LISLE, Ill., April 20, 2010 -- Univa UD, a leading provider of cloud management software, announced today that Aspera Inc. and Univa will leverage both companies' technologies to deliver seamless, end-to-end private, public and hybrid cloud resource management and large bulk data transfer solutions for cloud computing customers.

"We're taking the concept of data mobility in the cloud to the next level," says Gary Tyreman, senior vice president of products and alliances at Univa UD.

Aspera develops breakthrough software transfer technologies to achieve optimal performance and cost savings using existing network infrastructure. Aspera's fasp technology enables Fortune 500 corporations, Hollywood studios, major broadcasters, life sciences organizations and government agencies to move terabytes of data on a daily basis as a core part of their business process.

"Having both Univa UD and Aspera's fasp as a combined solution brings cloud computing infinitely closer to the end user," says Diego Dugatkin, vice president of product management at Aspera. "We are looking forward to bringing cutting-edge cloud solutions to market with Univa."

Univa's leading product for private, public and hybrid cloud management, UniCloud, allows application users to manage physical and virtual infrastructures at scale and achieve an unprecedented level of application and data mobility. UniCloud makes it easy to on-board an organization or application into a cloud environment, and enables policy management based on established service level agreements or requirements.

As partners, Univa and Aspera will allow customers to eliminate cloud latency and data throughput concerns by building clusters in the public cloud or creating hybrid environments by securely extending on-premise infrastructure into a public cloud. Customers can also use Univa and Aspera products to create private cloud computing environments within the corporate firewall capable of easily moving bulk-data sets on demand based on application and users needs.

About Univa UD

Univa UD is a leading provider of cloud management software. Companies worldwide use Univa's award-winning products to build and manage internal cloud environments, leverage public cloud services, and enable cloud service offerings for end customers. Univa offers the widest range of production-ready private, public and hybrid cloud management products available anywhere, including cloud infrastructure management and service governance. For over a decade, Univa products have delivered measurable business value to organizations of all kinds by reducing costs, increasing resource utilization, and optimizing the computing environment. Enterprises use Univa products to optimize their internal technical and business computing environments, and service providers rely on Univa software to create and deliver their cloud-based offerings. With a focus on making business easier for its customers, Univa is advancing the vision and practice of cloud computing. Visit the company at www.univaud.com.

About Aspera, Inc.

Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world's digital assets at maximum speed, regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented fasp protocol, only Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructure to deliver the fastest, most predictable file transfer experience. Aspera's core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromised delivery reliability. Hundreds of organizations, across a variety of industries, rely on Aspera for business-critical transport of their digital assets. Aspera empowers individuals and corporations to dramatically increase productivity, minimize operational costs, expand revenues and explore new business models.

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Source: Univa UD