Until\u00a0recently architects produced two dimensional drawings, movies were captured on 35mm film and couriers ferried contracts amounting to hundreds of pages to clients for a wet ink signature.<\/p>\n
Now the world has gone digital with 3D design packages, 4k\/8k graphics and electronic signatures\u00a0paving\u00a0the way for business to share sensitive and time-critical\u00a0large\u00a0data\u00a0files\u00a0more\u00a0quickly. And that\u00a0data is\u00a0travelling further\u00a0than ever before.\u00a0Globalisation\u00a0has exploded\u00a0in recent times\u00a0thanks to advances in\u00a0technology\u00b9.<\/p>\n
In particular, services\u00a0have grown 60% faster than trade in goods during the last decade\u00a0\u2013 some\u00a0sectors, including IT services and business services, growing two to three times faster\u00b2.<\/p>\n
Operating in a data-driven global economy poses many operational challenges \u2013 perhaps the biggest being how to\u00a0actually share\u00a0those large digital files.<\/p>\n
Consider that to send a 10\u00a0gigabyte (GB)\u00a0file, it\u00a0can take up to 20-hours on a typical 100Mbps line,\u00a0using standard TCP-based file transfer tools\u00b3.\u00a0That\u00a0is simply too slow.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no wonder that 95% of businesses\u00a0claim\u00a0managing\u00a0unstructured data\u00a0is a problem for their business\u2074.<\/p>\n
Most\u00a0file share software limits the\u00a0size of file that can be transferred \u2013 in many\u00a0cases\u00a0to just\u00a020GB\u00a0\u2013\u00a0this\u00a0causes massive technical issues.\u00a0Remove\u00a0the\u00a0limitation\u00a0on\u00a0file\u00a0size,\u00a0while delivering\u00a0high availability and scalability,\u00a0and give\u00a0users\u00a0the freedom to\u00a0choose how they collaborate\u00a0by enabling them to\u00a0access whatever they need from across your data estate.<\/p>\n
Transferring files between servers in the same data\u00a0centre\u00a0is simple because they\u2019re\u00a0in one\u00a0secure environment. But we\u2019re operating in a global market now.\u00a0Achieve\u00a0near-zero latency\u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0deliver\u00a0data faster,\u00a0regardless of the\u00a0size of your files or the\u00a0distance\u00a0they\u00a0need to travel.<\/p>\n
The growth of remote working during 2020 has increased the threat landscape considerably. According to a report from Interpol, “Cybercriminals are developing and boosting their attacks at an alarming pace,” with one of its private sector partners reporting a 569% increase in malicious registrations\u2075.<\/p>\n
Protect\u00a0your\u00a0data with\u00a0a range of security\u00a0capabilities, including\u00a0user access controls, encryption\u00a0and\u00a0data integrity verification, as well as\u00a0virus scanning, ad insertion\u00a0and\u00a0digital fingerprinting.\u00a0And\u00a0consider how\u00a0workflow can\u00a0automate and\u00a0synchronise\u00a0file movement.<\/p>\n
IBM Aspera\u00ae moves data of any\u00a0size<\/strong>\u00a0across any distance at\u00a0speed<\/strong>, while maintaining maximum\u00a0security<\/strong>\u00a0and retaining the integrity of the file so it gets there in one piece.<\/p>\n If we\u00a0consider\u00a0what IT departments have been busy doing this year,\u00a0the priority has been\u00a0deploying virtual machines\u00a0to enable\u00a0remote working.\u00a0Within\u00a0enterprise IT, Aspera is proven to speed-up virtual machine imaging and innovation on a global scale with high-speed data transfer \u2013 National Instruments accelerated its development by 95%\u2076.<\/p>\n And then\u00a0sales and marketing teams<\/strong>\u00a0have\u00a0quickly\u00a0changed\u00a0the way they\u00a0communicate\u00a0with customers and partners. Here, Aspera makes\u00a0sharing\u00a0large\u00a0digital assets, like videos,\u00a0webinar\u00a0presentations and demo environments, much\u00a0faster\u00a0while\u00a0achieving\u00a0compliance.<\/p>\n Also,\u00a0there are\u00a0specific industries with compelling use cases because they\u2019re reliant on sharing\u00a0larger digital files containing sensitive and time-critical data. The following\u00a0case studies\u00a0from IBM\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0how these key industry applications are perfectly positioned to benefit:<\/p>\n Media and entertainment:<\/strong>\u00a0Sundance Film Festival automates\u00a0the\u00a0delivery of 12,000 films globally because\u00a0moving\u00a0high-res movies,\u00a0hundreds of\u00a0terrabytes\u00a0(TB)\u00a0in size from the studio to post-production\u00a0is effortless.\u00a0\u2077.<\/p>\n Life sciences and pharmaceuticals:<\/strong>\u00a0a single genome is about 10GB in size, and scientists can work on hundreds or thousands of genomes at a time, sharing their findings across research facilities.\u00a0BlueBee\u00a0cut\u00a0its data transfer times\u00a0by 75%\u00a0to\u00a0deliver results more quickly and cost-effectively\u2078.<\/p>\n Manufacturing:\u00a0<\/strong>when manipulating 3D designs and sharing those simulations, Jabil can now transfer 124GB, spread across 3,400 files, over the public Internet in less than 5-hours\u2079.<\/p>\n Oil\u00a0and gas:<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0sharing seismic data for exploration\u00a0or\u00a0pipeline detection, the potential to scale out to utilities for\u00a0fault fixing\u00a0and prevention is compelling. Rosen has increased the transfer of its data by 300% across its 22 offices\u00a0and\u00a0research\u00a0centres\u00a0worldwide\u00b9\u2070.<\/p>\n Legal:\u00a0<\/strong>transforming the eDiscovery and litigation support process,\u00a0a law firm with more than 1,000 professionals across 12 offices globally\u00a0experienced\u00a0a 144% improvement in transfer speeds\u00a0\u2013 now\u00a0a 3GB file\u00a0can be moved\u00a0from the US to Japan in under 15 minutes\u00b9\u00b9.<\/p>\n Our world\u00a0will only get\u00a0more data-driven and more connected,\u00a0so\u00a0the business case for more robust file sharing software\u00a0will only\u00a0get stronger.\u00a0To get ahead and acquire the right tools to enable your modern workplace, drop\u00a0us\u00a0a message about\u00a0trialing\u00a0Aspera<\/a> \u2013 either\u00a0on-premise\u00a0or in the cloud.<\/p>\nIBM Aspera may be the answer<\/h4>\n