Virtela Engineers Enterprise Network for The Facility Group
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 09:00 CST
DENVER, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtela, the secure network solutions company, today announced that The Facility Group is using Virtela's managed Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to connect its enterprise locations throughout the U.S.
The Facility Group provides professional program management, engineering, architecture and construction management services, and is recognized internationally for its ability to deliver quality projects on time and within budget. The company currently manages more than $1 billion in projects for clients across industries including education, government, criminal justice, food and beverage, distribution, science & technology, newspaper publishing, aviation & air cargo and industrial.
The company previously managed its network in-house and was looking for a more efficient approach that did not require maintaining highly trained personnel on a 24x7 basis to support its operations. After evaluating several service providers, The Facility Group chose to outsource its network to Virtela, impressed by its high level of customer attentiveness and significant cost savings.
"Virtela is the true definition of a managed service. Our relationship with Virtela provides us with added network reliability and management capabilities which enables us to remain out in front of client requests and demands," said Christopher Koc, Chief Technology Officer for The Facility Group. "We get the benefits of a high performance network and a team of experts 'on call' without having to staff for it. The new managed VPN services benefit our entire organization, allowing us to realize efficiencies and savings which help The Facility Group remain competitive and connected."
The network supports key applications in use across the company's six U.S. offices, including ERP, office productivity, engineering and architectural file transfers and videoconferencing. The network exploits a combination of Metro Ethernet, T1 and DSL connections depending on each site's bandwidth requirements.
Virtela aggregates and integrates the best local, regional and global networks around the world to offer unparalleled geographic reach. By adding a unique layer of intelligence that performs optimal routing and automatic fail-over between networks, Virtela's multi-carrier Global Service Fabric infrastructure gives enterprises an inherently higher performing, more reliable and cost effective alternative than single carrier networks. Virtela is the single point of contact for expert design, implementation, 24x7 monitoring and management of customer networks.
"The Facility Group and Virtela share a successful business approach of offering integrated, single source solutions that improve speed of implementation and cost control," said Bill Dodds, Virtela's vice president of direct sales. "Virtela is pleased to have developed such a strong partnership and we look forward to meeting their expansion needs."
About The Facility Group
The Facility Group is a professional service organization providing consulting, program management, architecture, engineering and construction management services in a wide variety of technical and industrial niches as well as across a broad spectrum of government and public sectors. Headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Amsterdam, the firm employs over 250 professionals. For more information, visit http://www.facilitygroup.com/ or call 1-800-525-2463.
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 IP-based virtual private networks (VPNs), security services, Voice over IP, Video over IP, and network consulting services.
Virtela is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a second Network Operations Center in Mumbai, India. Virtela is a member of Juniper Networks Managed Network Solutions Preferred Alliance Program. For more information, please call +1 (720) 475-4000 or visit http://www.virtela.net/.
Virtela Communications Inc.
CONTACT: Megan Atiyeh of Engage PR, +1-510-748-8200, ext. 228,matiyeh@engagepr.com, for Virtela Communications
Web site: http://www.virtela.net/http://www.facilitygroup.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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