Analyst Quotes

 

"Virtela has put the industry on notice once again with the MPLS Service Fabric. Virtela's IPSF proved that the performance associated with a closed, single-carrier network can be exceeded through a managed collection of IP networks. Leveraging this same network design, Virtela raises the bar with MPLS-SF by addressing the inherent limitations of a single-carrier MPLS network, creating an MPLS alternative that is worthy of serious enterprise consideration."
- Stratecast Partners

"Overall, Virtela was deemed an "especially good fit for buyers that need to stitch together multiple carriers and are seeking professional services to complement MPLS", such as security audits and network design. The company also "offers one of the best web portals that allows for advanced functions like electronic order entry."
- Forrester Research

"Exploiting Ethernet in the WAN enables companies to simplify the expansion of multi-site networks by capitalizing on the ubiquitous Ethernet infrastructure already in place. Virtela brings the invaluable benefit of a single source that can reach any company location around the world and provide optimal end-to-end performance and management."
- IDC

"A managed service such as Virtela's Managed Mail Defense is attractive for many organizations where the day-to-day fight against spam and viruses is a resource drain that will only get worse. The added-value of quarantining spam and other inappropriate content off of the enterprises' infrastructure further enhances the appeal of this solution."
- The Yankee Group

"Virtela specializes in secure networks and infrastructure and has excellent flexibility for first-mile connections through local telco partnerships."
- Burton Group

"Virtela offers a managed broadband VPN that makes broadband a business class solution, delivers industry-leading geographic coverage, and comes with best-in-class security and flexibility."
- IDC

"Virtela is the first provider I've heard talk about a methodology. They design the network around your business needs, approaching it more like an IT consultant would."
- The Yankee Group

"[Virtela] offers a carrier-neutral approach to both the local access loop and the backbone carrier that promises customers secure, reliable future. With 24x7 support, SLAs to the CPE and extended to off net connections, Virtela may offer customers an advantage when it comes to using IP for converged (voice, video, data) networks. We believe Virtela will benefit in the long term as IP VPNs replace traditional Layer 2 service such as Frame Relay, ATM and leased lines."
- Wainhouse Research

"DSL VPNs are taking off as an affordable solution particularly for high bandwidth connectivity to key applications such as CRM and ERP, but many organizations have struggled with the burden of global DSL acquisition, provisioning and support. Virtela is the first provider to solve this problem, with a proven approach that has attracted more customers in more countries than claimed by even the largest carriers."
- Infonetics Research

"All of the above allows Virtela to offer global MPLS capability to its customers, something no other network-owning competitor is able to do. Although they may be able to combine their owned and operated MPLS networks with internconnected MPLS networks, they are unable to offer the global consistency across those networks that Virtela is able to offer in terms of class of service."
- Ovum

"With its significant organic growth in new business and deployments, Virtela continues to capitalize on the market opportunity for managed services. We see Virtela maintaining its momentum while increasing its market position."
- IDC

"The company's unique infrastructure and market approach really provide the power behind the service."
- Distributed Networking Associates

"We expect that Virtela will be one of the survivors in the highly competitive and overcrowded VPN/security service provider market because their innovative technology and carrier independence allows customers to save money and add reliable real-time applications (voice and video) to their VPNs."
- Infonetics Research

"In Stratecast Partners' final assessment of Virtela, the company has chosen and nurtured a business strategy that will generate continuous growth in customers, revenues and even profits."
- Stratecast Partners

"VNOs such as Virtela have moved toward a proactive customer service model through using innovative technology management platforms and by creating processes and incentive plans that reinforce that behavior."
- The Yankee Group

"The proposition that a VNO such as Virtela offers is that they are fast and agile and provide good service solutions in exotic places."
- IDC

"If you're trying to provide site-to-site connectivity across multiple carrier boundaries, the carriers are not anxious to peer with each other for services like MPLS, so really the only place you can go to is a VNO like Virtela…Companies like having service-level agreements that span multiple service provider clouds."
- Burton Group

"Customers seeking innovative IP services would do well to look at VNOs like Virtela. While traditional carriers have network infrastructure to maximize - a consideration that leads to service choices they might not otherwise make - VNOs can remain nimble and flexible…End users seeking a global managed IP VPN solution have only a handful of options. Virtela is one of the few VNOs able to give big, traditional carriers a run for their money in this IP VPN niche."
- IDC

"Gartner, Forrester Research, and other key analyst firms praise Virtela for its ability to combine the best characteristics of a global VNO and facilities based carrier and operate as a 'Super-Integrator'. By extending the Super-Integrator model to include a comprehensive set of security services, Virtela again distinguishes itself as a global sole source provider of secure networking solutions."
- Core Competence