Consumer Electronic Sales Bode Well for Cloud

By Laurie Head AIS Network Vice President If consumer electronic sales – and particularly those of mobile connected devices (which leverage the elastic resources of various clouds) – are any indication, cloud computing is poised for more growth well into this decade, and surely, beyond. For the first time ever, U.S. consumer electronics sales are … 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

Cleaning Out the SharePoint Site Recycle Bin

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager Recently, a SharePoint hosting customer asked us to perform routine maintenance on his SharePoint site. As part of that, he asked us to clean out the SharePoint Site Recycle Bin and have the automatic deletion mechanism disabled for the Recycle Bin. He said … Read more

What Is Big Data and Why Is It Becoming Bigger Data?

By Julia Uglietta Associate, Marketing and Sales Big data is a consequence of the new world of technology that we have created, where everything is monitored and measured at an increasingly fast rate.  All of the resulting data then exceeds the processing and storage capacity of traditional database systems.  The term “big data” is used … Read more

Slow SharePoint Server? Your SharePoint Server Loads Slowly, and This May Be Why.

By Terry Engelstad MCP, MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA, MCTS, MCITP AIS Network Operations Manager Your SharePoint Server loads slowly?  Running just a bit slow? Recently, a client emailed to say that he was noticing large slowdowns in connecting to their SharePoint server at AISN. It seems to be happening nightly and intermittently throughout the day, he … Read more