With many new features and advances in functionality designed exclusively thanks to user feedback, including improved usability, security and bandwidth management, version 2.1 is immediately available as a free download to all existing Enterprise Server 2.x, Enterprise Server 2.x with Connect Web Option, Scp Client 2.x and Scp for Point-to-point 2.x customers. Version 2.1 also includes a plethora of enhancements to the fasp SDK for the Aspera developer community.

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Please see below for a complete list of new and enhanced functionality included with the 2.1 software release.

Core new fasp™ 2.1 features

• Encryption at Rest – this extension of our security model provides a secure storage envelope for transferred files based on secure passphrase.

• Virtual Link – take enterprise-wide bandwidth management to the next level by allocating aggregate bandwidth targets per Aspera server, server farm or individual user.

• HTTP Fallback – to ensure connectivity in highly restrictive network situations, HTTP fallback provides an alternate transfer path for Aspera Connect clients, allowing transfers to happen over HTTP with complete proxy support, should a fasp connection fail to initiate.

Please refer to the table below for feature availability per Aspera product:

Other new 2.1 features by product

Complete release notes are available in each product's download page.

Aspera Enterprise Server

• Improved support for replication

• Automatic file deletion on source system after successful transfer
• Option to overwrite destination file only if the transferred file is newer
• Configurable timestamp preservation

• Improved transfer monitoring and reporting

• SQL API for real-time progress monitoring
• Individual job ID assigned to each transfer
• Reporting on whole job size
• Reporting to an unlimited number of managers – Console, GUI, and Asperasync
• Even better reporting scalability

Aspera Enterprise Server with Web Connect Option

• Improved Aspera web portal

• Multi-file download and deletion from directory listing
• Improved UI responsiveness for very large repositories

• Enhanced support for integrated web applications

• Next-generation multi-factor token authorization API

Aspera Connect Browser Plug-in

• Universal access

• Non-admin installation on all Mac OS X platforms

• Extended platform support

• New Linux Firefox version*

• Streamlined architecture

• Smaller size
• Enhanced robustness

• Self-contained installation eliminates conflicts with other Aspera products on the same machine

Aspera fasp SDK

• Java, C++ & C# faspmanager

• Complete cross-platform libraries for embedded Aspera transfer support on Mac, Windows and Linux

Java, C++ & C# commands client

• Complete cross-platform libraries for remote file operations on Mac, Windows and Linux

• Fully embeddable client

• Enhanced support for integrated web applications

• Next-generation multi-factor token authorization API

• Improved transfer monitoring and reporting

• SQL API for real-time progress monitoring
• Individual job ID assigned to each transfer
• Reporting on whole job size
• Reporting to an unlimited number of managers – Console, GUI, and Asperasync
• Even better reporting scalability

• New Java-based API for reliable data streaming

fasp 1.x End of Life Notice

Please note that Aspera will end support for fasp 1.x products on July 1st, 2009. Starting with version 2.1, backward compatibility with fasp 1.x products requires selecting an option during the software installation process. For more information, please read the Aspera fasp™ version 1 End of Life Notice.

*Firefox Linux installer for the Aspera Connect Web browser plug-in will be made available by 08/31.