Aspera CEO Michelle Munson to Share Technology and Business Insights at NAB 2014
London(26 Mar 2014)
Aspera, Inc., an IBM Company and creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s large data at maximum speed, has announced that president, CEO and co-founder Michelle Munson will share her expertise in high-speed on-premise and cloud-based workflows and industry business insights at the 2014 NAB Show conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center on April 5-10.
Shifting Media Economies: Impact on Strategy, Finance and Technology
Sunday April 6, 1.30-6pm (room N235)
As part of the Broadcast Management Conference, Michelle will participate in a panel session alongside fellow industry leaders Louis Hernandez Jr., president and CEO of Avid, Joop Janssen, CEO of EVS, and Sam Blackman, founder and CEO of Elemental Technologies. Presented by Devoncroft and Silverwood Partners and aimed at senior executives in the media technology sector, the session will examine the opportunities and challenges involved in financing the next phase of technology change, and the most relevant industry trends and factors affecting business decisions.
Content & The Cloud, Transport
Tuesday April 8, 10.40-11.30am (room S225)
As part of the Media Management in the Cloud Conference, Michelle will speak at a session moderated by Christine Thomas, vice president, Technicolor, on how to get content to the clouds of the future. Fellow presenters include Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet, Laurin Herr, co-founder of Cinegrid, Josh Kline, media technologist and producer at Ojai Valley Produce Co., and Brian Lillie, CIO of Equinix.
Implementing end-to-end file-based workflows for BT Sport
Tuesday April 8, 2.30-3pm (room S227)
As part of the Next Generation Sports Production and Delivery Track of the Broadcast Engineering Conference, Michelle will present a case study on the role of file transfer and automation technologies in BT Sport’s complex file-based workflows. The case study will examine how workflows were executed across the production process, as well as the role of high-speed data replication for full redundancy and disaster recovery.
About Aspera
Aspera, an IBM Company, is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patented, Emmy® award-winning FASP™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file-transfer experience. Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. Organizations across a variety of industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets. Please visit www.asperasoft.com and follow us on Twitter @asperasoft for more information.