Due to upcoming severe weather related to Hurricane Florence, which has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, AISN is monitoring the storm closely and taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our employees and uninterrupted service for our customers. As you may know, the governor of Virginia has declared a state of … Read more
What business goals or objectives are driving cloud initiatives at your company? Could they be among these? Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) Improving customer support or services Gaining a competitive edge Enabling innovation Enabling business continuity Speed of deployment Replacing on-premise legacy technology Savings on CAPEX (capital expenditures) Reducing resource waste Greater flexibility to … Read more
Cost of Downtime Ever calculate the cost of downtime? A major new survey by Veeam Software did, and the results reveal that there’s far more to system downtime than the bracing hard costs. In its fifth annual “Availability Report,” Veeam interviewed 1,140 senior IT staff in 24 countries, including 150 U.S. folks. All of the … Read more
Azure’s Growth Is Explosive This week marks the annual Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit, and I must say they’ve started off with a bang — beginning with an initial session today that revealed just how explosive Azure’s growth has been. With Azure and AWS currently running neck and neck in the public cloud space, … Read more
All About the AISN Cloud Upgrade Want to know all about the AISN Cloud upgrade? Over Easter weekend, we implemented a pretty major upgrade to our systems — the most extensive upgrade that we have ever done, in fact. I know you are all technical, so I think you will appreciate the info below. … Read more
Questions about PCI DSS Requirements 3 and 4? You’ve come to the right place. As you may know, AISN is a PCI compliant cloud hosting provider. Previously, we addressed questions about PCI DSS Requirements 1 and 2. Today, we’re reprinting highlights from an exclusive online interview sponsored by our valued partner, KirkpatrickPrice. In this interview, … Read more
Microsoft Cloud Platform FAQs So what are the most frequently asked questions that we get about our new offering? Here’s a sample: Q. I operate in an environment that is NOT running on a Windows code base and requires support for open source development languages. Can I use this? A. Yes, this supports multiple development … Read more
AISN is your One-Stop-Shop for eGov services, so I thought I’d post a brief note about our Virginia eGov contract vehicles. Our team currently supports about two dozen agencies within the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a SWaM-certified Small Business, we can help your agency meet its SWaM targets while building, hosting, and maintaining your application, … Read more
Are you thinking of moving legacy applications to the cloud? Earlier this month, I posted a blog about why organizations should move legacy applications to the cloud, specifically one of our High Security Clouds built on the Microsoft Cloud Platform. I wanted to add some talking points to the previous entry for those IT folks … Read more
Frequently, we’re asked, “We need to move legacy apps to the cloud. How can I make the case to management?” The changing trends in business are creating significant burdens on IT, and those who do not embrace this change may lose their competitive edge. When our customers need to move legacy apps to the cloud, … Read more