Virtela Showcases Managed Network Services For Revenue-Minded IT Pros at INTEROP

Aligning IT with Business Strategy Critical to New Generation of IT

DENVER, May 13, 2009 - Virtela, the global network solutions company, today announced its participation as an exhibitor at Interop Las Vegas on May 19-21 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Across its global customer base, Virtela is seeing more IT leaders focus on their deployments from a business strategy perspective, rather than solely cost vs. performance. To help further this fundamental shift, Virtela will present managed network services at Interop that help IT departments align technology needs with business and financial objectives.

"In response to this downturn, we're seeing a new kind of IT professional emerge. IT pros are putting their 'business brains' to work in order to add value at the executive level," said Bill Dodds, Virtela's vice president of sales & marketing. "These professionals have a keen sense of corporate strategy and tap into resources such as managed services to meet their enterprise networking and operations needs while improving bottom-line results."

Virtela pioneered the hybrid-VNO (Virtual Network Operator) model for delivering managed services, leveraging hundreds of network infrastructures worldwide while owning select network assets critical to deliver optimal performance and resiliency. The result: customers get best-in-class networks without upfront capital expenditures, benefit from business-driving services in more than 190 countries, and have continual access to technology innovation at lower costs. The latest service offerings from Virtela will be on display at Interop:

WHO: Virtela

WHAT: Exhibit at Interop Las Vegas featuring managed services for business-minded IT

WHEN: May 19 - 21, 2009

WHERE: The Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Convention Center, booth 751

Sales, Product and Engineering teams from Virtela will be on-site to share some of the exciting new ways IT organizations are using managed network services to fulfill strategic objectives and contribute to the bottom line.

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

Susan Wise
Greenough Communications
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VIRTELA SHOWCASES MANAGED NETWORK SERVICES FOR REVENUE-MINDED IT PROS AT INTEROP