integrate superior trans-port capabilities with their applications or systems.

The Aspera-Enabled Digital Media Supply Chain

“We evaluated a number of network accelera-tion technologies and file transfer products and solutions. Aspera was the best combination of performance, flexibility and cost-effectiveness.”

David Benson, Director of Research and Development, Technicolor

“The performance and bandwidth control of Aspera’s file transfer software, combined with our investment in high bandwidth network connectivity and state-of-the-art computing and storage facilities, is enabling EFILM to provide our customers with the highest quality and most cost-effective digital laboratory services worldwide, with unprecedented turnaround times.”

Robert Eicholz, Vice President of Technology & Corporate Development, EFILM

“I must say that our experiences here in Europe with your software package have been remarkable. Frankly, it is hard to imagine going back to the 'way it used to be'. Very much impressed indeed.”

Shawn Layden, Vice President, SONY Computer Entertainment Europe

“We were able to fully utilize our bandwidth while protect-ing other critical applications usprotect-ing the same link. We ran Aspera transfers twelve or more hours each day, transfer-ring an average of 20 gigabytes per day, and achieved a speed improvement of about 20 times over FTP.”

Adam Shand, Digital Operations Manager, Weta Digital

“With terabytes of sensitive data constantly being transferred, we need a solution that will let us sleep at night. Aspera is a proven high-performance transport solution recommended by our partners that enables us to contain our costs, and maintain a very aggressive production schedule.”

Jon Landau, Film Producer, Titanic, Avatar

“The Aspera software has eliminated the transfer bottlenecks of the past, cutting the total turnaround time for content by about one half, with complete security. Our operators can track the transfer throughout the process and manage the bandwidth used as needed. Additionally, we own the software, so there are no ongoing fees or penalties as we deliver more data. For us, Aspera has been a huge step forward in efficiency and cost-savings.”

Geoff Burdick, Vice President Production Services & Technology, Lightstorm Entertainment

"The results we're seeing from GLOBALxfer [the high-speed file transfer add-on for GLOBALedit powered by Aspera] are astonishing. In typical cross country upload tests with clients moving multi-gigabyte files, we are able to reduce upload time of high resolution files from over 1 hour using a standard FTP connection down to only 6 minutes using GLOBALxfer. This is truly a game changer that creates new possibilities for collaboration regardless of the distance between locations."

Aaron Holm, Vice President of Development and Integration, GLOBALedit

“Never before in web-based downloads have we or our clients been able to truly maximize band-width and quick throughput until now. Digital distribution of today's video requirements for promotional material would not be possible without Aspera.”

John Libby, Chief Technology Officer, EPK.tv

"We relied on the Aspera solution throughout the Torino games and were delighted at the full integration with our Avid workflow. High-speed transfer capability is essential for file-based remote event production, and we intend to deploy our Aspera solution in support of future events, such as the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008."

Antony Duboyce, Senior Manager, Systems Development and Integration, CBC Technology

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Aspera’s Mission

Transferring large data sets via inexpen-sive IP networks, instead of shipping hard drives, tapes, discs, or film, is changing the way digital content is being produced, managed and distributed. The need for a flexible, next generation file transfer technology is universal and exploding as individuals and corpora-tions exchange more data, file sizes increase and network capacities grow. Aspera’s mission is to create innovative software technologies to address the need for next-generation global transfers on existing wide area network infrastruc-ture, providing maximum speed and

advanced management in any application, over any network, from consumer broadband to Gigabit core. Aspera’s breakthrough trans-port technology, fasp™, has quickly become the market leader for high-speed data transfer in media and entertainment, and is exten-sively deployed throughout a variety of industries, as well as government and defense markets, worldwide.

Extensive Technology Deployments

All stages of the digital supply chain in the media and entertainment space – ingest, production, distribution and consumption – rely on network transfer of file-based assets, often at global distances. Used by major Hollywood studios and service companies; post-production houses; broadcasters and other content providers; cable, satellite, and on-demand media networks, as well as game developers, Aspera solutions are supporting global organizations in their successful transition to all-digital operations.

• Company ... Page 1

• Core Technology ... Page 2

• Solutions ... Page 4

• High-Speed Server Software ... Page 6

• Server Software Add-Ons ... Page 10

• High-Speed Client Software ... Page 13

• Technology Integration ... Page 16

Company

Aspera

High-Speed File Transfer Technologies

Aspera deployments also support data transfer in critical defense and intelligence operations around the world, the automobile industry, pharmaceutical development, software distribution, scientific data distribution and global IT solutions companies. Numerous global outsourcing companies and their US partners in finance, data processing and engineering design, rely on Aspera technology for their business-critical movement of data.

Industry-Leading Partners

Aspera enjoys strong ties with numerous industry-leading partners – technology innovators, systems integrators, and services and solutions providers – who make use of its next-generation high-speed transport technology. In addition to an all-software platform, easily deployable on any standard computing device and existing IP network infrastructure, Aspera offers a world-class software development kit to enable third parties to integrate superior trans-port capabilities with their applications or systems.

The Aspera-Enabled Digital Media Supply Chain

“We evaluated a number of network accelera-tion technologies and file transfer products and solutions. Aspera was the best combination of performance, flexibility and cost-effectiveness.”

David Benson, Director of Research and Development, Technicolor

“The performance and bandwidth control of Aspera’s file transfer software, combined with our investment in high bandwidth network connectivity and state-of-the-art computing and storage facilities, is enabling EFILM to provide our customers with the highest quality and most cost-effective digital laboratory services worldwide, with unprecedented turnaround times.”

Robert Eicholz, Vice President of Technology & Corporate Development, EFILM

“I must say that our experiences here in Europe with your software package have been remarkable. Frankly, it is hard to imagine going back to the 'way it used to be'. Very much impressed indeed.”

Shawn Layden, Vice President, SONY Computer Entertainment Europe

“We were able to fully utilize our bandwidth while protect-ing other critical applications usprotect-ing the same link. We ran Aspera transfers twelve or more hours each day, transfer-ring an average of 20 gigabytes per day, and achieved a speed improvement of about 20 times over FTP.”

Adam Shand, Digital Operations Manager, Weta Digital

“With terabytes of sensitive data constantly being transferred, we need a solution that will let us sleep at night. Aspera is a proven high-performance transport solution recommended by our partners that enables us to contain our costs, and maintain a very aggressive production schedule.”

Jon Landau, Film Producer, Titanic, Avatar

“The Aspera software has eliminated the transfer bottlenecks of the past, cutting the total turnaround time for content by about one half, with complete security. Our operators can track the transfer throughout the process and manage the bandwidth used as needed. Additionally, we own the software, so there are no ongoing fees or penalties as we deliver more data. For us, Aspera has been a huge step forward in efficiency and cost-savings.”

Geoff Burdick, Vice President Production Services & Technology, Lightstorm Entertainment

"The results we're seeing from GLOBALxfer [the high-speed file transfer add-on for GLOBALedit powered by Aspera] are astonishing. In typical cross country upload tests with clients moving multi-gigabyte files, we are able to reduce upload time of high resolution files from over 1 hour using a standard FTP connection down to only 6 minutes using GLOBALxfer. This is truly a game changer that creates new possibilities for collaboration regardless of the distance between locations."

Aaron Holm, Vice President of Development and Integration, GLOBALedit

“Never before in web-based downloads have we or our clients been able to truly maximize band-width and quick throughput until now. Digital distribution of today's video requirements for promotional material would not be possible without Aspera.”

John Libby, Chief Technology Officer, EPK.tv

"We relied on the Aspera solution throughout the Torino games and were delighted at the full integration with our Avid workflow. High-speed transfer capability is essential for file-based remote event production, and we intend to deploy our Aspera solution in support of future events, such as the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008."

Antony Duboyce, Senior Manager, Systems Development and Integration, CBC Technology

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Overview

The emergence of global network file transfer processes in all industries is calling for a technological solution that provides guaranteed delivery services capabilities in the electronic domain – speed, commitment on delivery times, priority service levels – with uncompromising security, as well as comprehensive management, tracking and reporting. Aspera's high-speed file transfer solutions are built on fasp™ transport technology, an innovative, ultra-reliable protocol designed to meet the speed, bandwidth control, and security requirements of business-critical file transfer over any IP network (LAN, WAN, satellite, and wireless). fasp-based solutions perform large transfers with speed and predictability unattainable with conventional protocols or acceleration devices, fully utilizing bandwidth, saving time, and enabling powerful new opportunities to deliver large data sets over inexpensive wide area networks. Existing transfer protocols – such as FTP – suffer from inherent bottlenecks that significantly limit throughput as distance and packet loss increase. fasp™ simply eliminates the bottlenecks, and dramatically increases transfer speeds – up to 1000x over standard FTP. Furthermore, fasp transport delivers predictable, guaranteed delivery times regardless of network conditions, and uses adaptive rate control to fully use available bandwidth while remaining fair to other applications (VOIP, web, email, other Aspera transfers). fasp also includes comprehensive, open-standards security, failure protection, and logging of transfer details for easy integration into monitoring and billing systems.

Core Technology

While various strategies to accelerate file delivery over IP networks exist, they still fall short of the performance advantage of Aspera’s fasp™ protocol. Bandwidth is still wasted on long distance trans-fers, and deadlines are missed when congestion builds. CPU power, memory and disk usage are monopolized on the transferring computer, and other network applications suffer as bandwidth is effectively stolen away by the acceleration mechanism. In the worst case, whole networks are taken down. In addition to these perfor-mance shortcomings, most acceleration solutions do not provide the critical security, tracking, management and integration capabili-ties of Aspera software. Even dedicated network services that promise larger available bandwidth and low congestion still suffer from TCP’s inherent bottlenecks and limitations and are associated with unreasonable costs.

fasp™ technology is unique to Aspera and outperforms software and hardware transfer acceleration solutions in real-life applica-tions everyday. Aspera’s groundbreaking technology has been ranked first in every benchmark study in which it was evaluated for file transfer throughput and bandwidth control over wide area networks – including thorough evaluations by US government contractors. One Hollywood studio customer recently commented: “TCP acceleration appliances work very well for enterprise applica-tions – SAP, email, eRooms. However, these tools are not even close to Aspera for moving files…nothing we’ve tried is.”

The Aspera Advantage

Maximum TCP Speed fasp™ Speed

Features

Maximum Transfer Speed

• Full bandwidth utilization, regardless of network conditions and distance

• Large collections of small files transfer equally as fast as single big files without any pre-archiving • Lightweight implementation ensures high transfer speeds without specialized hardware

• True Gigabit transfer speeds over the WAN*

• Perfect progressive-style transfers, ideal for media playback applications

* Requires server clusters or multi-core CPUs, with RAID or clustered file systems

Unprecedented Bandwidth Control

• Guaranteed transfer times with precise rate control (pre-set and on-the-fly)

• Automatic adaptive rate control for full bandwidth utilization and protection of other traffic • Fast, automatic discovery of bandwidth capacity between transfer source and destination • Configurable bandwidth utilization caps as a proportion of bandwidth capacity

• On-the-fly configurable bandwidth sharing and priority policies

• Aggregate bandwidth management for all Aspera transfers on a server or cluster • Aggregate bandwidth control by policy groups (user groups, etc.) †

• Comprehensive bandwidth scheduling by time of day †

Uncompromising Security and Reliability

• Secure endpoint authentication using the standard secure shell (SSH) • On-the-fly encryption using 128-bit AES cryptography

• Integrity verification for each transmitted data block

• Secured storage of transferred content with per-recipient encryption † • Compatible with standard system authentication and file access control • Automatically resumes partial transfers and retries failed transfers • Automatic HTTP fallback †

Comprehensive Administration

• End-to-end real-time transfer progress and performance reporting • Detailed transfer history for monitoring and billing

• Custom pre- and post-transfer processing

• Native authentication directory support (Active directory domain, LDAP, etc.) †

Flexible, Lightweight, Open Architecture

• Uses standard, unmodified IP networking

• Software-only implementation for easy deployments • Lightweight, platform-native implementation • Flexible open architecture

• Supports interoperable file and directory transfers between all major operating systems • Complete, modern software API to build upon

Comprehensive Platform Support

• Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista (32bit/64bit) • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher (Intel & PPC)

• Solaris 8 or higher (SPARC & Intel) • Linux 2.4 kernel or higher (32bit/64bit) • Isilon OneFS 4.5 or higher

• FreeBSD (32bit/64bit) 6.2 and higher • IBM AIX 5.3 or higher†

• Linux on Itanium

† Upcoming functionality, expected in 2008

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Overview

The emergence of global network file transfer processes in all industries is calling for a technological solution that provides guaranteed delivery services capabilities in the electronic domain – speed, commitment on delivery times, priority service levels – with uncompromising security, as well as comprehensive management, tracking and reporting. Aspera's high-speed file transfer solutions are built on fasp™ transport technology, an innovative, ultra-reliable protocol designed to meet the speed, bandwidth control, and security requirements of business-critical file transfer over any IP network (LAN, WAN, satellite, and wireless). fasp-based solutions perform large transfers with speed and predictability unattainable with conventional protocols or acceleration devices, fully utilizing bandwidth, saving time, and enabling powerful new opportunities to deliver large data sets over inexpensive wide area networks. Existing transfer protocols – such as FTP – suffer from inherent bottlenecks that significantly limit throughput as distance and packet loss increase. fasp™ simply eliminates the bottlenecks, and dramatically increases transfer speeds – up to 1000x over standard FTP. Furthermore, fasp transport delivers predictable, guaranteed delivery times regardless of network conditions, and uses adaptive rate control to fully use available bandwidth while remaining fair to other applications (VOIP, web, email, other Aspera transfers). fasp also includes comprehensive, open-standards security, failure protection, and logging of transfer details for easy integration into monitoring and billing systems.

Core Technology

While various strategies to accelerate file delivery over IP networks exist, they still fall short of the performance advantage of Aspera’s fasp™ protocol. Bandwidth is still wasted on long distance trans-fers, and deadlines are missed when congestion builds. CPU power, memory and disk usage are monopolized on the transferring computer, and other network applications suffer as bandwidth is effectively stolen away by the acceleration mechanism. In the worst case, whole networks are taken down. In addition to these perfor-mance shortcomings, most acceleration solutions do not provide the critical security, tracking, management and integration capabili-ties of Aspera software. Even dedicated network services that promise larger available bandwidth and low congestion still suffer from TCP’s inherent bottlenecks and limitations and are associated with unreasonable costs.

fasp™ technology is unique to Aspera and outperforms software and hardware transfer acceleration solutions in real-life applica-tions everyday. Aspera’s groundbreaking technology has been ranked first in every benchmark study in which it was evaluated for file transfer throughput and bandwidth control over wide area networks – including thorough evaluations by US government contractors. One Hollywood studio customer recently commented: “TCP acceleration appliances work very well for enterprise applica-tions – SAP, email, eRooms. However, these tools are not even close to Aspera for moving files…nothing we’ve tried is.”

The Aspera Advantage

Maximum TCP Speed fasp™ Speed

Features

Maximum Transfer Speed

• Full bandwidth utilization, regardless of network conditions and distance

• Large collections of small files transfer equally as fast as single big files without any pre-archiving • Lightweight implementation ensures high transfer speeds without specialized hardware

• True Gigabit transfer speeds over the WAN*

• Perfect progressive-style transfers, ideal for media playback applications

* Requires server clusters or multi-core CPUs, with RAID or clustered file systems

Unprecedented Bandwidth Control

• Guaranteed transfer times with precise rate control (pre-set and on-the-fly)

• Automatic adaptive rate control for full bandwidth utilization and protection of other traffic • Fast, automatic discovery of bandwidth capacity between transfer source and destination • Configurable bandwidth utilization caps as a proportion of bandwidth capacity

• On-the-fly configurable bandwidth sharing and priority policies

• Aggregate bandwidth management for all Aspera transfers on a server or cluster • Aggregate bandwidth control by policy groups (user groups, etc.) †

• Comprehensive bandwidth scheduling by time of day †

Uncompromising Security and Reliability

• Secure endpoint authentication using the standard secure shell (SSH) • On-the-fly encryption using 128-bit AES cryptography

• Integrity verification for each transmitted data block

• Secured storage of transferred content with per-recipient encryption † • Compatible with standard system authentication and file access control • Automatically resumes partial transfers and retries failed transfers • Automatic HTTP fallback †

Comprehensive Administration

• End-to-end real-time transfer progress and performance reporting • Detailed transfer history for monitoring and billing

• Custom pre- and post-transfer processing

• Native authentication directory support (Active directory domain, LDAP, etc.) †

Flexible, Lightweight, Open Architecture

• Uses standard, unmodified IP networking

• Software-only implementation for easy deployments • Lightweight, platform-native implementation • Flexible open architecture

• Supports interoperable file and directory transfers between all major operating systems • Complete, modern software API to build upon

Comprehensive Platform Support

• FreeBSD (32bit/64bit) 6.2 and higher • IBM AIX 5.3 or higher†

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High-Speed Server Software

Aspera Enterprise Server – Universal File Transfer Server

High-performance, secure file transfer server with exceptional transfer management features for enterprise and consumer-scale applications.

Aspera Point-to-Point – Complete File Transfer Solution

Standalone file transfer solution designed for business-critical point-to-point data transfers of any size, demanding maximum speed, predictability and security.

Technology Integration

Aspera SDK – Aspera Power

fasp™ 2.0 engine, Javascript, web services and C/C++/Java interfaces for embedding Aspera technology in your software systems

High-Speed Client Software

Aspera Client – Advanced Desktop Client

Advanced desktop client application for Aspera transfers

Aspera Connect – fasp™ Web Transfers

Browser plug-in enabling Aspera fasp™ web transfers

Aspera Cargo Plug-Ins – Integrated Aspera Transfers for Media Production Software

Application plug-ins for fasp™ uploads of projects and associated media

Aspera Plug-In for Avid

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_Interplay

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_{Transfer and Avid Unity™ TransferManager}

Integrated Aspera transfers for remote Avid workgroups

Server Software Add-Ons

Aspera Console – Advanced Network-wide Transfer Management

Advanced management interface allowing comprehensive, centralized control over global network environ-ments running Aspera high-speed transfers.

– Digital Package Delivery

Powerful, easy-to-use, file delivery system for individuals and groups

Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option – Unlimited Accelerated Web Transfers

fasp™ high-speed transfer technology for web transfers

Overview

Aspera’s product line is a suite of cross-platform applications built on Aspera’s groundbreaking fasp™ transport technology – high-speed servers, add-on software and high-high-speed clients – fully integrated, scalable and interoperable to power any file transfer network, regardless of application, file size or type, network infrastructure or number and type of clients. Embedding Aspera technology as a superior transport option for your software system or product is also possible thanks to Aspera’s software develop-ment kit.

Purchasing

Aspera high-speed server products (Aspera Enterprise Server and Aspera Point-to-point) and the Aspera Client are sold on a band-width cap basis so that they take full advantage of your existing network infrastructure without artificial costs and can easily be upgraded when your capacity increases.

Aspera’s advanced network-wide transfer management applica-tion, Aspera Console, is available as a software add-on for the Aspera Enterprise Server. Aspera faspex™ is also sold as an add-on to existing Aspera Enterprise Server owners, or as a bundled solution with Aspera Enterprise Server; pricing scales with your workflow needs by number of active accounts.

Solutions

High-Speed File Transfer Software Suite

The Aspera-Enabled Global Transfer Network

Aspera Connect is a browser-based client, available for download directly from the Aspera website. It works in conjunction with Aspera Enterprise Servers or third-party systems built on the Aspera SDK with the Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option enabled.

Aspera high-speed file transfer solutions can be purchased directly from Aspera or our channel partners. For more information on purchasing, to schedule a demonstration or request a product evaluation, please contact [email protected].

To learn more about the Aspera SDK and to plan the integration of Aspera technology within your software product or system, please contact [email protected].

Customer Service

Aspera prides itself on outstanding customer service and provides maintenance options tailored to best suit your business needs. Premium contracts include product upgrades and extended hours for telephone and email support. Please contact Aspera sales for more information on support and maintenance options.

Aspera Point-to-Point Aspera Endpoint at Partner

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Transfer History Database

Aspera Enterprise Server

Central Console Custom Web Application

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High-Speed Server Software

Aspera Enterprise Server – Universal File Transfer Server

High-performance, secure file transfer server with exceptional transfer management features for enterprise and consumer-scale applications.

Aspera Point-to-Point – Complete File Transfer Solution

Standalone file transfer solution designed for business-critical point-to-point data transfers of any size, demanding maximum speed, predictability and security.

Technology Integration

Aspera SDK – Aspera Power

fasp™ 2.0 engine, Javascript, web services and C/C++/Java interfaces for embedding Aspera technology in your software systems

High-Speed Client Software

Aspera Client – Advanced Desktop Client

Advanced desktop client application for Aspera transfers

Aspera Connect – fasp™ Web Transfers

Browser plug-in enabling Aspera fasp™ web transfers

Aspera Cargo Plug-Ins – Integrated Aspera Transfers for Media Production Software

Application plug-ins for fasp™ uploads of projects and associated media

Aspera Plug-In for Avid

®

_Interplay

®

_{Transfer and Avid Unity™ TransferManager}

Integrated Aspera transfers for remote Avid workgroups

Server Software Add-Ons

Aspera Console – Advanced Network-wide Transfer Management

Advanced management interface allowing comprehensive, centralized control over global network environ-ments running Aspera high-speed transfers.

– Digital Package Delivery

Powerful, easy-to-use, file delivery system for individuals and groups

Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option – Unlimited Accelerated Web Transfers

fasp™ high-speed transfer technology for web transfers

Overview

Aspera’s product line is a suite of cross-platform applications built on Aspera’s groundbreaking fasp™ transport technology – high-speed servers, add-on software and high-high-speed clients – fully integrated, scalable and interoperable to power any file transfer network, regardless of application, file size or type, network infrastructure or number and type of clients. Embedding Aspera technology as a superior transport option for your software system or product is also possible thanks to Aspera’s software develop-ment kit.

Purchasing

Aspera high-speed server products (Aspera Enterprise Server and Aspera Point-to-point) and the Aspera Client are sold on a band-width cap basis so that they take full advantage of your existing network infrastructure without artificial costs and can easily be upgraded when your capacity increases.

Aspera’s advanced network-wide transfer management applica-tion, Aspera Console, is available as a software add-on for the Aspera Enterprise Server. Aspera faspex™ is also sold as an add-on to existing Aspera Enterprise Server owners, or as a bundled solution with Aspera Enterprise Server; pricing scales with your workflow needs by number of active accounts.

Solutions

High-Speed File Transfer Software Suite

The Aspera-Enabled Global Transfer Network

Aspera Connect is a browser-based client, available for download directly from the Aspera website. It works in conjunction with Aspera Enterprise Servers or third-party systems built on the Aspera SDK with the Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option enabled.

Aspera high-speed file transfer solutions can be purchased directly from Aspera or our channel partners. For more information on purchasing, to schedule a demonstration or request a product evaluation, please contact [email protected].

To learn more about the Aspera SDK and to plan the integration of Aspera technology within your software product or system, please contact [email protected].

Customer Service

Aspera prides itself on outstanding customer service and provides maintenance options tailored to best suit your business needs. Premium contracts include product upgrades and extended hours for telephone and email support. Please contact Aspera sales for more information on support and maintenance options.

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7 Applications

• Consumer media delivery applications (IP television, VOD)

• Electronic video and imagery distribution to global partners and licensees • Centralized content push to remote stations or broadcast head-ends • Electronic news or media contribution from remote field locations • Global, enterprise-wide file delivery

Features

Scalability and Performance

• fasp™ transport technology

• Unlimited number of users and concurrent transfers

• Bi-directional (send/receive) file transfers and recursive directory transfers • Upload/download with all Aspera clients

• Scheduled transfer† and continuous push and pull to remote sites through Asperasync, including hot folder functionality*

Comprehensive Administration

• On-the-fly bandwidth control: set bandwidth priority and sharing policy per transfer, maximum bandwidth caps per transfer and in aggregate, guaranteed minimum transfer rates, and bandwidth scheduling† by time of day

• Complete transport and content† encryption

• Configurable file operations and access control permissions • Transfer manifest and email notification confirming delivery

• Bandwidth, encryption, file operations, and notifications configurable for single users or groups of users (created locally and/or authenticated through Active Directory or LDAP) †

• Transfer history logging to an SQL database of remote peer, user and content metadata, transfer status and detailed perfor-mance statistics

Transfer Management Options

• Built-in desktop user interface for graphical control and monitoring of all transfers with remote clients • Optional Aspera Console allows comprehensive remote management and monitoring of multi-server networks • Management API (SOAP web services) for transfer initiation, monitoring, and control

• Customizable pre and post transfer actions

* Asperasync is available on Windows only; similar functionality available via customized scripting on Mac OSX and Linux

Software Add-Ons

• Aspera Console • faspex™

• Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option

Supported Clients

• Aspera Client • Aspera Connect • Aspera Cargo Plug-ins

Platforms

• FreeBSD (32bit/64bit) 6.2 or higher • IBM AIX 5.3 or higher †

6 Overview

The Aspera Enterprise Server is a universal file transfer server combining high-speed, secure transport with exceptional transfer management features for enterprise and consumer-scale applica-tions. Consisting of a core fasp™ transfer server installed on the serving computers (e.g. in the data center) and a suite of built-in management capabilities, the Aspera Enterprise Server supports transfers with any Aspera endpoint, as well as clients embedded in third-party software products. The Aspera Enterprise Server supports all common transfer models, such as upload and down-load directly from a graphical user interface (GUI), automatic push and pull through hot folders (Windows), and programmatically, using a web services API.

High-Performance Server

The Aspera Enterprise Server delivers uncompromising transfer performance for individual high-bandwidth transfers, as well as multiple concurrent transfers at broadband speed. Thanks to fasp™, the Aspera Enterprise Server provides maximum speed with unparalleled bandwidth control. Moreover, a new file stream-lining technique allows transfers of large sets of small files to obtain full bandwidth utilization without any time-consuming pre-archiving. Through enhanced protocol performance and new parallel transfer capabilities on clusters of servers and multi-core machines, the Aspera Enterprise Server is capable of achieving individual trans-fers at 1 Gbps+, even over international WANs.

Comprehensive Administration Capabilities

All fasp™ transfers on a server can be managed remotely from the optional Aspera Console and locally from a built-in desktop

High-Speed Server Software

Aspera Enterprise Server

Universal File Transfer Server

interface. These provide a common graphical interface for monitor-ing active transfers, controllmonitor-ing transfers speeds and bandwidth used, and automating jobs. Administrators can visually monitor individual flow rates and aggregate bandwidth, and adjust individual transfer speeds and bandwidth sharing policies on the fly. All transfer details are logged to an SQL database (Aspera or customer-provided) for flexible reporting. Through a simple web services API, the Aspera Enterprise Server supports seamless authorization of client requests with third-party user databases, and authenticates users and user groups† through Microsoft Active Directory. Per-user sandboxing and standard system user authenti-cation and access control are built-in. Support for email notifiauthenti-cation filtered by transfer attribute, such as user, client IP, or filename, and customizable pre and post-processing capabilities are provided. The server software supports installation on multi-node clusters for “high availability” deployments.

Extended Functionality

While Aspera Enterprise Server is a full-featured server product, including a comprehensive administration interface, its functional-ity can be enhanced with advanced management capabilities via the optional Aspera Console; with a simple, yet extremely powerful digital package delivery system, faspex™; and with a web option allowing an unlimited number of upload/download clients through Aspera’s free browser plug-in, Aspera Connect.

† Upcoming functionality, expected in 2008 Aspera Point-to-Point

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7 Applications

• Consumer media delivery applications (IP television, VOD)

• Electronic video and imagery distribution to global partners and licensees • Centralized content push to remote stations or broadcast head-ends • Electronic news or media contribution from remote field locations • Global, enterprise-wide file delivery

Features

Scalability and Performance

• Unlimited number of users and concurrent transfers

• Bi-directional (send/receive) file transfers and recursive directory transfers • Upload/download with all Aspera clients

• Scheduled transfer† and continuous push and pull to remote sites through Asperasync, including hot folder functionality*

Comprehensive Administration

• Complete transport and content† encryption

• Configurable file operations and access control permissions • Transfer manifest and email notification confirming delivery

• Bandwidth, encryption, file operations, and notifications configurable for single users or groups of users (created locally and/or authenticated through Active Directory or LDAP) †

• Transfer history logging to an SQL database of remote peer, user and content metadata, transfer status and detailed perfor-mance statistics

Transfer Management Options

• Built-in desktop user interface for graphical control and monitoring of all transfers with remote clients • Optional Aspera Console allows comprehensive remote management and monitoring of multi-server networks • Management API (SOAP web services) for transfer initiation, monitoring, and control

• Customizable pre and post transfer actions

* Asperasync is available on Windows only; similar functionality available via customized scripting on Mac OSX and Linux

Software Add-Ons

• Aspera Console • faspex™

• Aspera Enterprise Server Web Option

Supported Clients

• Aspera Client • Aspera Connect • Aspera Cargo Plug-ins

Platforms

• FreeBSD (32bit/64bit) 6.2 or higher • IBM AIX 5.3 or higher †

6 Overview

The Aspera Enterprise Server is a universal file transfer server combining high-speed, secure transport with exceptional transfer management features for enterprise and consumer-scale applica-tions. Consisting of a core fasp™ transfer server installed on the serving computers (e.g. in the data center) and a suite of built-in management capabilities, the Aspera Enterprise Server supports transfers with any Aspera endpoint, as well as clients embedded in third-party software products. The Aspera Enterprise Server supports all common transfer models, such as upload and down-load directly from a graphical user interface (GUI), automatic push and pull through hot folders (Windows), and programmatically, using a web services API.

High-Performance Server

The Aspera Enterprise Server delivers uncompromising transfer performance for individual high-bandwidth transfers, as well as multiple concurrent transfers at broadband speed. Thanks to fasp™, the Aspera Enterprise Server provides maximum speed with unparalleled bandwidth control. Moreover, a new file stream-lining technique allows transfers of large sets of small files to obtain full bandwidth utilization without any time-consuming pre-archiving. Through enhanced protocol performance and new parallel transfer capabilities on clusters of servers and multi-core machines, the Aspera Enterprise Server is capable of achieving individual trans-fers at 1 Gbps+, even over international WANs.

Comprehensive Administration Capabilities

All fasp™ transfers on a server can be managed remotely from the optional Aspera Console and locally from a built-in desktop

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interface. These provide a common graphical interface for monitor-ing active transfers, controllmonitor-ing transfers speeds and bandwidth used, and automating jobs. Administrators can visually monitor individual flow rates and aggregate bandwidth, and adjust individual transfer speeds and bandwidth sharing policies on the fly. All transfer details are logged to an SQL database (Aspera or customer-provided) for flexible reporting. Through a simple web services API, the Aspera Enterprise Server supports seamless authorization of client requests with third-party user databases, and authenticates users and user groups† through Microsoft Active Directory. Per-user sandboxing and standard system user authenti-cation and access control are built-in. Support for email notifiauthenti-cation filtered by transfer attribute, such as user, client IP, or filename, and customizable pre and post-processing capabilities are provided. The server software supports installation on multi-node clusters for “high availability” deployments.

Extended Functionality

While Aspera Enterprise Server is a full-featured server product, including a comprehensive administration interface, its functional-ity can be enhanced with advanced management capabilities via the optional Aspera Console; with a simple, yet extremely powerful digital package delivery system, faspex™; and with a web option allowing an unlimited number of upload/download clients through Aspera’s free browser plug-in, Aspera Connect.

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• High-speed transfers over long-haul networks

• Automated, scheduled replication of large data sets to remote sites • High-speed file sharing between global facilities

• Remote content ingest or checkout from asset management systems

• Global electronic media distribution on varied broadband, satellite, and wireless networks

Features

• Interactive browsing of remote file systems and saving of preferred endpoints • Bi-directional (send/receive) file transfers and recursive directory transfers • Automated, scheduled multi-endpoint “push” transfers †

• Scriptable command line interface for unattended transfers

• Scheduled† and continuous push and pull to remote sites through Asperasync, including hot folder functionality * • Centralized automation through the SOAP API or the optional Aspera Console †

• Queuing of transfer requests within a bandwidth limit or concurrent number † • Admission of high priority transfers to the front of the queue †

• Comprehensive bandwidth monitoring for client and server side† transfers • Complete transport and content† encryption

• Detailed, per-transfer reporting and logging of transfer and network performance statistics • Custom pre- and post-processing steps

• Transfer manifest† and email notification confirming delivery

* Asperasync is available on Windows only; functionality is available via customized scripting on Mac OSX and Linux

Supported Clients

• Aspera Client

Platforms

• Solaris 8 or higher (SPARC & Intel) • Linux 2.4 kernel or higher (32bit/64bit) • FreeBSD 6.2 or higher (32bit/64bit) • IBM AIX 5.3 or higher †

Overview

Aspera Point-to-Point is a complete file transfer software solution designed for business-critical data transfers of any size, demand-ing maximum speed, predictability and security. Aspera Point-to-Point is a client and server application installed on both endpoints of a file transfer – a wireless laptop, a desktop PC on the LAN, or file servers in the data center. Aspera Point-to-Point provides server functionality and can accept incoming connections from other Aspera-enabled computers. Aspera Client is a client-only configuration for initiating transfers with Aspera Point-to-Point endpoints or Aspera Enterprise Servers.

Aspera Point-to-Point supports interactive and automated file and directory transfers from multiple endpoints at up to 1000x the

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speed of standard FTP, with 100% interoperability between all major operating systems. A graphical desktop application is available for Windows and Mac, command-line, hot folder, and web services (SOAP) automation interfaces are available for all major operating systems. Aspera Point-to-Point performs individual file and batch transfers to single and multiple endpoints, push and pull, with no file size limitations. Aspera Point-to-Point supports any data set size and scales with your bandwidth needs through a software license upgrade.

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