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USU Subsidiary Aspera Technologies Expands Sales and Support Efforts with Opening of West Coast Office


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09.07.2014 / 10:09


USU Subsidiary Aspera Technologies Expands Sales and Support Efforts with Opening of West Coast Office

Significant growth in 2014 is catalyst for new California office and appointment of Jim Priest, VP of Sales

Boston, MA – July 9, 2014 – Aspera Technologies Inc. , the pioneer in providing enterprise solutions for server license management, today announced further expansion of its sales and support presence in the United States with the opening of a new West Coast office. The second U.S. office opens in the wake of Aspera’s significant growth in the Software License Management market–announced earlier this year.

“Aspera continues to deliver proven results in the areas of license optimization and SAM expertise, contributing to our fast growth in North America.” states Christof Beaupoil, President of Aspera Technologies. “With the opening of a 2 nd US-based office we will be able to better serve our West Coast customers and continue our growth in the region.”

The new office is located at 501 West Broadway, Suite 800 in San Diego, California and will be headed up by new Vice President of Sales, Jim Priest. Jim comes to Aspera with 30 years of sales and management experience in the Information Technology segment, including Data Center Management Software Development, Security and Business Continuity. He is VMWare certified among other industry standard technical certifications.

I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Aspera family,” says Priest. ”Their software and services are unparalleled in the industry, with solid development and consultant teams successfully leading the world’s most intricate license management projects.”

This press release is available at http://www.aspera.com as well as at http:www.usu-software.de .

SmartTrack and Strategic License Management by Aspera

Aspera SmartTrack is used by the world’s leading corporations and government agencies to ensure anytime-anywhere access to information about license compliance and software usage, while ensuring optimized utilization of existing license entitlements and contracts. Robust features allow users to manage all licenses and metrics, distribute and transfer licenses, and answer all questions regarding a license’s procurement, organizational assignment and maintenance status. Extension modules to SmartTrack ensure process integration, financial and software budget management, internal cost distribution, strategic planning for data center architecture and prevention of software audits.

About Aspera

Aspera is a highly specialized provider of Software Asset Management solutions to hundreds of enterprises worldwide, including more than 35 Fortune Global 500 companies. Since 2000, our award-winning software and services-including the SmartTrack license management technology– have been successfully implemented in international projects representing diverse industry, such as: banking and finance, automotive, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.
Following the ISO/IEC 19770-1 standard, our services include, but are not limited to: LaaS, Software Recognition, License Clearing, the Master Catalog, Extended Catalog, ITIL certified organization and process consulting, project management, integration, and customer support.
Aspera was founded in 2000 in Aachen, Germany, and its sister company in the USA, Aspera Technologies Inc., was established in 2012. Together the companies currently employ 102 professionals. Aspera GmbH and Aspera Technologies Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of the USU Group. More information is available at www.aspera.com .

USU Software AG

The USU Group is Europe’s largest provider of IT and knowledge management software. Market leaders from every sector of the international economy create transparency with USU applications, while also increasing flexibility, decreasing risks and cutting costs. In addition to USU AG (founded in 1977), the subsidiaries Aspera GmbH, BIG Social Media GmbH, LeuTek GmbH, OMEGA Software GmbH and USU Consulting GmbH belong to USU Software AG (ISIN DE 000A0BVU28), which is also the parent company of the USU Group and listed in the Prime Segment of the German Stock Exchange (DAX) in Frankfurt.


Contact

USU Software AG
Investor Relations
Falk Sorge
Tel.: +49 7141 / 48 67 351
E-Mail: f.sorge@usu-software.de

USU Software AG
Corporate Communications
Dr. Thomas Gerick
Tel.: +49 7141 / 48 67 440
E-Mail: t.gerick@usu-software.de

Aspera GmbH
Marketing
Christian Brodda
Telefon: + 49 241 963 1223
E-Mail: marketing@aspera.com




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USU Software AG
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Dr. Thomas Gerick
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E-Mail: t.gerick@usu-software.de

USU Software AG
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Falk Sorge
Spitalhof
D-71696 Möglingen
Tel.: +49 (0) 71 41 – 48 67 351
Fax: +49 (0) 71 41 – 48 67 108
E-Mail: f.sorge@usu-software.de


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