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Virtela has built a business that combines the best of both worlds. It has constructed a relatively low-cost, multinational network built on strong third-party relationships, administered by its own carrier-class consulting, installation, management and billing services.

Awards & Recognition

NXTcomm Eos Awards Virtela was named a NXTcomm Eos Awards finalist for Excellence in Network Design and Service. Virtela’s Accelerated WAN Service earned this distinction in the Wireless/Mobile/Network Services category. The Eos Awards recognize companies that have developed the best new technologies and network services or demonstrated ongoing excellence in the industry.
American Business Awards Virtela was named a 2008 finalist in the Most Innovative Company and Best New Product or Service categories in the sixth annual American Business Awards. The Best New Service nod was given for Virtela’s Accelerated WAN Service, the industry’s first managed WAN acceleration service delivered on a global scale.
American Business Awards For the third consecutive year, Virtela was selected as a finalist in the annual American Business Awards. This year, the company was recognized in the “Best Customer Service Organization” category for its unique approach to customer satisfaction that set it apart from more than 2,000 entries.
Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award Virtela was recognized with the Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award for outstanding performance in Enterprise Managed Network Services. Frost & Sullivan evaluated service providers on their ability to increase their existing customer base by adding innovative offerings and delivering services that create satisfaction among a diverse set of customers.
American Business Award For the second consecutive year, Virtela was named a Finalist in the annual American Business Awards in the Best Product or Service category, for Virtela’s Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) service.
CSIA Service Provider of the Year Colorado’s Technology Association named Virtela the Technology Service Provider of the Year. Virtela was lauded for demonstrating amazing growth, an infrastructure that enables customers to conduct their own businesses more effectively and efficiently, and high-touch customer responsiveness.
American Business Award Virtela was named a Finalist in the third annual American Business Awards, in the Best Product or Service category, for Virtela’s MPLS Service Fabric. Hailed as the “business world’s own Oscar’s” by the New York Post, the American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.
Light Reading Leading Lights Award Virtela was named a finalist in the Best New Service category of Light Reading’s inaugural Leading Lights telecommunications industry awards program, for Virtela’s MPLS Service Fabric. The Leading Lights recognize top companies for their outstanding achievements in the telecommunications industry.
Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Rising Star (North America) Virtela was named a Rising Star on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. A special category, the Rising Star list ranks 25 winners that have been in business three to five years, based on revenue growth.
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Rising Star (Colorado) Virtela was named a Rising Star in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Colorado. Fast 50 Rising Star companies “have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed despite a very challenging technology environment.”
Network Computing Well-Connected Award Virtela won Network Computing’s annual Well-Connected award, which honors the year’s outstanding technology products and services. “Virtela’s ability to [off-load VPN worries] in a flexible, cost-effective manner separates it from the pack,” wrote the editors.
Network Computing Editor’s Choice Virtela won Network Computing’s Editor’s Choice award for IP VPNs. Virtela earned an ‘A’ in the publication’s real-world comparative review, besting competitors including MCI and Qwest. Virtela offered the most attractive global footprint, performance, SLAs, security and reporting -- all at the best price.
Siliconindia Hot 25 Service Providers Virtela was named to Siliconindia magazine’s first “Hot 25 Service Provider Merit Roll”. A panel of analysts, buyers, venture capitalists, and the magazine’s editorial team selected Virtela based upon its key role in reducing time-to-market, cutting costs, and post build-out servicing for larger corporations.
Red Herring Selects Virtela as a Winner in 2003 Red Herring picked Virtela as a winner in its sixth annual list of top ten trends. The magazine predicted Virtela as one of the few winners within the telecommunications sector: “Winners: Virtela, which is using cheap bandwidth to build a profitable business by offering virtual-private-network services to corporations.”
Network World Category-Breaker Award Virtela won Network World “Category-Breaker” award for the company’s innovative multi-carrier approach that delivers VPN services with strong QoS, security and reliability at an attractive price.
InfoWorld 100 Virtela was named to the InfoWorld 100, the magazine’s annual list of companies across all industries that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. Virtela was honored for its inventive back-end systems that enable the company to deliver the most efficient and flexible managed private networking services for customers.
Upside HOT 100 Virtela Communications was selected to receive the Hot 100 Award by UPSIDE magazine. This award recognized excellence in innovation among the hottest technology industry startups.
Red Herring 100 Red Herring recognized Virtela for innovation and business strategy. The Red Herring 100 selects the top 50 public and top 50 private companies using the same combination of subjective insights and hard metrics favored by venture capitalists and investment bankers to predict a company’s ability to disrupt existing markets or to create entirely new ones.
Top 10 Start-Ups to Watch Virtela was recognized by Network World as one of the “Top 10 Start Ups to Watch in 2002”. Network World selected Virtela out of 90 companies for having the right technology, business model and service orientation.

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