Concurrency is based on the new BitSpeed™ Velocity version 2 engine, available with new speed and ease-of-use features.

Manhattan Beach, CA, May 15, 2012:   BitSpeed LLC, a California –based provider of file acceleration, data integrity and security software, today announced the worldwide availability of Concurrency, a new way of accelerating the distribution of large files.

Concurrency saves time, bandwidth and money for organizations in Media & Entertainment, Medical Imaging & Life Sciences, Geophysical Exploration, and global enterprises when writing and moving large unstructured data. Concurrency enables the simultaneous writing of large files to more than one location for any application, such as video editing or rendering, genomics sequencing, etc.

As an example, while a 200 GB (Gigabyte) file is being created and written (for instance by Server A) to primary storage (e.g. Storage A) on SAN or NAS or DASD, Concurrency can initiate a simultaneous write of the file to a second location, which can be on the same LAN, or across the world via WAN. Both files will be created simultaneously, SAVING the time and expense of transmitting the file after it has finished being created and written to disk.

Concurrency also enables organizations with its Chain Multi-Casting capability; while Server A is writing to Storage A, and Concurrency is enabling the simultaneous write to Storage B, Server B can be initialing a simultaneous write to Storage C, Server C to Storage D, ad infinitum. Concurrency’s Chain Multi-Casting enables the user to write the file to dozens or hundreds of locations at the same time.

Concurrency is based on the new Velocity 2 engine. BitSpeed’s flagship Velocity product, a leading file acceleration, data integrity and security application, has been improved in its second major release:

• Velocity will now auto-sense and self-configure on any bandwidth, adjusting for bandwidth availability, latency, etc. Users can now install Velocity and simply define files and destinations for transfers, and achieve world-class speed and security of transfer
• Addition of Watch Folder capabilities to link source and destination folders, and monitor changes under policy control for immediate or batch transfer
• Additional checksum capabilities allow both in-flight block-by-block checksums, and also full file checksums and comparison to known checksums
• Greatly enhanced speed transfer of small files

About BitSpeed

BitSpeed LLC is a software company that focuses on improving the speed, data integrity and security of storage and network file transmission. Founded in 2008, BitSpeed brought its Velocity software suite to market in 2011. BitSpeed has offices in North America, Europe and Australia. More information about BitSpeed can be found at www.bitspeed.com.

Media Contact:
Kern Lewis, Marketing Director
BitSpeed LLC
kern.lewis@bitspeed.com
+ 1  510.329.8155

BitSpeed™ Velocity and BitSpeed™ Concurrency will be resold through Rorke Data’s channel programs and integrated into Rorke file management and Galaxy storage systems.

Manhattan Beach, CA  April 1, 2012:   BitSpeed LLC, a  California –based provider of file acceleration, data integrity and security software , today announced that Rorke Data, an Avnet Company (NYSE: AVT), has selected the BitSpeed™ Velocity and BitSpeed™ Concurrency suites of software to provide a low-cost, high-speed file movement capabilities for both its Media & Entertainment solutions and its Medical Systems solutions groups. BitSpeed’s solutions will be shown at Rorke Data’s exhibition booth #SL12415 during NAB, April 14-18, in Las Vegas, NV USA.

“Rorke Data is pleased to welcome BitSpeed to the Rorke Data and Avnet suite of solutions,” said Joe Swanson, group executive vice president, general manager sales and marketing at Rorke Data. “BitSpeed’s software will enhance our customers’ ability to move large unstructured “Big Data” faster on WANs and LANs, and will be a key component in Rorke Data’s file management and storage solutions.”

BitSpeed Velocity and BitSpeed Concurrency are software applications that accelerate the transmission of large amounts of large unstructured data files. BitSpeed Velocity optimizes full available bandwidth on WANs, LANs, and also accelerates the movement of files between storage nodes on SAN and NAS. BitSpeed Velocity incorporates multiple compression techniques and file deduplication to reduce transfer needs; adds MD5 checksums to each block of data sent to guarantee 100% lossless transfers; and has two of the world’s fastest and most secure encryption algorithms for data in-flight.

BitSpeed Concurrency uses the Velocity engine for speed, data integrity and security, and adds the capability of writing large unstructured files at both the source and the destination storage at the same time, thereby saving on transmission time and bandwidth needs.

“We are excited to become a partner with Rorke Data, the leading file system and storage integration arm for Avnet,” said Doug Davis, co-founder and CEO of BitSpeed. “Rorke’s significant vertical market focus on Media & Entertainment and on Medical Solutions matches perfectly with BitSpeed’s ability to move large files in the accelerated, lossless and secure fashion that these industries require. We look forward to a mutually successful program together.”

About BitSpeed

BitSpeed LLC is a software company that focuses on improving the speed, data integrity and security of storage and network file transmission. Founded in 2008, BitSpeed brought its Velocity software suite to market in 2011. BitSpeed has offices in North America and Europe. More information about BitSpeed can be found at www.bitspeed.com.

About Rorke Data

Rorke Data is an ISO 9001:2000 and 13485:2003 certified data storage-centric, end-to-end solutions provider with expertise in primary and tiered storage architecture, integrating RAID, NAS, SAN, tape, and optical libraries with software and support. Rorke Data leverages certified expertise in Linux, Windows and Mac platforms delivering high bandwidth storage and network solutions for fixed content and rich media application environments and can provide custom integration outsourcing capabilities. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data is an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, composed of five divisions: Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Digital Surveillance, Digital Prepress & Publishing, and Professional Services & Engineering. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com.

About Avnet

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners’ success by connecting the world’s leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 2, 2011, Avnet generated revenue of $26.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com. 

Media Contact:

Kern Lewis, Marketing Director
BitSpeed LLC
kern.lewis@bitspeed.com
+ 1  510.329.8155

Velocity is a peer-to-peer software application that resides on any server whose OS is supported. Velocity can integrate with any application via its CLI (Command Line Interface). Velocity version 1.5’s new capabilities include: support for Mac OS X; an enhanced Single-Instance File Deduplication; improved in-stream data compression; and faster file read and write optimizations.

“Velocity is a great accelerator for WAN and satellite structures, because it uses the full available bandwidth” said co-founder and CEO Doug Davis. “Our latency suppression enables users to transfer files between 2 servers thousands of miles apart, on lines ranging in bandwidth from T-3, to 10 GbE, to satellite, as though they were sitting side by side on a LAN”.

Velocity provides additional benefits on LANs as well, often providing significant acceleration of file movement within an office or campus environment.

As a software package, Velocity focuses on true optimization of the available bandwidth to allow faster file transfers, unlike traditional WAN Optimization solutions that rely primarily on techniques to reduce the amount of content sent over the WAN.

“We are very pleased with the results achieved at our initial installations” said co-founder and CTO  Allan Ignatin. “For example, using a Gigabit line, imagine transferring a 10 GB file in 2 minutes anywhere  in the world, instead of waiting up to 45 minutes using regular protocols. We believe that no matter what  your environment is, from a virtual one to a mainframe, or from a corporate user to a Service Provider  (SP), if you want to move files from here to there faster, Velocity can do it”.

BitSpeed offers Velocity for both corporate users and for Service Providers, both directly and through  its growing channel partner program. Trial licenses are available from www.bitspeed.com. BitSpeed currently has sales offices in North America, the United Kingdom and France.