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Netelligent’s Hosted Café Creates National Footprint by Bringing Hosted Services to Channel Resellers

Written by nrosson on May 1, 2013 — Leave a Comment

NETELLIGENT Corporation, a data and cloud services company, announced today that they will quickly scale their Hosted Café Program, a channel reseller program that it began piloting two years ago.  With four channel partners already in place, they recently hired Mandy Cozby as Channel Director to further develop the initiative and secure partnerships with 24 national resellers by early 2014.

Hosted Café will create a national market for Netelligent by identifying regional Cisco focused partners outside of Missouri that wish to offer cloud and managed services.  In leveraging the expertise and the technology that Netelligent already has in place, these channel partners can white label Netelligent’s offerings and differentiate themselves from their competition, without having to invest their own capital in building out data centers or acquiring the technology and talent to operate them.   And unlike many other nationwide cloud providers with layers of bureaucracy, Netelligent’s big enough to matter yet small enough to care approach means a higher closing ratio due to the flexibility and creativity that Netelligent can bring to the table.  And Netelligent only sells directly in Missouri, so they will not be competing with their resellers while still bringing the expertise of also having walked in their shoes.

Netelligent has evolved with the demands of the market, and the result has been rapid growth over the last several years.  When Netelligent was founded, their clients primarily owned their own data centers.  At that time, the focus was to provide consulting services to help clients launch new technologies or provide upgrades to their existing technology.   In recent years, companies started to realize that they had an alternative to building out these data centers or operations centers, and Netelligent stepped in to offer these services.  Now the market is telling this story and Cisco resellers are recognizing the need to have a solid managed and cloud strategy, and most often a partnership approach like Hosted Café offers reduced risk and a faster time to market than an internal build out.

To Aaron Stone, President and CEO of Netelligent, the Hosted Café Program is the next logical step in the evolution of the company and will account for more than 50 percent of Netelligent’s revenue growth over the next several years.   Stone’s idea for the Hosted Café product line came from his realization that companies would be able to better focus on their core business if they outsourced their non-strategic IT infrastructure.  And the strategy to partner with established regional resellers made much more sense to him than trying to grow national sales and marketing operations within the company.

Netelligent continues to ride the wave of evolution and growth to impressive revenue numbers.  Between 2010 and 2012, their revenue jumped from $19.7 million to $33.1 million, a 68 percent increase, and the company projects about $50 million in revenue for 2015.  Stone knows that the growth and success of the business depends on its most important resource, and to that end, he is implementing a similar strategy that his clients did when they decided to outsource their IT needs to Netelligent.  “We’re trying to offload some of the legal, HR and benefit type of work from our HR team to an outside firm so they can focus more on recruiting, training and development,” Stone said.  Netelligent recently moved their 70 employees into a new 21,000 square foot headquarters, and expects to have about 110 employees by 2016.

About Netelligent Netelligent is a full service Cisco-focused data and cloud services company, offering consultation, planning, design, implementation and support for a full range of hosted services, including telephony, networking and productivity equipment and software.   Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Chesterfield Missouri, they are Cisco Master Cloud & Managed Services Certified, a Cisco Master Unified Communications Certified Partner and ITIL & SOC II Certified.  Additional information about Netelligent can be found through their website at http://www.netelligent.com. ###

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Netelligent is Proud to be a Sponsor at the Gateway to Innovation Conference

Written by nrosson on April 25, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Netelligent Corporation, a technology and cloud service company is excited to be one of several sponsors at the Gateway to Innovation Conference held in St. Louis, MO.

The Gateway to Innovation Conference allows Technology leaders to continually grow their innovative minds and share their technology expertise with other leaders across the nation.  The conference offers guest speakers, breakout sessions, and other activities for the attendees. The conference has grown to over 800 attendees in recent years.  The Technology Industry has significantly grown in the St. Louis region over the last several years. It is no surprise that the Gateway to Innovation Conference is held here each year.

“Netelligent is proud to return as a premier sponsor for the Gateway to Innovation Conference. As a recognized leader in the IT Industry, this conference will allow us to collaborate with peers and technology leaders from around the nation. St. Louis continues to shine as is one of the leading areas in technology advancement.  We are proud to call St. Louis home and appreciate the continued investments in the region further demonstrating that this conference is held in the right city,” Says Steve Busselman, Vice President of Sales at Netelligent.

 

About Netelligent

Netelligent Corporation is a technology solutions company. Netelligent provides companies with the basic technologies they need to run their business (phone system, Servers/Virtualization, networking, video). Netelligent’s mission is to help elevate business above technology. Netelligent takes a neutral approach in helping to determine what IT consumption model best benefit’s each client organization (on-premise, managed, or cloud). Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Chesterfield Missouri, they are Cisco Master Cloud & Managed Services Certified, a Cisco Master Unified Communications Certified Partner and ITIL & SOC II Certified.  Additional information about Netelligent can be found through their website at http://www.netelligent.com.

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Netelligent is Among the Top Fastest Growing Private Companies In St. Louis

Written by nrosson on April 23, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Data center operator Netelligent is riding a wave of growth and innovation in the industry to impressive revenue numbers and an expanding footprint.

The company saw 68 percent revenue growth between 2010 and 2012, to $33.1 million from $19.7 million, and is projecting about $50 million in revenue for 2015.

Netelligent plans to make its goal a reality through a new channel reseller program that it started piloting several years ago and that the company now plans to starting scaling.

The program, called Hosted Café, allows Cisco-certified system integrators and IT consultants around the country to resell Netelligent’s hosted services for telephony, networking and business applications.

Netelligent President and CEO Aaron Stone said he expects about 50 percent of the company’s revenue growth in coming years will come from the Hosted Café product. Netelligent currently has four channel partners offering the service and, by early next year, expects to have enrolled about 24 resellers.

The new offering is just another step in the evolution of Netelligent, which started in 2003 as boot-strapped IT consulting business. Stone said the company has evolved with the demands of the market. When Stone and co-founder Rick Chapman started the company, they were mostly providing data center and telephony consulting and deployment services. Companies back then owned their own data centers and they needed consultants to help them with upgrades or deployment of new technologies.

A lot has changed since then. Stone said that over the last five years more and more companies started realizing that there was an alternative to owning rooms full of networking equipment, and Netelligent stepped in to pick up the pieces of the IT puzzle that its clients did not want to manage.

The idea for the Hosted Café product line came from the realization that in the coming years there will be lots of companies that will be ready to outsource all their networking and communications infrastructure, Stone said. Instead of Netelligent quickly trying to grow national sales and marketing operations, it made more sense to partner with established regional resellers.

Stone said one of the things that keeps him up at night is being able to attract enough talented network engineers and developers. Last year, the company, which has 70 employees, moved into a new 21,000-square-foot headquarters building in Chesterfield. By 2015, Stone expects to be up to about 110 employees in the St. Louis area. The offices are designed to offer a fun working atmosphere with lots of amenities and extras.

Stone said the business will only grow and prosper if it has the right people. To that extent, he using the same line of thinking that his clients do when they decided to outsource their IT needs to Netelligent.

“We’re trying to offload some of the legal, HR and benefit type of work from our HR team to an outside firm so they can focus more on recruiting, training and development,” Stone said.

 

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Netelligent Corporation Earns SOC 2 Report on Controls Over Security and Confidentiality

Written by nrosson on March 7, 2013 — Leave a Comment

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) March 06, 2013

NETELLIGENT CORPORATION, a technology and cloud service company, today announced that the company has undergone a Service Organization Control 2 examination resulting in a CPA’s  report stating that management of Netelligent Corporation maintained effective controls over the security and confidentiality of its managed information technology system. The engagement was performed by Stone Carlie & Company, L.L.C.

A SOC 2 report is designed to meet the needs of existing or potential customers  who need assurance about  the effectiveness of controls at a service organization that are relevant to  the security, availability, or processing integrity of the system used by the service organization to process customers’  information, or the confidentiality or privacy of that information.

“We are pleased that our SOC 2 report has shown that we have the appropriate controls in place to mitigate risks related to security and confidentiality,” said Todd Mazurkiewicz, Controller. “Our mission is to elevate business above technology—allowing clients to focus on what they do best.  I believe this to be credible proof of our commitment to our customers’ security and confidentiality and one more reference point they can find comfort in when entrusting us with the technologies that run their business.”

The following principles and related criteria have been developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) for use by practitioners in the performance of trust services engagements:

Security. The system is protected against unauthorized access (both physical and logical).

Availability. The system is available for operation and use as committed or agreed.

Processing integrity. System processing is complete, accurate, timely and authorized.

Confidentiality. Information designated as confidential is protected as committed or agreed.

Privacy. Personal information is collected, used, retained, disclosed and destroyed in conformity with the commitments in the entity’s privacy notice and with criteria set forth in generally accepted privacy principles issued by the AICPA and CICA.

A SOC 2 report is an internal control report on the services provided by a service organization to its customers and provides valuable information that existing and potential customers of the service organization need to assess and address the risks associated with an outsourced service. Current and prospective customers interested in more information about our SOC 2 report may contact Todd Mazurkiewicz, Controller.

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Netelligent Corporation Named to CRN’s 2013 List of Tech Elite 250

Written by nrosson on February 19, 2013 — Leave a Comment

St. Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) February 19, 2013

Netelligent Corporation today announced it has been named to CRN’s third annual list of the Tech Elite 250. Companies on the 2013 Tech Elite 250 list represent an elite group of IT solution providers that have invested in the training and education needed to earn the most advanced technical certifications in the IT Channel for data center or cloud.

In compiling the list, CRN editors worked with the UBM Tech Channel research group and a team of outside experts to define the most customer-beneficial technical certifications in the IT channel.  These technical certifications have enabled solution providers to deliver the most premium products, service and support to their North American customers.

“Netelligent is proud to be named as an elite solution provider to the Tech 250 list for the second consecutive year.  Technical expertise and knowledge continues to be a key part of Netelligent’s value proposition to its customers.  We continue to invest in our people and encourage them to further their training and education.  Netelligent is Cisco Gold, Cisco Master Unified Communications, Cisco Master Cloud and Managed Services, NetApp, EMC, VMware and Riverbed Certified,” Said Luke Johnson, Vice President, Services.

“The 2013 Tech Elite 250 list recognizes an exclusive group of solution providers that have invested in training and technical know-how to help their customers understand the benefits of some of the most sophisticated technology deployments in the market – and have shown a dedication to helping customers innovate while reducing costs,” said Kelley Damore, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director at UBM Tech Channel.  “By identifying and adapting to the skills and training needed to best serve today’s customers, members of the Tech Elite 250 have proven their commitment to delivering the products and services that today’s customers’ value most.”

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Netelligent books $33 million, moves into new headquarters

Written by nrosson on January 15, 2013 — Leave a Comment

 Reporter- St. Louis Business Journal

Netelligent used to be a relatively unfamiliar name in St. Louis.

But the company is becoming a household name in the high-tech industry. And it’s growing.

Led by co-founders Aaron Stone and Rick Chapman, Netelligent is moving into new digs, more than doubling the size of its headquarters.

The company announced Jan. 10 that it was moving into 21,000 square feet of office space at Sachs Properties’ Chesterfield Village development, a $3 billion, 1,500-acre master-planned community in Chesterfield.

Netelligent’s move accommodates the company’s recent growth, which can be gauged by annual revenue of $33 million in fiscal 2012 and the addition of about 24 people during the same year, bringing the company’s total head count to 70.

The company’s new headquarters will be located at 16401 Swingley Ridge Road. It was previously headquartered nearby in 9,000 square feet of space at 400 South Woods Mill Road.

Designed by Nehring Design, Netelligent’s new digs will feature a private workout room, a recreation and a game room.

Stone, president and CEO of Netelligent, said the move would help the company boost its size, with plans to employ 140 people by 2017.

And those employees are young professionals that the metro area is looking to attract, according to Jamie Marx, leasing director at Sachs. “There is a market for young, well-educated, good paying jobs here,” Marx told the Business Journal. Chesterfield Village has a current occupancy rate of almost 99 percent, with only 1,500 square feet of space still available, Marx said.

Matt Aljets of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Netelligent.  Netelligent’s move is the latest news from the company. In October, Netelligent announced that it opened a third data center, in Singapore.

The company already had two existing data centers, in St. Louis and in Denver.

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The Cloud Versus On-Premise, IT Debate 2013; Netelligent Takes the Agnostic Approach

Written by nrosson on December 5, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Managed services, cloud and on-premise solutions gives Netelligent’s customers a great deal of choice and flexibility.

St. Louis, Missouri, December 05, 2012 – Netelligent Corporation, a technology industry leader and Cisco partner, recently held an event that brought various companies together to evaluate Hosted Collaboration Solutions via a variety of consumption models like managed services, cloud and on-premise.

The well-attended event consisted of a few discussion types designed to help gain a better understanding of the available options for upgrading or replacement of existing systems or migration to the cloud.  To begin, there was a lively debate style format of two mock business environments comparing and contrasting the benefits between cloud and on-premise solutions.  The event then focused on a panel of real world IT and business leaders and their specific real world environments and experiences.  Lastly the session wrapped with live demonstrations of Cisco’s video integration with both on- premise and Hosted Collaboration Solutions (HCS) voice solutions.

Netelligent’s goal of this event was to take an agnostic approach and help guests evaluate what solution would be the best match for their environment and business objectives. “The fundamental challenge for most organizations today is having access to the required information and resources to help make the best determination as to whether the cloud or on-premise solutions make the most sense for their business.” Says Antonio Leon, Account Director at Netelligent. “Unfortunately, while most organizations recognize and acknowledge both on-premise and hosted solutions as viable options, there is a third and equally beneficial option sitting right in the middle, a managed service environment.  One of the key differentiators Netelligent has is the fact that we are totally agnostic in terms of the positioning of our cloud, on-premise and managed services solutions due to the fact we offer all three.  This provides our customer with choice, flexibility and ultimately the power to make their own choice.”

This third option allows Netelligent’s clients the time to evaluate migration strategies while taking advantage of the realized benefit of offloading the day-to-day management and administration of their communication and data networks. “One-size solutions have never been a fit for each and every client environment.”  Says Mike Ebner, Systems Engineering Manager at Netelligent. “We recognize that our clients need access to resources with whom they can work with collaboratively to determine what the available options are.  Once identified, collectively we then can weigh them against specific TCO and ROI models and then develop a plan to migrate, manage or replace.”

Each customer panelist at the event represented a different perspective and use case for voice/collaboration solutions.  The panel included a retail company with 57 stores in the Metro area, a personal care company and a holding company of automated packaging companies.  Each panelist was asked a similar line of questions relating to the problems faced, the solutions reviewed and the final design they arrived at.  Guest participants were then able to garner specific answers from each panelist to help evaluate the best and most viable Technology for their own strategic IT path.

 

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NOVEMBER 14TH EVENT: Vote IT – Debate 2012 – The Future of Your Voice & Video

Written by nrosson on November 14, 2012 — Leave a Comment

The event will be held at the Cisco Office, 16401 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 400, Chesterfield, MO 63017. Breakfast and lunch will be provided along with many attendance prizes.

The focus of this event will be around HCS and the different consumption models that would best fit your organization, whether it is managed, hosted or on-prem. We would like you to have the opportunity to evaluate the best solution that would fit your business needs. We will have speakers, panelist and a demo of the latest HCS Features.

Please click on the link,  so you can register and reserve your seat now. http://voiceandvideo2012.eventbrite.com/

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Global Data Center, Netelligent Expands Data Center Infrastructure with International Capabilities

Written by nrosson on October 9, 2012 — Leave a Comment

As Global Data Center demand increases, Netelligent expands capabilities to 3 data centers; St. Louis, Denver and Singapore.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) October 09, 2012  Netelligent Corporation, a leading provider of hosted and managed services, recently opened up a data center in Singapore. The investment is part of a move to bolster the company’s response to growing market demand of their customers with offices outside the US with specific needs in cloud technologies.

This expansion brings Netelligent to a total of three data centers. The two other data centers are located in St. Louis, Missouri and Denver, Colorado. Adding a data center in Singapore allows Netelligent to give their clients and partners the added service to expand globally with their cloud initiatives, yet still take advantage of the convenience of working with a local technology partner.

“Client demand for global experience and presence continues to extend far beyond the US. Identifying a technology partner who has the global acumen to help navigate the international complexities of data deployment and management can be a very daunting task”, says Steve Busselman, Netelligent’s Vice President of Sales. “Conversations with our customers start at the “what if” level and quickly result in the defining next steps for deployment.  That may sound a bit bold, but for many of our clients who operate facilities internationally, global competition increases at such a fast pace that many of our competitors cannot turn quickly enough to accommodate for the demand in a timely manner. The new norm requires dynamic solution identification and quick, decisive execution for deployment.”

The Singapore data center is located in the Jurong East area of the Island.  It has a resilient architecture and 700,000 liters of underground fuel storage that enables the site to maintain operations for up to 48 hours in the event of an emergency. Features include diverse points of fiber entry with connectivity options provided by SingTel and StarHub. The power architecture provides the finest environment for companies with the most demanding applications. The building is capable of delivering up to 30MW of power and up to 5MW per floor via its concurrently maintainable 2N design.

About Netelligent

Netelligent’s vision is to make technology invisible to the business.  Netelligent allows clients to focus on their core business by offloading mature IT services like voice, video, storage and server virtualization.  By diluting capital cost that is traditionally associated with investments in IT infrastructure, the business can reclaim its ability to be agile and innovative as opposed to reacting or responding to market conditions.  Netelligent is ready to help in determining what model of IT consumption best benefits each client organization, be that procurement for in-house deployment, network management or complete outsourcing to the cloud.  Netelligent was founded in 2003 and is located in Chesterfield, Missouri.  Additional information about Netelligent can be found through their website at http://www.netelligent.com.

 

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Netelligent Named to 2012 Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America

Written by nrosson on August 29, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Netelligent today announced that it has been recognized by Inc.5000 on the Fastest Growing Private Companies list.  Inc.5000 recognize the fastest growing private companies in America.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 29, 2012

Netelligent today announced that it has been recognized by Inc. 5000 on the Fastest Growing Private Companies list. Netelligent has ranked #3333 on the Inc.5000 list.  Netelligent has grown over 58% in revenue over the last three years, and ranked #471 within their industry.  Netelligent is one of 39 companies in the St. Louis area to make the list.

“We are honored once again by Inc.5000 to be recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. Our growth and the general market trends over the last few years show us that we are on track with our vision of “a future in which technology is invisible to business”.  That validation is further supported and realized by the continued adoption by our clients of managed solutions and cloud services like Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, and Collaboration.   It may seem like an obvious realization, but nonetheless it is not lost upon us, without our customers and the dedication of our team, successful and sustainable growth is not possible.  A logical cycle ensues, we continue to help our customers achieve their technology goals, our team continues to evolve and grow with the combined aggregate knowledge gained from multiple technology environments, and in return the applied best practices result in a true win win environment,” Says  Aaron Stone, President of Netelligent Corporation.

The 2012 Inc 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2008 to 2011. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008 and had to be U.S. based, privately held, for profit, and independent, not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies, as of December 31, 2011. For the complete list of Inc. Magazine’s fast growing companies visit: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2012.

“Now more than ever, we depend on Inc. 500|5000 companies to spur innovation, provide jobs, and drive the economy forward. Growth companies, not large corporation, are where the action is,” says Inc. magazine Editor Eric Schurenberg.

About Netelligent

Netelligent’s vision is to make technology invisible to the business.  Netelligent allows clients to focus on their core business by offloading mature IT services like voice, video, storage and server virtualization.  By diluting capital cost that are traditionally associated with  investments in IT infrastructure, the business can reclaim its ability to be agile and innovative as opposed to reacting or responding to market conditions.  Netelligent is ready to help in determining what model of IT consumption best benefit’s each client organization, be that procurement for in-house deployment, network management or complete outsourcing to the cloud.  Netelligent was founded in 2003 and is located in Chesterfield, Missouri.  Additional information about Netelligent can be found through their website at http://www.netelligent.com.

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Nicholle Rosson

Netelligent Corporation

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