AISN Sponsoring the VACo Conference This Weekend

By Laurie Head AIS Network VP, Marketing Communications Well, it’s off to Bath County to sponsor the 2013 Annual Conference of the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo), which is beginning on Sunday at the Omni Homestead Resort. As you may already know, AISN hosts the commonwealth portal, Virginia.gov, and provides hosting services for numerous state … Read more

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Checklist

Business continuity is a big deal these days, and disaster recovery plans are a key component of business continuity. Below is a brief checklist to help guide you: Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Project Approach 1. Business Impact Analysis a. Review existing business continuity capabilities: i. Evaluate the risk to business process failures ii. Identify critical … Read more

How Does Cloud Backup and Recovery Work?

By Joshua Darrin AIS Network Director of Operations Replicating your entire infrastructure to a remote, disaster resilient location designed to be “always on” is not nearly as difficult as it may have been just five years ago. Welcome the cloud – designed to be there when you need it most. The combination of the cloud … Read more

Cloud Based Disaster Recovery Offers Significant Benefits

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Last October, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the United States, severely impacting millions of businesses and governments and displacing 776,000 East Coast residents. It resulted in an estimated $71.4 billion in damages – the sixth most costly hurricane in U.S. history. Although Sandy’s meteorological characteristics were unique, the ensuing … Read more

PRIMER: How are Disaster Recovery and Backups Different?

So, you are working through your go-forward IT strategy and need to make sure that you have things covered should something go wrong. Pretty quickly, you notice that the terms “Backup” and “Disaster Recovery” are quite often being used interchangeably. But, the truth is, they are different. Related, yes, but different. How are disaster recovery … Read more

What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?

By Donna Hemmert AIS Network Vice President, Strategic Development If you don’t want to own the equipment that supports your operations, and want increased flexibility, especially when it comes to expanding or downsizing, you may want to consider Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)** from a provider such as AISN. In contrast to having to purchase … Read more

Is the Big Data Market Growing by Billions? You Bet!

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Big data, big data, big data.  It may sound like an overused buzzword of the day, but it’s an incredibly important phenomenon that will have a lasting impact well into the future as large enterprises – particularly health care, banking, retail and educational organizations – focus their operations … Read more

Private Cloud Success Trends Upward

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President How successful are private clouds, anyway? That’s the question asked by a recent research report from Information Week.  The survey reveals that most companies with private clouds in place are pleased with the results and are experiencing heightened efficiency and lower costs. I find this report particularly interesting … Read more

Private SharePoint Cloud Growth Drives Expanding Partnership Between Intelishift Technologies and AIS Network

Private SharePoint Cloud Growth Drives Expanding Partnership Between Intelishift Technologies and AIS Network Chicago, IL — April 13, 2012 — “Public SharePoint Cloud” is out and “Private SharePoint Cloud” is in.  Those are the latest words of wisdom from SharePoint cloud hosting expert Jay Atkinson, who said today that when it comes to hosting Microsoft … Read more