Virtela Wins Prestigious 2011 World Communication Award For Best Cloud Service
Cloud-based Application Acceleration Service, Powered by
Virtela Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC), Recognized for Outstanding
Customer Benefit and Market Appeal
DENVER, November 16, 2011 - Virtela, the world's largest independent managed
network, security and cloud services company, today announced it
has been named a winner of the 2011 World Communication Awards
(WCAs) for its
Cloud-based Application Acceleration Service, the industry's
first virtual managed application acceleration service.
One of the most coveted communications industry awards, the WCAs
honor companies responsible for the innovations, achievements and
outstanding new services that are helping to build tomorrow's
industry. Virtela won the fiercely competitive Best Cloud Service
category, and was named a finalist for Best Global Operator and
Best New Enterprise Service, for its Cloud-based Mobile Device
Management solution.
In describing why Virtela was selected for one of the highest
accolades in the industry, the independent panel of WCA judges
praised the "excellent and relevant customer testimonials" for
Virtela's Cloud-based Application Acceleration Service, and
highlighted the application performance guarantees offered by the
service as well as overall benefits for multi-location
companies.
"Virtela was made for the cloud, and the cloud for Virtela,"
commented one judge.
Powered by Virtela's breakthrough Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC)
architecture, the world's first open platform for cloud IT
services, the Cloud-based Application Acceleration Service boosts
business application performance up to 25 times without any upfront
cost. With instant service delivery via 50 Virtela Local Cloud
Centers (LCCs) strategically located around the world, the service
can be activated in more than 190 countries at a fraction of the
cost of on-premise solutions. As a result, enterprises can escape
the high costs and complexity of deploying and maintaining
dedicated hardware at each branch office while improving end-user
satisfaction and productivity. The service is backed by the
industry's only application response time guarantee: If customers
are not satisfied with the performance improvement, they do not
pay; Virtela will pay them 250% of the service fee.
Virtela's application acceleration service has the unique
ability to boost response times and productivity anywhere around
the world without adding bandwidth, equipment or support staff,
said one global manufacturing customer, who reports that the
service slashed transfer times for CAD files from 8 hours to just
20 minutes -- ultimately saving the company $2 million per month in
engineering resource costs.
Virtela ESC is the only independent cloud platform available
today, meaning application acceleration and other service benefits
can be exploited regardless of the underlying transport provider
and will work across any public, private or hybrid network. This
innovation further opens the door to widespread adoption of
application acceleration across the enterprise, which has been
hampered by the high capex, complexity and closed architectures of
traditional approaches.
"We are honored to receive recognition from such a distinguished
industry body as the WCAs," said Ron Haigh, Virtela's vice
president of customer solutions and cloud architecture. "This award
is a key milestone in the success of our cloud network services
strategy. It's truly a testament to the outstanding innovations and
extraordinary customer support of our employees, which results in
tangible business benefits for every customer while easing their
transition to cloud services."
Introduced in 2010, Virtela's Cloud-based Application
Acceleration Service continues to earn recognition from prominent
industry bodies as well as customers who are reaping the benefits.
Recently, the service also won the
Communications Solutions Product of the Year, the
GTB Innovation Award and the
Frost and Sullivan Product Leadership Award.
Winners of the 13th Annual World Communication Awards
were honored at a gala dinner in London on November 7, 2011. The
full list of winners can be accessed at http://www.worldcommsawards.com/.
About Virtela
Virtela Technology Services Incorporated is the world's largest
independent managed network, security and cloud services company.
Virtela offers an award-winning suite of services - including MPLS
and IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), security, application
acceleration and remote infrastructure management - to midmarket
and Fortune 500 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