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Awards & Recognition
2010 Global Product Excellence FinalistVirtela was named a finalist by the Info Security Products Guide 2010 Global Product Excellence Awards in the “IP Sec/SSL VPN Solution” category. The awards recognize IT providers whose innovative solutions improve customer security and raise the bar in the information security industry. |
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2010 Hot Companies FinalistVirtela was named a finalist for the 2010 Hot Companies Award by Network Products Guide. Virtela was selected for its strong record of innovation and customer satisfaction in providing global network solutions for multinational organizations. |
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2010 Stevie Award Finalist for Customer ServiceVirtela was named a finalist for “Customer Service Department of the Year” in the fourth annual Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service. Virtela was selected in the IT and Telecommunications category for its continued success in proactively solving enterprise customer needs worldwide. |
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2009 SiliconIndia si100Virtela was named to the si100 2009, an annual list of the top 100 technology companies founded and managed by Indians in the U.S. Winners are chosen by a panel of Indian CEOs and CIOs of public companies, venture capitalists, analysts, founders of VC-funded companies and the siliconindia editorial board. |
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2009 Best Deployment Scenario WinnerVirtela was named a winner of the 2009 "Best Deployment Scenario" Awards by Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading publication on security-related products and technologies. Virtela was selected for its real-world implementation of cloud-based secure remote access services in the award's VPN/IPSec/SSL category. |
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American Business Award WinnerVirtela was the winner of an American Business Award (Stevie AwardSM) for Best New Product or Service. The award recognizes Virtela's Secure Video Extranet Service, an innovative solution for delivering superior videoconferencing performance and security across different carrier networks. |
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2009 Apex Awards FinalistThe prestigious technology awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments and leadership by Colorado's advanced technology companies and professionals. |
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Deloitte Technology 50 Fastest-Growing Companies (Colorado)Virtela was named 15th fastest-growing company in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Colorado. Deloitte’s 2008 Fast 50 companies “have shown the strength, vision and tenacity to succeed in today’s very competitive technology environment.” |
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Most Innovative Access Solutions Provider AwardNew Paradigm Resources Group (NPRG) and Pipeline Magazine awarded Virtela the Communications Innovator Awards honor for paradigm-shifting organizations whose innovations transparently and unambiguously improve the way companies do business. |
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The World Communication Awards 2008 FinalistVirtela Communications is a 2008 finalist for The World Communication Awards in the Best Managed Service category. WCA recognizes the companies and individuals responsible for the innovations, achievements and great new services that are helping to build tomorrows industry. |
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AlwaysOn Global 250Virtela Communications has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the 2008 AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. Virtela was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. |
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NXTcomm Eos AwardsVirtela was named a NXTcomm Eos Awards finalist for Excellence in Network Design and Service. Virtela’s Accelerated WAN Service earned this distinction in the Wireless/Mobile/Network Services category. The Eos Awards recognize companies that have developed the best new technologies and network services or demonstrated ongoing excellence in the industry. |
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American Business AwardsVirtela was named a 2008 finalist in the Most Innovative Company and Best New Product or Service categories in the sixth annual American Business Awards. The Best New Service nod was given for Virtela’s Accelerated WAN Service, the industry’s first managed WAN acceleration service delivered on a global scale. |
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American Business AwardsFor the third consecutive year, Virtela was selected as a finalist in the annual American Business Awards. This year, the company was recognized in the “Best Customer Service Organization” category for its unique approach to customer satisfaction that set it apart from more than 2,000 entries. |
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Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement AwardVirtela was recognized with the Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award for outstanding performance in Enterprise Managed Network Services. Frost & Sullivan evaluated service providers on their ability to increase their existing customer base by adding innovative offerings and delivering services that create satisfaction among a diverse set of customers. |
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American Business AwardFor the second consecutive year, Virtela was named a Finalist in the annual American Business Awards in the Best Product or Service category, for Virtela’s Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) service. |
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CSIA Service Provider of the YearColorado’s Technology Association named Virtela the Technology Service Provider of the Year. Virtela was lauded for demonstrating amazing growth, an infrastructure that enables customers to conduct their own businesses more effectively and efficiently, and high-touch customer responsiveness. |
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American Business AwardVirtela was named a Finalist in the third annual American Business Awards, in the Best Product or Service category, for Virtela’s MPLS Service Fabric. Hailed as the “business world’s own Oscar’s” by the New York Post, the American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. |
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Light Reading Leading Lights AwardVirtela was named a finalist in the Best New Service category of Light Reading’s inaugural Leading Lights telecommunications industry awards program, for Virtela’s MPLS Service Fabric. The Leading Lights recognize top companies for their outstanding achievements in the telecommunications industry. |
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Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Rising Star (North America)Virtela was named a Rising Star on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. A special category, the Rising Star list ranks 25 winners that have been in business three to five years, based on revenue growth. |
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Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Rising Star (Colorado)Virtela was named a Rising Star in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Colorado. Fast 50 Rising Star companies “have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed despite a very challenging technology environment.” |
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Network Computing Well-Connected AwardVirtela won Network Computing’s annual Well-Connected award, which honors the year’s outstanding technology products and services. “Virtela’s ability to [off-load VPN worries] in a flexible, cost-effective manner separates it from the pack,” wrote the editors. |
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Network Computing Editor’s ChoiceVirtela won Network Computing’s Editor’s Choice award for IP VPNs. Virtela earned an ‘A’ in the publication’s real-world comparative review, besting competitors including MCI and Qwest. Virtela offered the most attractive global footprint, performance, SLAs, security and reporting -- all at the best price. |
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Siliconindia Hot 25 Service ProvidersVirtela was named to Siliconindia magazine’s first “Hot 25 Service Provider Merit Roll”. A panel of analysts, buyers, venture capitalists, and the magazine’s editorial team selected Virtela based upon its key role in reducing time-to-market, cutting costs, and post build-out servicing for larger corporations. |
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Red Herring Selects Virtela as a Winner in 2003Red Herring picked Virtela as a winner in its sixth annual list of top ten trends. The magazine predicted Virtela as one of the few winners within the telecommunications sector: “Winners: Virtela, which is using cheap bandwidth to build a profitable business by offering virtual-private-network services to corporations.” |
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Network World Category-Breaker AwardVirtela won Network World “Category-Breaker” award for the company’s innovative multi-carrier approach that delivers VPN services with strong QoS, security and reliability at an attractive price. |
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InfoWorld 100Virtela was named to the InfoWorld 100, the magazine’s annual list of companies across all industries that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. Virtela was honored for its inventive back-end systems that enable the company to deliver the most efficient and flexible managed private networking services for customers. |
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Upside HOT 100Virtela Communications was selected to receive the Hot 100 Award by UPSIDE magazine. This award recognized excellence in innovation among the hottest technology industry startups. |
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Red Herring 100Red Herring recognized Virtela for innovation and business strategy. The Red Herring 100 selects the top 50 public and top 50 private companies using the same combination of subjective insights and hard metrics favored by venture capitalists and investment bankers to predict a company’s ability to disrupt existing markets or to create entirely new ones. |
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Top 10 Start-Ups to WatchVirtela was recognized by Network World as one of the “Top 10 Start Ups to Watch in 2002”. Network World selected Virtela out of 90 companies for having the right technology, business model and service orientation. |
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