Virtela Launches World's First Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service and Application Performance Guarantee

Speeds Enterprise Applications Worldwide Up to 25x Faster for Only US$5 a Day with Zero Upfront Cost, Money Back Guarantee

DENVER, June 8, 2010 -

               Key Enterprise Benefits:

    - Proven to Accelerate Applications 5-to-25x Faster from Any Location
      over Any Network

    - Experience the Response Time Difference or Virtela Pays You 250% of
      Service Fee

    - Deploys in Minutes Via New Virtela Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC)
      Architecture

Virtela, the world's largest independent managed network services
company, announced today the industry's first virtualized application
acceleration service, offering enterprises the ability to turbo-charge
business applications up to 25 times faster at the flip of a switch for just
US$5 a day per branch office. Virtela's breakthrough price/performance is
backed by the world's first application response time guarantee: If customers
do not experience faster response times, they do not pay - and Virtela will
pay them 250% of their service charge.

Enabled by Virtela's Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC)
(www.virtela.net/press-room/press-releases/2010/worlds-first-global-ent
erprise-services-cloud-esc-for-networking-security-and-mobility)
architecture, also announced today, Virtela's Cloud-Based Application
Acceleration Service virtualizes acceleration devices within the network
cloud, enabling enterprises to escape the high cost and complexity of
dedicated hardware appliances at each branch office. The service can be
activated instantly in more than 190 countries at a fraction of the cost of
traditional solutions.

Global manufacturer Measurement Specialties is currently using Virtela's
cloud-based application acceleration service between sites in the U.S. and
Europe. Turned up in less than 30 seconds, the service has already delivered
impressive results that the company plans to extend to other locations
worldwide.

"I didn't realize I'd need a seatbelt; everyday tasks like mapping drives
and querying folders on remote servers are smokin' fast - easily 25 times
faster with Virtela's application acceleration service," said Bob Andreini,
global director of IS/IT for Measurement Specialties. "Virtela's service is
also enabling us to get the latest sales and operational data in the hands of
the management team two hours faster every day. That's clearly accelerating
our ability to make key business decisions."

Proven Results

Virtela's Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service has proven to
deliver up to 25x faster performance in many real-world scenarios. The new
service accelerates applications between any location - headquarters, data
centers, branch offices, mobile workers and partner sites - anywhere in the
world. Examples include:

    - 7-25x for Microsoft Windows File Sharing (e.g., Microsoft Office)
    - 5-17x for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Email
    - 5-13x for ERP/CRM Applications (e.g., Siebel, Oracle, Salesforce.com)
    - 6-10x for Web-based Collaboration (e.g., Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle
      WebCenter)
    - 10-25x for Data Backup and Storage (e.g., EMC, NetApp, Amazon EC2)

The new service offers breakthrough cost savings, with no upfront capital
cost and just US$5 per day per branch office location. For example, a
20-branch-office network that follows a traditional device-dependent approach
would cost US$200,000 in year one, compared to US$36,000 with Virtela's
cloud-based model - five times less.

"Simply put, Virtela's cost model makes application acceleration
accessible to all branch offices, not just the select branch offices that
could justify the expense," said Michael Suby, director of Stratecast, a
division of Frost & Sullivan. "With Virtela's new service, enterprises can
say goodbye to class of service planning, configuration and premium pricing
and put all traffic in the fast lane backed by a no haggle guarantee."

In tandem with the new cloud-based service, Virtela is announcing the
industry's first application response time experience guarantee: If end users
do not experience faster applications, customers do not pay for the service,
and Virtela will pay them 250% of the service charge. Virtela extends the
same guarantee to its appliance-based and hybrid cloud/appliance -based
solutions, giving enterprises the flexibility to choose the best solution per
location.

Virtela's cloud-based application acceleration service also offers
enterprises a new level of simplicity and transparency. The service can be
activated from the cloud within minutes, instead of months as required with
typical deployments, eliminating the cost and complexity of deploying and
maintaining devices in branch offices around the world. Customers have
complete visibility into their service performance via the VirtelaView web
portal.

Powered By Virtela ESC

Cloud-based application acceleration is the first service to be
introduced that is enabled by Virtela ESC, the only cloud architecture
purpose-built for enterprise networking, security and mobility. Virtela ESC
extends Virtela's disruptive multi-carrier network model to the cloud,
up-ending conventional cloud models to deliver the highest cost savings and
fastest service activation available worldwide.

    - Open Architecture: Virtela ESC is independent of the underlying
      network, carrier and technology. As a result, it delivers the best
      service to any location, using any network, anywhere in the world.

    - Locally Distributed: Virtela ESC features 50 Local Cloud Centers
      (LCCs), distributed around the world in close proximity to end users,
      to accelerate applications immediately, near the content source.

    - Optimized for Virtual Devices: Virtela ESC applies caching,
      compression, higher layer communication protocol and other application
      optimization techniques to reduce application chattiness, resulting in
      5-25x faster performance. Virtela ESC's virtualized architecture
      eliminates the need for application acceleration appliances at branch
      offices to deliver significant cost savings and instant service
      activation and changes.

"With more than 3 billion connected devices in use worldwide, end users
have come to expect instantaneous applications performance, regardless of
device or location," said Vab Goel, CEO of Virtela. "Enterprises are looking
to move from network uptime to response time, which requires a new
architecture that can economically deliver LAN-like applications performance
over the WAN. Virtela's cloud-based application acceleration service, in
concert with Virtela ESC, exceeds those expectations with proven results and
is the only service on the market backed by a standard application
performance guarantee."

To learn more about Virtela's Cloud-Based Application Acceleration
Service, please see these online resources:

    - Measurement Specialties Customer Case Study
      (www.virtela.net/pdf/MSI_CS.pdf)

    - Test Drive Virtela's Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service
      (www.virtela.net/interactive-model/)

    - Two-Minute Virtela Application Acceleration Video
      (www.virtela.net/services/managed-wan-acceleration-services/2-minute-video)

Virtela offers an extensive suite of managed network, security,
infrastructure management, and application acceleration services, which
leverage a unique model that aggregates and integrates the best local,
regional and global networks to offer unparalleled geographic reach. By
adding a unique overlay of intelligence that performs optimal routing and
automatic failover for customer network traffic, Virtela's multi-carrier
Global Service Fabric(SM) and Enterprise Services Cloud(SM) give enterprises
an inherently higher performing, more resilient and cost effective
alternative to traditional carrier networks. Virtela is the single point of
contact for expert design, implementation and 24×7 proactive monitoring and
management worldwide.

About Virtela

Virtela Technology Services Incorporated, the world's largest independent
managed network services company, offers award-winning services, including
MPLS and IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Security, Infrastructure
Management, and Application Acceleration, to enterprise customers around the
world. Offering services in 190 countries, Virtela integrates and manages
best-of-breed service providers through partnerships with 500+ carriers, to
address the unique needs of its customers.

Virtela is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with Global Network
Operations Centers in Denver, Mumbai, India and Manila, Philippines. For more
information, please call +1-720-475-4000 or visit www.virtela.net.

Jane Morrissey of Virtela, +1-720-475-4012, jmorrissey at virtela.net; or Catharine Morgan of Greenough Communications, +1-617-275-6552, cmorgan at greenoughcom.com, for Virtela Communications Inc.