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Facing Rapid Growth, AIS Network Turns to Its Advisory Board

February 8th, 2012
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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 dinner near the AISN offices in Northern Virginia.  To our board, we say thank you — and expect an outstanding year ahead!

AIS Network Advisory Board

We honored our advisory board at a dinner on Friday evening.


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HostingCon 2011: Building a Meaningful Content Marketing Program

August 20th, 2011
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Laurie Head, Carrie Jones

AISN's Laurie Head and Carrie Jones of BaileyGardiner present "Content Is King" at HostingCon 2011.

By Laurie Head
AIS Network Vice President, Marketing Communications

The hosting industry’s premiere conference, which was held last week (August 8-10) in San Diego, was the most successful in the conference’s history.  According to HostingCon 2011 organizers, total show attendance surpassed by 13 percent the record mark set in 2010.  More than 1,800 professionals in the hosted services industry gathered in San Diego to learn, network, and talk about the cloud — quite a lot, in fact.

AISN CEO Jay Atkinson and I attended HostingCon for the very first time.  While there, our company was honored to present a session on content marketing.  During that session, Carrie Jones of BaileyGardiner, one of San Diego’s hottest marketing agencies, joined me for an hour’s delve into why it’s important to build a meaningful content marketing program.  We explored why online content is core to what we do as marketers; best practices to develop, optimize and share it;  and how we can achieve quality content without breaking the bank.  Our slide deck and handouts can be viewed in AISN’s Knowledge Center.  I’d love to know your thoughts after you look through it.

Were you at HostingCon too?  What were your impressions of the conference?  Share your comments below or tweet them: @AIS_Network.

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SharePoint Saturday in DC a Big Success

August 16th, 2011
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AIS Network booth, SharePoint Saturday

AISN CEO Jay Atkinson in the AISN booth at SharePoint Saturday.

By Laurie Head
AIS Network Vice President, Marketing Communications

Last week’s SharePoint Saturday The Conference in DC (August 11-13) was a terrific success.  This community-organized event attracted about 2,000 registered attendees and 60 sponsors. Over 190 speakers presented 250 sessions.  150 volunteers coordinated it.  Kudos to Dux Raymond Sy, managing partner at Innovative-e, and his team of volunteers who made it all happen.

AISN used this opportunity to:

  • reconnect with old colleagues and welcome new colleagues;
  • present a session (led by AISN Chair Kurt Baumann) for those who are choosing between on-premise hosting and outsourced hosting;
  • communicate the value of outsourced SharePoint hosting through our exhibit in the Exhibitor Hall; and
  • release our    white paper, “To Cloud or Not to Cloud: SharePoint 2010 Hosting Options…and Which One Is Right for You.”

If you didn’t make it to the event, we encourage you to participate next time.  For less than a $40 registration fee, it’s a great value to the SharePoint Community.  Check the SharePoint groups on LinkedIn for feedback.  Also, Dux’s blog may be found on his site.

What did you think of SharePoint Saturday?  We would love to hear from you.

Jay Atkinson, Mike Herrity at SharePoint Saturday DC

Jay Atkinson and Mike Herrity get their ducks in a row.

SharePoint Saturday DC

SharePoint Saturday crowds throng the booths.

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AIS Network Continues to Expand and Upgrade

July 4th, 2011
Posted by: Donna Hemmert

In our Northern Virginia SAS 70, Type II facility, we have spent our holiday weekend building our latest cloud to keep up with demand. It’s true – things continue to move to the cloud. We hope you enjoy the peek.

Keeping up with demand for the Cloud

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