Cloud Security and Privacy for eGov

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President As we embark on a path toward cloud hosting for state government, I’ve been in search of solid resources that will help inform our new role as a contracted hosting provider to support Virginia’s eGov Services. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has been very helpful … Read more

Outsourcing Hosting: Talking Points for the C-Suite (Part II)

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President We are often asked, “How do I make the case to upper management that outsourced hosting of our mission-critical data and apps is the way to go?” First, because many businesses rely upon their Web site as their primary public face and their IT infrastructure as their office … Read more

Outsourcing Hosting: Why Outsource IT Hosting? (Part I)

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President Do you remember what you were doing in 1993? We do. AISN started its hosting business back in 1993. Remember the way IT management used to work back then—in the 20th Century? The vast majority of small- to mid-sized businesses ran their mission-critical servers in-house, often ad-hoc. Frequently, … Read more

Cloud Computing Fosters Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

By Ali Giancarlo AIS Network Associate, Marketing and Sales Google “pharma innovation,” and you’ll find that the results reveal a blaring need for a reform in current business strategies — with words like ‘anemic’ and ‘hit a wall’ on just the first page of results.  It’s not just posts by political activists and concerned pharma … Read more

HIPAA-Compliant Cloud: Why Health Care CIOs Are Moving Toward Cloud Computing for EMRs

By Desaray Granzow AIS Network, Director of Sales Cloud computing (or shared computing resources) is becoming more and more attractive to the CIOs of health care organizations. Why? Health care providers need to keep track of digital copies of paperwork for each patient — such as the patient’s history, digital copies of diagnostic tests and … Read more

Top 6 Benefits of AIS Network’s Managed Private Cloud

By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO You want to spend more of your IT dollar on the innovation that your customers expect. So in order for you to focus on your business, the ratio of what you build out “new” versus what you spend time maintaining and running has to improve measurably. Plus, you want … Read more

Does Third Party Hosting for SharePoint 2010 Make Sense?

By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO “To cloud or not to cloud?” is rapidly emerging as the technical question of the decade. Industry analyst Gartner, Inc., expects 43 percent of companies to have most of their IT efforts running in the cloud in as little as four years. Due to that expected boom in cloud … 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

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

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