Virtual Radiologic Awards $3.2 Million Contract to tw telecom for Advanced Communications Solutions

"Our ability to continually exceed our target of a 30-minute turnaround window to our rapidly expanding client base is critical," said David Lease, director of infrastructure services, Virtual Radiologic Corp. "tw telecom took the time to understand our service objectives and business growth plans, and to provide us with the solutions we needed. Virtual Radiologic's mission to provide both critical emergency and routine human health services via teleradiology drives all of our technology decisions."

tw telecom is delivering a 1 Gbps network transmission capacity between Virtual Radiologic's data centers, a 1 Gbps Native LAN solution for the transmission of radiological data from its clients, as well as a 1 Gbps connection for remote administration purposes at the company'sMinneapolis headquarters. Additionally, Virtual Radiologic deployed two separate 100 Mbps Ethernet Internet Services (EIS) circuits and metro Ethernet services to support its business activities. tw telecom also supports the company's fax-intensive services with the installation of PRI voice circuits, which is critical, as the company transmits more than 15,000 radiological reports via fax in each 24 hour period, to attending physicians.

"They laid out a road map that no one else did," said Lease. "We had established a set of requirements for this project and tw telecom ended up at the top of the list. Their network is both functional and cost-effective." As further evidence, tw telecom has been tapped to help Virtual Radiologic move to its new headquarters in early 2009.

Virtual Radiologic's data-intensive business and strict compliance requirements for HIPAA, Sarbanes/Oxley and the Joint Hospital Commission require the company to maintain its records and preserve operations through its data center operations. To aid in protecting and preserving this data, Virtual Radiologic is utilizing 1,000 square feet of collocation space and a specially designed 200 square foot remote BCDR operation office at tw telecom's facility to support this operations in the event of a disaster or other outage.

About tw telecom

tw telecom inc., headquartered inLittleton, Colo., provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP, VPN and security, to enterprise organizations and communications services companies throughout the U.S. As a leading provider of integrated and converged network solutions, tw telecom delivers customers overall economic value, quality, service, and improved business productivity. Please visit http://www.twtelecom.com for more information.

About Virtual Radiologic Corp.

Virtual Radiologic Corporation (http://www.virtualrad.com) provides teleradiology solutions to radiology practices and medical centers throughout the United States. Utilizing market-leading, proprietary workflow technology, Virtual Radiologic physicians perform preliminary and final read interpretations for emergent and non-emergent needs -- day or night, 365 days a year. Virtual Radiologic's American Board of Radiology-certified radiologists are collectively licensed in all 50 states. Virtual Radiologic is Joint Commission-certified and serves 575 clients supporting more than 930 medical facilities.

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