Virtela to Present at Network World IT Roadmap Chicago: 'Next Gen WAN = Managed Services...

Virtela to Present at Network World IT Roadmap Chicago: 'Next Gen WAN =
Managed Services + Virtualization'
Leading Services Provider Shares Insights on the Future of Managed Network
Adoption and 'Services in the Cloud'

DENVER, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtela, the global network solutions
company, today announced that it will present leading industry trends and
customer examples illustrating the real-world benefits of managed network
services and the future of virtualized services as part of Network World's IT
Roadmap event in Chicago this Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
Virtela will present during the Next-Generation WAN Services track, led by
Johna Till Johnson, president and senior founding partner of Nemertes
Research. Citing the latest industry research and customer case studies,
Virtela will cover the key enterprise drivers towards managed services, how
partnering with the right managed services provider (MSP) can help optimize
performance while driving costs out of the network, and open the door to
advanced virtualized services.
The discussion will include:

-- Industry trends of managed services adoption

-- The advantages of shifting network focus to virtualization

-- Real-world customer benefits and lessons learned

When: April 2, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
Track: Next-Generation WAN Services
Where: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018
Why: The future of the enterprise WAN is the ability to provide
more for less
Who: Matthew DiMarsico, Regional Vice President, Virtela
Communications

To register for the event, free to qualified applicants, please go to:
http://www.networkworld.com/events/2008/agenda.html.
About Virtela
Virtela Communications Inc. delivers award-winning network and security
solutions to many of the world's largest and fastest-growing multinational
companies. Currently serving customers across six continents, Virtela's
network reach spans more than 190 countries. Virtela's unique Global Service
Fabric(SM) offers the foundation for delivering critical applications via the
company's acclaimed service methodology, with a services suite that includes
MPLS- and IP-based virtual private networks (VPNs), security services, remote
monitoring and management of WAN/LAN infrastructure, and converged services
(data, video, voice).
Virtela is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a second Network
Operations Center in Mumbai, India. Virtela is a member of Juniper Networks
(Nasdaq: JNPR) Managed Network Solutions Preferred Alliance Program. For more
information, please call +1 (720) 475-4000 or visit http://www.virtela.com.
SOURCE Virtela Communications Inc.

Jane Morrissey of Virtela Communications, +1-720-475-4012,
jmorrissey@virtela.com; or Susan Wise of Greenough Communications,
+1-650-646-3268, ext. 11, swise@greenoughcom.com, for Virtela Communications
Inc.