Virtela Wins American Business Award for Best New Service
Secure Video Extranet Service Receives Top Honors for
Innovation in Telecommunications
DENVER, June 24, 2009 - Virtela, the global network solutions company, today
announced it won 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.
"The need to reduce costs, improve productivity and demonstrate
environmentally conscious practices increases the demand for
videoconferencing, yet too many companies miss the full benefit of
the technology because they lack the underlying network support,"
said Virtela CEO Steve King. "Virtela's Secure Video Extranet
Service exemplifies our tradition of innovation in service delivery
by meeting this critical business need, and we're honored that the
American Business Awards chose the service as the best development
in networking in the past year."
The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business
awards program. This is the fifth consecutive year that Virtela has
earned honors in the competition, which received over 2,600 entries
from across the U.S. Virtela also earned a finalist nod for Most
Innovative Company.
Virtela's Secure Video Extranet Service overcomes the network
quality and security concerns associated with use of
videoconferencing and telepresence applications across disparate
provider networks. Virtela accomplishes this by serving as a
neutral third party to create private and secure interconnection
points between carrier networks, bypassing public connections and
their inherent performance degradation.
The Secure Video Extranet capitalizes on the reliability,
security and global reach ensured by Virtela's unique Global
Service Fabric infrastructure. Unlike other network providers,
Virtela partners with best-in-class providers around the world to
offer superior breadth of coverage while delivering optimal
performance and resiliency via its Regional Policy Centers across
the globe.
"Despite very tough economic conditions, many organizations and
individuals continue to perform well," said Michael Gallagher,
founder and president of The Stevie Awards. "The results of the
2009 ABAs are a testament to the resilience, creativity, and hard
work of American organizations, executives, and workers."
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.
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American
Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie
Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales &
Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the
people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances
in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at
www.stevieawards.com.
Media Contact:
Jane Morrissey
Virtela
720.475.4012 (office)
303.808.7671 (mobile)
jmorrissey@virtela.com
Susan Wise
Greenough Communications
(650)646-3268 x11
swise@greenoughcom.com