Committed to Protecting Your Data AIS is happy to announce our most recent SOC 2 Type II audit completion, showing our dedication and commitment to security and to delivering high-quality services through internal controls and processes. At AIS, we are passionate about the work we do and the peace of mind we provide our clients. Companies are moving fast to the cloud and expanding capabilities by the minute. We plan to move just as quickly, delivering innovative and transformative solutions […]
AIS is now one of few partners that can offer your organization cloud licensing across Azure Commercial, Azure Government Cloud, M365, M365 Government Community Cloud (GCC), and M365 GCC High. As a Cloud Solution Partner (CSP) and long-term Microsoft Partner, our Microsoft certified cloud engineers can support purchasing and managing licenses, migrating/deploying cloud infrastructure, modernizing applications, and managing cloud environments – including cost optimizations, security, and compliance. AIS holds 10 Microsoft Gold Competencies, over 25 years of experience in Microsoft […]
We are in awe of our team as they have reached another impressive milestone in support of our nation’s mission to modernize their IT footprint. Within the last week, AIS was able to successfully establish the first Microsoft Azure Impact Level 6 (IL6) instances and achieve a conditional Authority to Operate (ATO) at IL6. At the end of 2018, AIS was the first to establish a cloud connection at Impact Level 5, meaning our customers could connect and store any unclassified data on their Azure subscription. By achieving an ATO for Microsoft […]
Applied Information Sciences (AIS) has been recognized as the Microsoft Partner of the Year (2020) for Power Apps and Power Automate! This is an exciting award for our company and one which we are honored to receive. AIS has a long history helping customers in large, global, and often regulated industries work through their cloud transformation. We know that this success is due in large part to the Power Platform community and the hard work of our business applications leaders […]
The pandemic has changed the way Microsoft has had to deliver new product enhancements, but it hasn’t slowed down the respective productive teams from unveiling significant changes to Microsoft 365. Last week, the Microsoft Build conference became the showcase for several Microsoft 365 announcements, and now that it is complete, we can summarize and reflect on how these announcements will change the way we use the platform. In this post we will look at the highlight announcements and discuss how […]
Congratulations to the AIS USA and India teams who represented AIS this past weekend in the global Hack4Good Hackathon and took home first and second place! The two teams of AIS employees went up against some of the best in the world – 390 participants across 40 global teams – and we are very humbled to be able to share their success. Not only did they place globally, but each group took home first place in their regions. Check out […]
Even before COVID-19, work from home/anywhere was a growing trend across many industries. Being mutually beneficial – employers could recruit and retain top talent due to the convenience of remote work, flexibility around time, domestic responsibilities, and geographic flexibility – which is all very appealing to employees, not to mention the lack of a commute. For companies, it not only lowers organizational costs but also boosts employee productivity, according to the recent research at Harvard Business School. Now, the coronavirus […]
The current approach of mass quarantining is to “flatten the curve.” However, learning about how the virus has spread and how it can return with the eventual restoration of our economy is something that is still blurry. Recent work by Abbott Labs (among others) shows that shortening testing times and mass-producing testing kits at affordable prices look promising. However, despite the advancements by Abbott Labs, it is unattainable to test everyone in America. As of today, April 5th, we have […]
Late last Friday, the news of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract award to Microsoft Azure sent seismic waves through the software industry, government, and commercial IT circles alike. Even as the dust settles on this contract award, including the inevitable requests for reconsideration and protest, DoD’s objectives from the solicitation are apparent. DOD’s JEDI Objectives Public Cloud is the Future DoD IT Backbone A quick look at the JEDI statement of objectives illustrates the government’s comprehensive enterprise expectations […]
In this episode of the Azure Government video series, Steve Michelotti sits down with AIS’ very own Vishwas Lele to discuss migrating and modernizing with Kubernetes on Azure Government. You’ll learn about the traditional approaches for migrating workloads to the cloud, including: 1. Rehost 2. Refactor 3. Reimagine You will also learn how Kubernetes provides an opportunity to fundamentally rethink these traditional approaches to cloud migration by leveraging Kubernetes in order to get the “best of all worlds” in the […]