Customer Story: Azure Achieves Innovations

Customer Story: Azure Achieves Innovations

“We realized we were leaving too many good ideas on the side,” said Aaron Phillips, President and CEO of SitePro. The ability to innovate is what separates long-term successful businesses from the pack. However, a business can have all the game-changing innovative ideas in the world, but it won’t do them any good unless they … Read more

Utilizing Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Not ready to give up on your on-premises SQL Server licensing investment but eager for the benefits of the cloud? Get the best of both worlds by utilizing Azure Hybrid Benefit to save up to 55% on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. What is it? Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new deployment … Read more

Why Use Microsoft 365?

Why Use Microsoft 365?

Why use Microsoft 365? Marketplace and digital trends increasingly shape the way we work and do business. That’s true at AIS Network, so we internally switched to Office 365. We can be anywhere in the world, evaluate business propositions, work together on PowerPoint sales presentations, run through spreadsheets, and participate in meetings from customer locations … Read more

Three Reasons for Migrating to Azure

We’re seeing heightened customer interest in Azure migration. Those customers are continuously asking us to articulate the reasons for migrating to Azure — especially since they have to convey those reasons to management. Now is the right time for you to migrate to Azure because of three key reasons that were recently outlined for Microsoft … Read more

End of Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2

End of Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2   Been avoiding upgrading? With end of support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, the time has come. July 2019 is the big date. But don’t worry, AIS Network has your back! A lot has changed since 2008. Over the past 10 years, Microsoft … Read more

Is Azure Backup All That?

Is Azure Backup All That

Is Azure backup all that?  Yes, in fact. Azure backup helps you retain rapidly increasing amounts of data while keeping storage costs low. And, it makes it easy for you to backup and restore your most important information when the unexpected happens. Data has never been more critical to your enterprise as it transforms in … Read more

Cloud Readiness Assessments

Cloud Readiness Assessments

In support of the Governor’s Executive Order Nineteen (EO19, issued on September 17), AISN is able to deliver Cloud Readiness Assessments to help Virginia’s agencies meet EO19’s Cloud Service Utilization and Readiness within 60 days. Our EO19 Cloud Readiness Assessment capabilities are here: https://www.aisn.net/cloud-readiness-assessment-services/. Broadly, we can save agencies time by completing the tasks specified … Read more

Tips for Moving to the Cloud

Tips for Moving to the Cloud   When companies move to the cloud, there are undoubtedly numerous challenges that must be overcome. For example: integration of cloud services into the enterprise architecture corporate data security, compliance and governance movement of legacy apps monitoring and managing employee-led cloud usage establishing cloud services operational processes a decision … Read more

Will Moving to Azure Require Redesigning Apps?

Will Moving to Azure Require Redesigning Apps? Will moving to Azure mean that we need to redesign our applications? That is one of the frequently asked questions from customers who are considering a move to Microsoft Azure. They tend to have a lot of applications and many of them are legacy apps (the migration of … Read more