Virtela Partners with Vectus Media and Announces First Joint Telepresence-Ready Network Customer
Managed Services Leader Extends Video Communications
Services Through New Channel Partnership
DENVER, November 19, 2008 - Virtela, the global
network solutions company, today announced it is teaming with
Vectus Media to deliver collaborative communication applications
such as telepresence anywhere in the world. Vectus Media, which
markets and integrates collaborative communications solutions,
chose Virtela for its superior managed network services that
optimize the delivery of advanced video communications. Virtela and
Vectus have already signed their first joint customer, a leading
solutions provider for financial markets and multi-nationals.
"This end-customer deployment with Vectus will provide a
high-performance, highly-resilient telepresence solution enabling
the business to conduct face-to-face meetings without wasting time,
money or environmental resources on travel," said John Powell,
Virtela's vice president of global channels. "Leveraging
videoconferencing or telepresence over Virtela's network enables
companies to connect to those outside of their corporate perimeter
because we are carrier-, vendor- and technology-agnostic. Together
with Vectus, we're hoping to extend the benefits of these
integrated solutions to new regions and industries for companies of
all sizes."
These video technologies reduce travel costs and improve
employee productivity, serving to increase the bottom line. With
Virtela and Vectus, organizations will benefit from the fastest,
most secure and globally-extensive services in the industry.
"We chose to work with Virtela because their global footprint
and service capabilities are a perfect fit for delivering the
worldwide promise of telepresence," said Gerald Tozin, president of
Vectus Media. "A telepresence marketing and integration company
needs a partner that can provide quality-assured broadband
connectivity in even the most far-flung areas of the world, and
Virtela is unmatched in its capability to do that."
The environmental benefits of telepresence are notable: by
traveling less, organizations reduce their carbon footprints and
consumption of valuable resources. Virtela is not only extending
the environmental benefits of telepresence through its relationship
with Vectus, but also recently announced its membership in the
Carbon Free Meeting Coalition to help organizations leverage
advanced communications technologies to reduce their carbon
footprints.
As a Virtela channel partner, Vectus will continue to meet
cross-industry needs, as well as improve global reach and offer
carbon-conscious collaborative communications technologies for
reducing organizations' impact on the environment.
About Vectus Media
Vectus Media is a marketing and integration company focused on
the delivery of collaborative communications applications such as
telepresence. Vectus Media has the unique strategy of leading with
the 'network' in delivering collaborative communications solutions
because it believes the quality of the network drives the
application experience. Vectus Media seeks to leverage its
applications and IP network partners to deploy a network of best of
breed collaborative communications demonstration suites to
facilitate the product experience to the end user as part of its
go-to market strategy. For more information, please call +1(201)
604-3697 or email gtozin@vectusmedia.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
Gerald Tozin
Vectus Media
201-604-3697
gtozin@vectusmedia.com
Susan Wise
Greenough Communications
(650) 646-3268 x11
swise@greenoughcom.com