Virtela Receives "Highly Commended" Honor At 2010 World Communication Awards
Innovative Cloud-Based Services and Steady Growth
Cited in Best Managed Service Recognition
DENVER, December 1, 2010 - Virtela, the world's largest independent managed
network, security and cloud services company, announced today that
it received the "Highly Commended" honor for Best Managed Service
in the 2010 World Communications Awards (WCA). Virtela was
also a finalist in the Best Global Operator category. The
gold standard in the communications industry, the annual WCA
program recognizes the companies whose innovation and new service
breakthroughs are pushing the industry forward.
Virtela offers a full suite of managed network, security and
technology services powered by its intelligent multi-carrier model
and the world's first independent platform for cloud IT services.
Through its partnerships with hundreds of carriers around the
world, combined with its own advanced technology platforms, Virtela
is able to offer customers the highest performing managed services
backed by the industry's most advanced service guarantees. The
leading industry analysts and consultants who comprised the WCA
judging panel praised Virtela's "great customer list, track record
of steady growth, and continuing innovation in services."
Most recently, that hallmark innovation resulted in the
Virtela Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC), the first global cloud
architecture purpose-built for enterprise networking, security and
mobility. Among the vanguard of advanced cloud-based
services, Virtela's ESC platform applies the cost, performance and
flexibility benefits of cloud computing to new areas within IT that
have - until now - required premise-based hardware and
software. Virtela ESC's unique open architecture enables
delivery of any technology function from any provider to any
location - as a service delivered from the cloud. The company's
first services delivered via the ESC platform include
cloud-based application acceleration and cloud-based remote
access services, both of which are already delivering order of
magnitude cost and performance improvements for customers around
the world.
"Virtela has always been at the forefront of communication
technology shifts, from its beginnings as one of the first
providers to employ a partner-based sourcing strategy to now being
one of first companies to take the cloud model to advanced IT
services," said Jian Li, Virtela's Chief Technology Officer.
"We're honored to be recognized for our innovation and success in
delivering the highest-performing managed services to our
customers. Our customers' ongoing IT and business challenges
drive our quest to deliver better, more cost-effective services,
and we're excited about continued opportunities to do that from the
cloud."
About Virtela
Virtela Technology Services Incorporated is the world's largest
independent managed network, security and cloud services company.
Virtela offers award-winning cloud- and device-based services -
including MPLS and IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs),
Security, Infrastructure Management and Application Acceleration -
to enterprise customers around the world. Virtela offers
unparalleled geographic reach to more than 190 countries through
its partnerships with more than 500 carriers.
Virtela is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with globally
distributed Network Operations Centers in the U.S., India and the
Philippines. For more information, please call +1 (720) 475-4000 or
visit www.virtela.net.
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Media Contacts:
Jane Morrissey
Virtela
+1-720-475-4012
jmorrissey@virtela.net