Virtela Honored as Finalist in NXTcomm EOS Awards for Excellence in Network Design and Service
Accelerated WAN Service Recognized for Industry-Leading
Innovation
DENVER, June 2, 2008 - Virtela, the global
network solutions company, today announced it 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.
Virtela will exhibit at NXTcomm's sister show, InfoComm, held June
16-19 in Las Vegas.
"This year's Eos finalists demonstrated the best and most
promising advancements to the network-enabled voice, video and data
ecosystem," said Wayne Crawford, NXTcomm executive director. "We
congratulate Virtela for its leadership, innovation and role in
driving our industry forward."
"We're honored to be recognized by NXTcomm as a top innovator in
the network services space," said Virtela CEO Steve King. "Our
managed WAN acceleration service takes networked application
performance to new levels and it's just one example of our
continued drive to transform the industry with an on-demand network
delivery model we're calling Network as a Service."
Virtela's Accelerated WAN Service is the first managed WAN
acceleration and optimization services capable of spanning
multi-carrier environments globally. The offering overcomes
distance limitations by improving application and protocol
performance over the WAN by a factor of two to three times on
average, or as much as a factor of 30 times, depending on the
application. In short, the service allows Virtela to deploy the
fastest network of its kind. Key benefits to enterprises beyond
improved application performance include lower bandwidth costs and
the ability to centralize applications and operations while
maximizing IT infrastructure.
With the Accelerated WAN Service Virtela demonstrates its
commitment to setting an innovative new standard for delivering
superior agility and global connectivity with Network as a Service
(NaaS). Applying the on-demand model made popular with Software as
a Service (SaaS) to managed network and security services,
Virtela's model eliminates the need for extensive IT support, frees
up resources, and scales to meet the needs of enterprises of any
size.
About NXTcomm
NXTcomm has replaced SUPERCOMM. The Telecommunications Industry
Association (TIA) and the U.S. Telecom Association (USTelecom), the
two organizations that owned and produced SUPERCOMM for 18 years,
have joined forces again to produce NXTcomm, which replaces
SUPERCOMM as the one event delivering the entire ecosystem of
network-enabled voice, video, and data. NXTcomm08 comes to the Las
Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will co-locate with
InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business
marketplace. For more information, go to www.NXTcommShow.com.
About Virtela
Virtela, the world's largest
independent managed services company, offers award-winning
managed services including MPLS and IP-based Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs), Security, Remote Access, and WAN/LAN Device
Monitoring and Management, to some of the most competitive
multinational companies in the world. Offering services in 190
countries, Virtela integrates and manages best-of-breed service
providers through partnerships with 500+ carriers, to address the
unique needs of its customers. Virtela is headquartered in Denver,
Colorado, with Global Network Operations Centers in Denver, Mumbai,
India and Manila, Philippines. For more information, please call +1
(720) 475-4000 or visit
www.virtela.net.
Media Contact:
Jane Morrissey
Virtela
720.475.4012 (office)
303.808.7671 (mobile)
jmorrissey@virtela.com