Financial Services Firms Like SharePoint 2010

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President We’ve blogged about CPAs and the cloud and how IT literacy is important within the financial services sector, but we haven’t really addressed the fact that MOST of our financial services clients are using our SSAE 16 Type II-compliant hosted SharePoint 2010. Why? Quite simply, hosted SharePoint improves … Read more

Tribute: Remembering Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Randall L. Ford

By Jay Atkinson AIS Network CEO This week, we remember Randall Ford, who succumbed to a lengthy battle with cancer on Sunday. He believed in the AISN mission and was instrumental in this phase of its growth. But most importantly, he was an encourager, a mentor, and a friend. Randall Leon Ford was born in … Read more

Web Design and Development: Best Practices in Production, Staging and Development for Web-Based Companies

GUEST BLOG By Gaige B. Paulsen Board of Advisors, AIS Network For companies that primarily do business through their public-facing Internet site, best practices for production, staging and development are imperative. For any Web-based business, whether e-commerce or presence-based, it is essential that content and systems be updated to remain competitive, which means change and … Read more

Why SharePoint 2010 Is Ideal for Associations and Nonprofits

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President ASAE’s Technology Conference and Expo is here in Washington, DC, from December 6-8, 2011. It sparked an idea for this week’s blog: why SharePoint 2010 fits the needs of associations and nonprofits so well. Increasingly, nonprofits and associations are turning to hosting companies like ours for help in … Read more

SharePoint Migrations: How Long Does a Migration and Upgrade to SharePoint 2010 Take?

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager Recently, a visitor to our website asked an excellent question about SharePoint migrations. How long does a migration and upgrade from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 take? The answer to this question is very complex and depends on a number factors. The subject … Read more