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Virtela: Leveraging the Cloud from Networking Perspective

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Networking is changing fast with the rise of software-defined networking (SDN), cloud networking, and highly agile networking clients. The network models that have served us well in the past need to be revisited. Virtela Technology Services Incorporated, with a large and expanding presence in Mumbai, is leading this change in global cloud networking with extensive SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platforms and services that transition enterprise networking, security and mobility to the cloud.

Virtela is part of the NTT Group, the world's largest telecom company in terms of revenue. Virtela serves more than 500 customers worldwide, including many of the world's largest multinational companies, via global operations and delivery centers in Mumbai, India, Denver, Colorado and Manila, the Philippines. Its cloud infrastructure enables enterprises to benefit from asset-light branch office networking – delivering instant service activation around the world, lowering capital and operating expenses and exploiting the latest innovations without requiring any technology refresh at the branch office.

Says Virtela President Ron Haigh, "We are excited to expand our Mumbai team with the best and the brightest network and security engineers who enjoy working with cutting edge technologies to support global enterprise clients:".

Enterprise Transformation via Global Cloud Networking

The momentum towards the cloud is undeniable in every emerging market and is consistently among the top technology priorities of CIOs. "Leveraging the cloud from a networking perspective, where Virtela has led the way, can enable companies in India to accelerate their global expansion to get closer to their customers, partners and suppliers and better penetrate target markets." says Haigh. The company’s overlay network is a key foundation for Virtela Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC), which features Local Cloud Centers (LCCs) strategically located around the world to dynamically activate cloud IT services closest to the end-user for the highest performance, including managed network, security, mobility, application acceleration and IT infrastructure services.

Virtela ESC, featuring Virtela Cloud SDN Orchestration Platform (Cloud SDN), is the industry's only global cloud platform purpose-built for enterprise networking, security and mobility. Virtela’s Cloud SDN platform provides a complete cloud framework to automatically activate and configure virtualized IT cloud services for branch offices worldwide, including industry’s first managed services such as Cloud-based Application Acceleration and Cloud-based Mobile Device Management.

Combining its advanced cloud services, platforms and expertise with NTT Com's global ICT infrastructure and resources, Virtela has the ability to deliver cloud networking services, asset-light branch office networking, a Tier-1 IP backbone and end-to-end cloud compute, storage and network services on a global scale. With its cloud vision and prolific portfolio, the company is enabling enterprises to break free from the constraints of traditional network architectures and services.

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