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Random House Using Aspera For Audiobooks

By TechTaffy Desk

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Random House has selected Aspera for high-speed data transport and workflow automation and management.

Random House has an audiobooks library of over 2500 titles available on CD and audio download. Content creation is a worldwide, collaborative operation, with voice talent, audio editing, graphic design and distribution activities dispersed across cities and across continents. Their workflows require high-speed file transport and workflow automation systems.

The deployment at Random House is centered on faspex, a global collaboration platform based on Aspera’s patented fasp  transport technology.

[Image Courtesy: Random House]

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