The ColoHouse Referral Program was designed for professionals with their finger on the pulse of various industry verticals who want to uncover colocation, cloud hosting and other data center opportunities, but do not wish to be fully involved in the on-going sales cycle.

If you know ColoHouse, you’ve probably already sent business our way. A substantial amount of our current clients came to us from referrals and suggestions from industry insiders who know and appreciate our Tier III facility and outlook on the industry. If you don’t know ColoHouse, let us work with you on establishing a mutually beneficial relationship, so that you may earn fees from activated referrals in the future.

When you recommend ColoHouse as a choice, you can do so with the knowledge that ColoHouse operates a Tier III, carrier, hardware and application neutral data center. We would love the opportunity to schedule a site tour for you or your prospect, please feel free to contact us for a visit. You can rest assured ColoHouse is dedicated to serving clients, providing optimal solutions, and building lasting relationships.

Tapping into a New Revenue Stream

ColoHouse Referral Program is a straightforward rewards program for Referral Partners who bring their prospect leads to ColoHouse, resulting in data center services revenue. ColoHouse will pay Referral partners the following rates on monthly recurring revenue, these rates will be paid on a recurring basis for a year’s term. Here’s what we’re currently offering;

• 12.5% recurring commission on the first lead
• 18% recurring commission on the second lead
• 24% recurring commission on the third lead

Top Reasons to Add Colo to Your Portfolio:

• Enhance your clients experience and loyalty by adding ColoHouse solutions to your portfolio. ColoHouse operates a financially stable, Tier III, carrier, hardware and application neutral data center; while also providing award winning customer service.
• ColoHouse works with our partners to ensure mutually beneficially relationships. We aim to provide an additional revenue stream for your business, with as little or as most involvement you see fit.
• ColoHouse will provide everything you need to get going! Site tours, marketing materials and joint promotional offers for our referral partners will be provided upon request.
• Our dedicated lead referral team will respond to any lead within 2 business hours.
• A substantial amount of our current clients came to us from referrals and suggestions from industry insiders who know and appreciate our Tier III facility, we are agent focused and seek to build lasting relationships.

It’s that time of year again…

ColoHouse is pleased to announce the commencement of the Statement on Auditing Standards, SSAE 16. This auditing standard will replace ColoHouse’s current SAS 70 Type II certification and will continue to ensure HIPAA, SOX, and GLBA among other regulatory compliance standards.

SSAE 16 was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and was designed to assess the internal controls of a service organization in order to verify compliance with defined business processes. The SSAE 16 Audit is an in-depth analysis of a service organization’s control over information technology and related processes.

ColoHouse Chief Operating Officer Felipe Rodriguez states, “SSAE 16 not only includes the service organization’s description of controls, but also includes detailed testing of the service organization’s controls over a period of time.”

The ColoHouse SSAE 16 Audit, conducted by Grant Thornton, focused on five key areas including control environment, risk assessment, monitoring, control activities and information and communication systems. The testing has reached completion and the resulting Auditor’s Report will be available to clients once released by Grant Thornton.

ColoHouse Chief Executive Officer Paul Bint comments, “I am confident that ColoHouse has met and exceeded all auditing standards and we certainly look forward to Grant Thornton’s upcoming Auditor’s Report as well as the ColoHouse SSAE 16 certification.”

Now for an update on another ColoHouse project underway—Phase II Expansion

Last quarter we informed our clients on the initiation of “Phase II,” a build-out in our current facility, providing an additional 6,000 sq. ft. of space.

“Phase II” will feature additional raised floor hosting space, a new tech room, conference room, lobby enhancements, and a new lounge/kitchen for our clients to enjoy. The design phase of the build out has now been completed; ColoHouse has begun the bidding process for the construction stage and we intend on breaking ground in Q1 2012. We are very excited to offer this additional space, and look forward to the summer 2012 completion of this fantastic new venture!

They were asked to make technology predictions for 2012 with three sets of odds: predications that are pretty certain, predictions that are a bit more risky, and finally “wild card” predictions.

The “pretty certain” prediction is the rise of cloud computing, which allows consumers to store data and run apps from remote servers on the Internet. The assessment is that the cloud will continue to grow in importance and that IT service providers will continue to push the new technology.

Many of the “no threat to your credibility” predictions centered around mobile. Ilja Laurs, Chief Executive of GetJar Inc., expects to see Android, Google Inc.’s mobile operating system, surpassing Apple Inc.’s iOS in 2012 as the platform of choice for developers.

Niklas Zennström, CEO and founding partner of Atomico and a Skype co-founder, believes that “Android will start to monetize its platform more effectively, benefiting users and developers. Currently, Android users are considerably less likely than iPhone users to spend money on their phone. We expect this to start changing.”

2012 is also likely to see smartphones transformed into electronic wallets, thanks in part to a technology known as “near field communication,” or NFC, according to Turkcell CEO Sureyya Ciliv. This contactless communications technology has progressed for years but faces a Catch-22: Retailers won’t support it without NFC-enabled devices; device makers won’t add NFC without retail support.

The push is likely to come from operators, such as Turkey’s Turkcell, which see it, along with other mobile payment systems, as an additional revenue stream.

Still on the subject of mobile, Windows Phone, Microsoft Corp.’s tardy entrance into the market, has divided respondents. Mr. Laurs predicts that for 2012 “Nokia finally starts shipping significant (Windows Phone) volumes,” while Oliver Bussmann, chief information officer of SAP AG, is more restrained in his opinion.

There was also caution expressed over the fourth-generation mobile networks known as long term evolution, or LTE. Jass Sarai, U.K. technology leader at PwC, made a hesitant bet. “4G takes off in a big way, albeit maybe 2012 is a bit premature.”

Likewise, Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, put LTE in his “cautious” category, suggesting that “LTE will become the wireless technology to adopt in Europe, influenced by adoption in North America and China.” Both Messrs. Sarai and Verwaayen’s reluctance to back LTE for 2012 is understandable given the size of the market today and the slowness of some European states in holding spectrum auctions.

“Big Data,” the ability to acquire, store, process and use vast quantities of data, often in real (or close to real) time is also a key trend. Microsoft International President Jean-Philippe Courtois puts the impact of Big Data on healthcare in his “medium risk” category. “The more data you can collect, the more accurate your predictions will be. This has huge implications for the healthcare industry, and in making that prediction accurately, a hospital can adjust its resources, or even recommend a different course of treatment. Big Data is set to completely change the way we deliver healthcare services.”

In a different category, Allianz Group Chief Information Officer Ralf Schneider suggests 2012 will see strides in “in-memory data management,” which will pave the way for real-time enterprise computing. As the name suggests, databases are held in memory, not on disk, which significantly reduces the read time.

Mr. Verwaayen, among others, suggests the introduction of different methods of interacting with our devices. He is confident that “natural speech-to-text communications for ‘on-the-go’ communications and social networking will become the norm, following Apple’s lead with Siri.” Exclusive to the iPhone 4S, Siri, a voice-activated personal assistant, helps users check the weather or find restaurants, among other things.

Meanwhile, Mr. Courtois, albeit as his “long odds” prediction, says pervasive displays—low-power, high-resolution e-paper technology—will sit at the heart of our digital lives, suggesting that “ubiquitous and seamless connectivity will mean that wherever we are we’ll have access to our most important information.” He also hints at something that Microsoft is working on: “The ultimate pervasive display, described as a magic window, potentially as big as a wall in your house, which would allow people from different locations to interact as if standing on opposite sides of a giant pane of glass.”

Finally, Mr. Verwaayen takes credit for the most outrageous pair of predictions, outlandish almost to the point of folly. His “chancing your luck” category included: “Goal-line technology will be implemented by FIFA” and “Arsenal to win a trophy of some sort.” As if.

The relationship will empower ColoHouse clients to utilize SECNAP’s superior information security solutions, including the ground-breaking Rule18 email encryption service and the innovative CloudJacket, a fully managed network security solution which features 24/7 network monitoring; both solutions ensure HITECH, HIPAA, GLBA, and SOX compliance.

“We’ve watched security change dramatically in the past year, and as older solutions continue to fail we’ve seen the focus shift from the IT organization to the boardroom,” said Victor Nappe, Chief Executive Officer for SECNAP. “We stepped out ahead of that wave and created a fully-managed solution that’s no-load for IT and achieves the vision C-levels have for airtight security in their organizations.  Now, we’re pleased to offer CloudJacket security through ColoHouse.”

The ColoHouse-SECNAP offering is ideal for organizations looking to secure their sensitive client, patient and employee data, while employing the complete reliability and redundancy ColoHouse offers within our Tier III data center hosting facility.

“The ColoHouse-SECNAP partnership will fuse the key elements of information technology, reliability, and security,” said Paul Bint, Chief Executive Officer for ColoHouse. “Our highly redundant data center hosting facility, paired with SECNAP’s innovative information security solutions, will enable clients to reap the benefits of both organizations, ensuring a single-source, cost-effective solution.”

For additional information on this exciting new partnership and our new security offering please click here.

For more information on SECNAP Network Security click here.

Current clients who who bring their prospect leads to ColoHouse, resulting in colocation services revenue, will now receive a $250 Visa Check Card!

This ColoHouse referral offer is designed for clients that have their finger on the pulse of various industry verticals, who want to uncover colocation, but do not wish to be fully involved in the on-going sales cycle.

As a client, you know ColoHouse is dedicated to serving customers, providing optimal solutions, and building lasting relationships. When you recommend ColoHouse as a choice, you do so with the knowledge that we operate a Tier III, carrier, hardware and application neutral data center. We would love the opportunity to schedule a site tour for your prospect, please feel free to contact us for a visit.

For more information on this exciting new offer please Contact Us.