IBM Aspera is a high-speed data transfer solution that moves large files up to hundreds of times faster than traditional FTP or HTTP, powered by its patented FASP® technology. The company's technology is designed to overcome challenges of distance, latency, packet loss, and scale, enabling reliable and secure data movement across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. IBM Aspera has been recognized with multiple industry awards, including a 2013 Primetime Engineering Emmy Award and a 2014 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its secure accelerated file movement technology. Acquired by IBM in 2014, Aspera serves over 1,700 customers across industries such as media, life sciences, and enterprise IT, and was used by high-profile clients like Lightstorm Entertainment for transferring massive visual effects files during the production of Avatar.
The most complete high-speed transfer solution for integration, collaboration, data delivery, synchronization, automation and workflows, deployable on premises or on Cloud Object Storage with HA scalability.
The optimal transfer solution for smaller organizations and business units with on-premises storage, providing basic collaboration and automation tools.
Additional on-premises nodes to build out and scale existing IBM Aspera solutions, configurable for P2P with API-driven automations and integrations.
A bidirectional streaming solution that overcomes TCP-based transfer limitations, optimal for database replication and migrations.
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IBM has released a comprehensive guide for troubleshooting common audio issues in its Video Streaming broadcasts. The guide addresses problems such as no sound, incorrect volume levels, echo, artifacts like buzz/hum, and audio-video synchronization, providing practical solutions for equipment configuration and interference resolution.
IBM Video Streaming users can now generate detailed PDF reports for their video metrics, covering viewer data, viewing time, and various analytic charts. This feature allows streaming professionals to analyze performance for both live broadcasts and VOD content, including concurrent views, device usage, and geographic distribution. The reports offer insights into key metrics such as total views, peak concurrent views, unique devices, and authenticated viewers.
IBM Video Streaming has integrated with Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Zoom, allowing users to live stream meetings to IBM's platform for expanded audience reach and automated archiving. The platform also details its 4K streaming capabilities, including recommended encoding settings and adaptive bitrate streaming for optimal delivery. AI-driven captioning and search are now available for archived content.
Fiducia AI utilized IBM watsonx.ai, IBM Cloud Object Storage, and IBM Cloud to develop an interactive virtual try-on shopping experience for fashion house KATE BARTON. This initiative transformed a fashion show into a scalable e-commerce platform that supports future AI-powered retail applications. The virtual try-on feature aims to integrate interactive elements and AI into the shopping experience.
FOX Sports utilized Aspera Streaming technology to remotely edit content in near real-time during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This allowed for the broadcast of all 64 matches via a cloud workflow.
FILMFEST MÜNCHEN utilized IBM Aspera software to facilitate the transfer of festival content. IBM Aspera enabled the seamless movement of large video files for the film festival.
UFC partnered with IBM to develop the "UFC Insights Engine," an AI-powered platform utilizing IBM watsonx Orchestrate and other AI tools to streamline and scale the generation of fight insights for over 40 live events. The system has reportedly reduced insight generation time by 40% and tripled the volume of insights, enhancing content delivery across broadcast, digital, and social platforms.
