Hiring the right IT project manager is critical to the success of your projects and the overall efficiency of your organization’s IT operations. An exceptional IT project manager possesses a unique combination of skills, experience and traits that enables her or him to lead teams and deliver successful projects effectively. Let’s explore six key questions … Read more
Outsourcing IT project management has become increasingly popular as organizations strive to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and optimize project outcomes. Businesses can leverage various benefits beyond traditional in-house control by entrusting project management responsibilities to external experts. Let’s explore ten powerful benefits of outsourced IT project management, highlighting its value in driving success in IT … Read more
Preventing scope creep is a critical aspect of effective IT project management. Professional IT project managers employ various strategies to mitigate the risks associated with scope creep and ensure project success. Here are some key approaches they use: 1. Thoroughly Define and Document Project Scope Professional IT project managers start by clearly defining the project … Read more
One Tip for QuickBooks 1099 Reports As tax season is underway, we want to share an accounting tip we discovered while utilizing QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus 2022. While generating our Quickbooks 1099 reports, we detected an inconsistency in our figures. Specifically, when running our year-end 1099-NEC summary reports, we observed that our vendor 1099 report amounts … Read more
Aging IT infrastructure presents many challenges for an educational institution, not the least of which is ensuring compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (or FERPA). Migration to the Cloud may seem like the obvious solution — it can help you cut costs and improve accessibility, two major problems presented by older hardware … Read more
Most organizations tend to focus on becoming compliant rather than being secure. And while meeting client requirements and industry regulations is very important, it does not necessarily guarantee that your organization is secure. If your entire information security program is based on “What must we do to be compliant?”, you’re probably missing some major holes … Read more
An information security program is a critical component of any organization regardless of the size of your business or the industry you’re in. A good information security program consists of a comprehensive set of information security policies and procedures, which is the cornerstone to any information security program. Whether you’re responsible for protected health information … Read more
Researchers have discovered a new weakness found in the WPA2 protocol (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2), the security method which protects all modern Wi-Fi networks, known as the KRACK security flaw. Although there is no evidence at this time that the KRACK vulnerability was maliciously exploited, this still raises many concerns for both personal and enterprise … Read more
We’re over the moon this week. Award-winning website development is always what we aim for, and our latest project has done just that. The Virginia School Quality Profiles state school report card site has just won its first major regional award, the Richmond Technology Council’s “Innovation in Utilization Award,” public project category. AISN worked closely with … Read more
The school report cards for Virginia’s schools, school divisions, and the state never looked better! Today, AIS Network announced that we’ve wrapped up development work on the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profiles website. One more reason that I’m particularly proud of this project is that I’m the parent of two children who attend a … Read more