An IT infrastructure management services provider has introduced new technology that it says can identify and prevent problems that could interrupt service. Virtela Technology Services says its VirtelaPredict technology continuously monitors network event logs and other performance metrics, and, using complex algorithms, can identify early warning signs that could lead to an outage.
"We're able to see trends, see degradation and are able to see things that allow us to get started on remediation or avoidance and reducing the outage itself and, in fact, avoiding it," says Mark Hansard, VP of systems and security for Virtela.
By using predictive analytics, Virtela can offer service level agreements (SLAs) to its customers that set the actual-time-to-repair (ATTR) for a network problem, as opposed to the industry standard mean-time-to-repair (MTTR), says Mark Weiner, VP of marketing for the company. By seeing potential network problems before they can cause problems, Virtela also claims it can deliver a five-fold reduction in network downtime and a 30 percent reduction in support and operating costs for customers.
As IT becomes more complex, combining cloud and on-premise systems, and companies face growing compliance demands and cost pressure, businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on so-called remote IT management services (RIMS) from companies such as Virtela. Other RIMS providers include large global players such as IBM, HCL and Wipro, as well as telecommunications companies such as AT&T.
Virtela bills itself as the largest "independent" RIMS provider and partners with more than 500 carrier partners globally, says Weiner. Its headquarters are in Denver, and it operates network operations centers there and in Mumbai, India, and Manila in the Phillipines.
