The Need for High-Res Content is Driving File Size Growth
Video file sizes are getting larger as the demand for more high-resolution content increases. With picture and video improvement technologies that can enhance a viewer’s experience, it increases the amount of data required to share and deliver even just an hour of video. High-Resolution Content …
Aspera vs Signiant vs FileCatalyst
Introduction Every day, massive amounts of data are transmitted between businesses all around the world. Some analysts estimate that upwards of 2.5 exabytes of data are transmitted on the internet every day. By every account, we are in the midst of a data explosion, with …
Aspera vs. FileCatalyst
Aspera vs. FileCatalyst – deciding on the right high-speed data transfer software that will meet all your needs and the benefits of using Aspera. …
Big Data Transfer Solution for Businesses
In today’s world, businesses are facing challenges when trying to transfer big data sets and large files across global sites and teams quickly and reliably. If they can’t meet these needs, it can limit their organization’s ability to meet business goals. Whether they need to …
Using Lua Scripts with IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
Introduction IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server (HSTS) includes embedded support for executing Lua scripts in response to transfer events. Learn more about Lua at https://www.lua.org/. HSTS makes information available about the transfer session and file events within a session. This allows you to record information …
Working with AWS Glacier and Aspera on Cloud
Introduction IBM Aspera on Cloud (AoC) is a SaaS offering that provides a friendly user-oriented web interface for collaboration and sharing on top of Aspera’s industry-leading FASP protocol for high-speed data transfer. AoC allows organizations to easily attach and transfer to and from their existing …
Aspera on Cloud Security Feature – IBMid can now enforce Multi-Factor Authentication
Aspera on Cloud includes IBMid as an authentication mechanism for your organization. IBMid is IBM’s identity-as-a-service offering, and no additional configuration is required to use it with your AoC deployment. Some customers opt to use their own authentication provider, such as Google OAuth, or a …
How to Transfer Data via Media Shuttle
Media Shuttle by Signiant is a hybrid SaaS solution for transferring data. This means that part of the system is on-premises, and part of it is delivered by Signiant from the cloud. Media Shuttle allows transfers of multiple files and various sizes. While Media Shuttle …
Which Transfer Protocol Does the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Use?
One of the most popular online activities taking place across the internet is downloading files, data, videos, pictures, and other content. One of the oldest protocols to achieve that is the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which exclusively uses TCP transport. TCP is one of the …
What is Managed File Transfer?
Managed file transfer (MFT) is a technology platform that allows organizations to reliably and securely exchange data between systems and people. Often offered as a software or as a service, it enables your company to move data both internally and externally, including any content that …



