Why Use SharePoint? Microsoft’s User Adoption Resources

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Looking for some good use cases for SharePoint or for some user adoption resources? Last year, Microsoft launched their “That’s Why I Use SharePoint” site with some super resources to promote SharePoint user adoption. It’s not just our clients.  SharePoint 2010 is making life a little easier everywhere. Just … Read more

Cloud Usage Surging for Small and Midsize Businesses

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Move over enterprise.  The cloud is where it’s at for small business too. New research, announced today by Microsoft, predicts a significant increase in paid cloud services among small and midsize businesses (SMBs) over the next five years. Conducted by Edge Strategies, the research includes survey responses from … Read more

Private SharePoint Cloud: For Large Enterprises, It’s the Way to Go

By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO Just last week, we made a bold statement that has captured quite a bit of attention within the SharePoint community. We revealed that we are now deploying SharePoint Server 2010 in a single private cloud for less than our competitors are charging for a public or hybrid cloud implementation.  … Read more

SharePoint and SQL Server: Give It Memory

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager If you are not familiar with how SQL Server works, you should know that it does, in fact, use memory for caching of data.  If you don’t give it enough memory, then it won’t cache enough data.  If you don’t cache enough … Read more

Cloud Computing Is Spurring Worldwide Job Creation

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President The cloud will have an enormous impact on job creation. It’s a disruptive technology that will transform the world as we know it. It will drive down IT costs, foster innovation and create millions of new employment opportunities around the world. Yep, that’s pretty much what we were … Read more

SQL Server 2012: What’s New?

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President What is SQL Server 2012? When will it be here? What’s new in it? SQL Server 2012 is a major new release from Microsoft, and it’s due for general availability on April 1. At that time, three versions are expected: Enterprise, Business Intelligence and Standard. The company is … Read more

SharePoint 15, SharePoint 2012, SharePoint 2013? Whatever. When will it be released?

We love SharePoint 2010 but we are still keen to know, “When is the next edition of SharePoint scheduled for release?” It’s still unknown whether the next edition of SharePoint is destined to be called SharePoint 15, SharePoint 2012, SharePoint 2013, or something entirely different. I am guessing it will be “SharePoint 2013,” given that … Read more

Facing Rapid Growth, AIS Network Turns to Its Advisory Board

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President In today’s fast-paced tech environment (and withered economic climate), positioning a cloud computing business for rapid growth can be all-consuming. More than ever, we rely consistently on the clear vision, strategic insight and advice of our wonderful advisory board. On Friday evening, we honored our board at a … Read more

Demand for Cloud, Partner Program Is Driving Growth at AIS Network

By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO More companies are shifting from on-premise computing to cloud-based services, and that means cloud providers are attaining sales goals earlier than expected.  It’s plain to see why Forrester Research analysts are predicting that the private cloud market will double to more than $15 billion in 2020. At AIS Network, … Read more

What Is Microsoft Office 365? What Is SharePoint Online? (Part 2 of 2)

What Is Microsoft Office 365?

To review: In June 2011, Microsoft released Office 365, essentially bundled online software hosted in the cloud. Office 365 replaced Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) and bundled the latest upgrades of its SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync Server solutions.  So, when you hear “SharePoint Online,” that means SharePoint as it is presented in Office 365, … Read more