Cloud Services

 

Understanding how to maximize the promise of cloud computing as you migrate to it from your current environment requires the expertise and guidance of an experienced IT services provider.  Our eCase SaaS is now Authorized-to-Operate under FedRAMP; the government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessments, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services. Learn more about FedRAMP here.

Cloud services from AINS will create a roadmap that moves your organization into the cloud from planning through pilot to production. We help you to evaluate all of the deployment options, including public clouds, private clouds, and hybrid clouds, for all types of cloud service offerings including Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Cloud Services Benefits

AINS is highly experienced in providing infrastructure and software services for complex organizations. AINS offers a full range of cloud services with benefits including:

  • Full understanding of all business and technology aspects of cloud computing
  • Outline of the risks, benefits, and implications of cloud computing to your specific organization
  • Expert advice and recommendations on cloud computing adoption
  • Clear transition roadmap
  • Full implementation support
  • AINS-owned cloud facilities fully aligned with industry norms and standards
  • Ability to add resources as required to support expanding needs

AINS has provided cloud services to a growing number of clients and initiatives – such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture. 

AINS is SAML certified and is FedRamp certified for SaaS and PaaS.

Cloud Services Brokerage

Many government IT organizations are realizing the benefits of cloud computing by extending IT delivery and management processes across private and public cloud services. At AINS, we see this first hand with the growing number of our FedRAMP authorized SaaS case management platform – eCase.

This strategy of IT-as-a-Service fundamentally reshapes how IT is delivered today, shifting the focus from infrastructure to services aggregation and integration by mixing and matching the best services for meeting organizations’ current and future needs.

For government agencies, the AINS Cloud Service Brokerage Platform simplifies cloud services delivery and management so they can speed innovation, foster more effective collaboration, reduce operational costs, and achieve greater constituent care and service.

The AINS Cloud Service Brokerage Platform unifies the delivery and lifecycle management of public, private, and hybrid cloud services. It is a complete cloud services brokerage solution that includes aggregation, cataloging, provisioning, access control, security, auditing, monitoring, reporting, metering, billing, administration, and user support.

AINS and Amazon Partnership

AINS is an Amazon Partner Network (APN) member with access to Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS provides archiving, backup, and storage, as well as Disaster Recovery. These benefits provide confidence to our customers that their hosted solutions will operate smoothly and efficiently with little to no down time. AWS supports the following IT standards:

  • SOC 1,SSAE 16, ISAE 3402
  • SOC 2
  • FISMA, DIACAP, and FedRAMP
  • PCI DSS Level 1
  • ISO 27001
  • ITAR
  • FIPS 140-2

AWS also supports Multi-Factor Authentication – a one-time-use 6 digit code sent to an authenticated device. As a partner of Amazon, AINS has access to a private data center which can instantly scale according to the workload demand, allowing our hosted solutions to consistently and unfailingly fit the needs of our customers.

As a part of the APN (Amazon Partner Network), AINS is able to connect with other APN partners around the world, creating new exciting opportunities.