The following is a link to the fifth in a series of articles by Bill Kleyman from Data Center Knowledge called “Data Center Knowledge Guide to Colocation Selection”. We re-posted links to the first article here, the second article here, the third article here, and the fourth article here. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– …
Big Data, Big Pharma, Smart Analysis…and ClearCompute
The article below by Ryan McBride from FierceBiotech IT covers an original piece from Guy Cavet of Kaggle in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). We at AIS agree that bioinformatics is transforming the nature of genetic and pharmaceutical research — which is why we launched AIS ClearCompute to empower bioinformatics scientists to do their work in an affordable, secure, …
Bioinformatics Market: 25% CAGR Over Next 6 Years
The report below (originally produced by Transparency Market Research and reported / summarized by FierceBiotech IT) confirms what we already know from our cloud computing and colocation customers: bioinformatics is big. It also underscores why we launched AIS ClearCompute: massive growth, massive scale, massive flexibility, massive awesomeness. Let us know if you’d like to know more about how AIS ClearCompute …
Cloud Architects: the New Rock Stars?
Data center service providers are always on the lookout for great talent, which is one reason why we know how difficult it is for enterprises to hire in-house IT staff. (BTW: Why hire? Choose AIS instead.) The article below — written by Bill Kleyman in Data Center Knowledge — outlines many of the desired attributes of the ideal candidate for …
The CTO Speaks: AWS vs. AIS BusinessCloud1
For any given use case, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has vastly superior resources and, given time and investment, could (and sometimes does) focus them to provide a superior solution. The problem is that this type of focus — providing a customized solution — is not Amazon’s forte. Amazon has become what it is today through the strength of automation and standardization. …
Cloud Security and Service Agreements
I saw this article by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO, which is written in regard to another article in Network World by Brandon Butler covering Gartner cloud security analyst Jay Heiser; both articles are re-posted below. The reason I felt them worth re-posting is because security is often cited as a concern about moving to cloud services. The tack of the …
Article: Amazon and the Enterprise Cloud
This article comes courtesy of GigaOm and illustrates that cloud services are being used by enterprises more frequently than conventional wisdom would have us all believe. Good news: AIS cloud services — AIS BusinessCloud1 and AIS ClearCompute — are available for Southwestern enterprise customers now. Click on the link to learn more. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, …
DCK Guide to Colocation Selection, Part 4
The following links to the fourth in a series of articles by Bill Kleyman from Data Center Knowledge called “Data Center Knowledge Guide to Colocation Selection”. We re-posted links to the first article here and the second article here and the third article here. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Good SLAs make good neighbors. …
BREAKING NEWS! AIS Customer Referral Promotion
Tis the season for giving thanks and giving gifts – and now you can also be rewarded for giving referrals to AIS! For a limited time, AIS is offering a special incentive for customer referrals that result in new business: up to two months of free service for your firm, the referrer. It’s easy; here is how it works: Refer …
Hey Decision-Makers: Don’t Do What These Guys Are Doing
451 Research wrote this article which, boiled down, is about the silliness of investing in the re-creation of resources that already exist. “We must build it, we must own it, this is how it is done” (my words) is definitely NOT how IT is done these days. Less Make, More Buy — but it seems the folks at the City …
