XOS Technologies Turns to FastSoft to Accelerate Internet Transmissions
Boston-Based Sports Technology Company Increases Download Speeds for NBA, NHL Coaches
MONROVIA, CA – October 9, 2007—FastSoft Inc. (www.fastsoft.com), a Southern California-based company that develops products that accelerate the transfer of data over the Internet, today announced that XOS Technologies, Inc. (www.xostech.com), the leading technology provider for collegiate and professional sports teams, has selected its Aria Internet acceleration device. The Aria will be a component of XOS Coaching solutions, which make the acquisition, management and distribution of digital video to coaches of sports teams more efficient.
Companies that depend on the transfer of large files lose valuable time and productivity waiting for data to download. FastSoft’s Aria product line decreases the file transfer wait time for clients, employees, partners and suppliers with a single-box tool that does not require any hardware or software on the receiving end. XOS customers include 26 National Hockey League (NHL) teams and 28 National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.
Ray Thompson, Vice President Product Marketing at XOS Technologies, says, “Today’s coaches depend on a huge amount of data, including downloaded video, to be effective. Coaches are on the road often and work in places such as hotel rooms and arenas where Web connections are slow. FastSoft’s Aria box is giving us the ability to reach coaches – wherever they may be – with connection speeds that support the kind of critical workflows our customers demand. We have been impressed with the download speeds we have seen with FastSoft’s Aria box that we are looking at adding it to our recruiting and scouting product line for pro sports.”
FastSoft uses award-winning, patent-pending Internet acceleration technology to help companies in manufacturing, telecommunications, and media/entertainment increase revenues and productivity, and decrease costs. In today’s broadband-powered world, the transfer of large files is seriously hindered by TCP, the protocol that governs more than 90% of Internet traffic. Companies that depend on the transfer of large files, including video, audio, graphics and design, lose valuable time and productivity waiting for data to download. FastSoft’s flagship Aria product line is creating tangible financial benefits by empowering organizations to realize the full capacity of their Internet connections by bypassing the TCP protocol with a “single-box” tool that does not require any hardware or software on the receiving end.
Steven Low, CEO of FastSoft, says, “FastSoft’s key innovation is true Internet Acceleration: we make the Internet faster by overcoming the limitations of the TCP protocol. This is ideal for companies that need to send large files through the Internet to recipients who may not be inside a corporate network. The Aria one-box solution is the ultimate solution for distributed workforces.”
About XOS Technologies
XOS Technologies is the leading technology partner for professional and collegiate sports teams providing platforms and services to the sports market. XOS is comprised of some of the nation’s best sports and technology innovators including former executives from EMC, Avid, Adobe, and Comcast Spectacor. XOS serves more than 500 clients representing more than 950 teams in the NFL, AFL, CFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, NCAA, NAIA and NASCAR. The company specializes in Coaching Solutions and Facilities Design & Integration. Through these areas of expertise, XOS helps teams and leagues integrate video, data and interactive technologies to assure maximum return on each investment.
About FastSoft
FastSoft, Inc. (www.fastsoft.com) is a private company located in Monrovia, CA, 15 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The company’s founders, Dr. Steven Low and Dr. Cheng Jin, are well-known leaders in advanced networking research. Dr. Low and his Caltech research team developed some of the earliest mathematical theories for the understanding and control of large-scale networks. This research has lead to the invention of a new approach to moving large packets of information across the Internet called FastTCP™. For the past four years FastTCP was used to break the world record for the fastest sustained data transfer rates at the Supercomputing Network Bandwidth Challenge. In 2005’s competition it reached a sustained throughput level of 101 gigabits per second. This phenomenal rate is the equivalent to transmitting the entire contents of the Library of Congress in 15 minutes.