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Congratulations to Terry Engelstad!

January 22nd, 2013
Posted by: Kurt Baumann

By Kurt Baumann
AIS Network Chairman and CTO

Today, we announced the promotion of Terry Engelstad to the position of VP of Network Operations.  It’s a much deserved promotion, as Terry has been such an important part of all our recent growth.  Terry started with AISN in 2007 and has since helped us double our network.  And we are on path to do that again this year.http://www.aisn.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=3025&action=edit

With Terry, AISN has gained not only over 20 additional certifications in Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle, but also over 2 decades of network and software engineering experience.  Terry’s leadership has also helped us expand into new locations (Virginia) and new markets including our Virginia eGov initiative which has been very fruitful for the company.

Interesting tidbit: Terry, who is a born and bred Chicagoan, actually was a professional soccer player and played with the Chicago Mustangs.

Find out more about Terry on his bio or read our press release here.

 

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Congratulations to Bill Schrader, New CEO of LeaseWeb

October 2nd, 2012
Posted by: admin

By Kurt Baumann
AIS Network Chairman and CTO

This week, the AIS Network team congratulates, Bill Schrader, who has been appointed CEO of LeaseWeb USA, a leading global hosting provider.

Bill Schrader

Bill Schrader served on the AIS Network Board of Advisors for nearly three years.

Bill is a wonderful friend and valued colleague, and we extend to him our heartfelt thanks for nearly three years of outstanding service on the AISN Advisory Board.  As we began expanding our managed hosting services into the cloud hosting space three years ago, we greatly appreciated his leadership and strategic input.

An Internet pioneer and co-founder of the world’s first commercial Internet Service Provider, Bill will be chartered with building on LeaseWeb USA’s brisk growth to further expand its customer base and oversee the roll out of new products and services in the massive US market.

Good luck, Bill!  We wish you well.

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Internet Pioneers Series: Episode 2, Kurt Baumann on the First Japanese ISP

August 5th, 2011
Posted by: Donna Hemmert

Welcome to the second episode of our Internet Pioneers Series. We believe there are many untold stories of the history of the Internet and we want to help get them out there.

This micro-episode features Kurt Baumann, serial entrepreneur and chairman of AIS Network.  He has founded many successful Internet companies.  In this episode, Kurt talks about starting the first commercial ISP in Japan.

And if you are, or know, an Internet Pioneer, please comment here or email us at info@aisn.net.


Kurt Baumann and the First Japanese ISP

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Customer Service…We Can!

November 17th, 2010
Posted by: Kurt Baumann

By Kurt Baumann
AIS Network Chairman

Maybe it’s my Midwest roots…or, perhaps, it’s a result of working in my grandparents’ antique store in the 1970s, but I was raised at a time “when the customer is always right.” Well, being absolutely honest, I have to admit that I have stumbled upon customers that I didn’t think were in the right, but, for the most part, I believe in “over” support.  For example, when I ran a TCP/IP enterprise software company back in the early days of the commercial Internet, we were famous for answering any questions that came our way.  We literally had our support team answering questions for products such as Aldus PageMaker (desktop publishing), Microsoft Office products, and many-a-public domain network utility.  We didn’t do this as a matter of course, but should it arise, we didn’t back away.  We did it because we wanted extremely satisfied customers, AND, because we could.  And that is the philosophy I bring to my ventures.  Like I said, perhaps it’s my Midwest roots.

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Cloud File Storage

April 27th, 2010
Posted by: Kurt Baumann

By Kurt Baumann
AIS Network Chairman

The Apple iPad certainly has its fans and critics, and I, for one, am a fan.  I know, I know…there isn’t any flash, multitasking, or USB available.  But I find I can do many of the things I had before done on my laptop, and my iPad is just easy to have, use and take along.  When I am actually creating files, I prefer my laptop, but much of the time I am in consumption mode (reading emails, Web pages or files) and the iPad fits the bill.  That aside, the iPad all of a sudden seems to have shed some light on storage services that were previously available and, all of a sudden, seem shiny and new.

Because the iPad, along with other tablet computers, smartphones and netbooks have a lack of storage (for tablets, it’s usually 64 GB or less) and (often) file systems, cloud storage will become the primary storage for these devices.  Additionally Sync services will see growth as a result of these devices, because it becomes confusing which files are the most recent versions when you are accessing files from multiple devices.

Another market area that is likely to see growth from the introduction of these devices is enterprise-grade Storage as a Service Providers (sometimes called Enterprise Cloud File Services) that integrate into the corporate environment.  Unlike consumers, the enterprise will demand security, backup, and ease of sharing among team members.  AIS Network will be offering its Enterprise Cloud File in the following months.  We would love to hear from you on what features you, our customers, would like to see.  Feel free to send me email at kdb@aisn.net.

Consumer Cloud-Based Storage Providers: divShare, Carbonite, Box.net , and Dropbox

Consumer Sync Providers: SugarSync, MobileMe

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