By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager Recently, a SharePoint hosting customer asked us to perform routine maintenance on his SharePoint site. As part of that, he asked us to clean out the SharePoint Site Recycle Bin and have the automatic deletion mechanism disabled for the Recycle Bin. He said … Read more
By Julia Uglietta Associate, Marketing and Sales Big data is a consequence of the new world of technology that we have created, where everything is monitored and measured at an increasingly fast rate. All of the resulting data then exceeds the processing and storage capacity of traditional database systems. The term “big data” is used … Read more
By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager Your SharePoint Server loads slowly? Running just a bit slow? Recently, a client emailed to say that he was noticing large slowdowns in connecting to their SharePoint server at AISN. It seems to be happening nightly and intermittently throughout the day, he … Read more
By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO Can the AIS Network data center reliably maintain data availability when a massive storm hits? Yes! Last night, the Washington, DC, metropolitan area suffered a massive, highly destructive storm replete with high winds, thunder, lightning and heavy rains. This afternoon, more than 1.3 million households and businesses across the … Read more
By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is here now. How much do you know about it? If you’re using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites or if you manage big data, then it’s likely that you are familiar with SQL Server. This newest version of Microsoft’s premier … Read more
By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President As we embark on a path toward cloud hosting for state government, I’ve been in search of solid resources that will help inform our new role as a contracted hosting provider to support Virginia’s eGov Services. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has been very helpful … Read more
By Bill Peters AIS Network Director of Sales SSL certificates create secure (HTTPS) connectivity between your Web server and your visitors’ browsers. If you are transmitting sensitive information via a Web site, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or other personal information, you should secure it with SSL encryption to safeguard against others … Read more
By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President We are often asked, “How do I make the case to upper management that outsourced hosting of our mission-critical data and apps is the way to go?” First, because many businesses rely upon their Web site as their primary public face and their IT infrastructure as their office … Read more
By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Do you remember what you were doing in 1993? We do. AISN started its hosting business back in 1993. Remember the way IT management used to work back then—in the 20th Century? The vast majority of small- to mid-sized businesses ran their mission-critical servers in-house, often ad-hoc. Frequently, … Read more
By Ali Giancarlo AIS Network Associate, Marketing and Sales Google “pharma innovation,” and you’ll find that the results reveal a blaring need for a reform in current business strategies — with words like ‘anemic’ and ‘hit a wall’ on just the first page of results. It’s not just posts by political activists and concerned pharma … Read more