Case Study: IT Transformation

How AIN Media Group Moved Off a Failing Server and Secured a 27-Person Remote Team

Aviation International News (AIN), founded in 1972, is a leading publisher covering business aviation, delivering content through both digital and print media. While some of its 27 computer users work from its New Jersey office, most operate remotely.

AIN partnered with Powersolution beginning in 2021 to transform its unmanaged IT environment into a proactive, expertly managed system, securing, upgrading, and supporting its computer users across the U.S. and overseas.

Powersolution Client Since 2021

After facing persistent IT operational and security challenges, AIN overhauled its IT environment by engaging powersolution to assess and resolve issues while implementing proactive support and enhanced IT security measures.

The Challenge

Our Approach

Given a state of disarray, persistent server, user downtime, and a high-risk IT security environment, powersolution performed a thorough assessment of AIN’s IT environment, management concerns, and user issues. This produced a targeted action plan, prioritizing near-term items that would minimize downtime, while increasing IT security.

What We Implemented

Implemented vCIO (virtual chief information officer) services

Ongoing near-term and longer-term IT planning, guidance, policy, and management recommendations

Analysis and recommendations related to the current server environment

Determined project options in terms of possible upgrade(s), consolidation, and/or replacement depending on security, business needs, and budget. Created a plan to decommission the failing server

Analysis of backup/recovery methods

Determined options based on business needs and budget. Implemented an advanced Software-as-a-Service backup/restore solution for Microsoft 365 email and data.

Migrated remaining on-premises data sets into Google Cloud. Organized existing data sets within

Eliminated data sprawl and data access issues by migrating and organizing data sets in Google Cloud

Migrated on-premises accounting software to vendor’s cloud

Further offloaded servers, achieving operational benefits and cost-effectiveness

Implemented powersolution’s Secure Global Network (SGN)

Provided approximately 12 layers of advanced IT security functions for in-office and remote workers, regardless of their location across the U.S. and overseas

IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OF IT TRANSFORMATION FOR AIN:

AIN regained control of its unmanaged IT environment by leveraging powersolution’s vCIO consulting services. Key priorities were set to reduce IT security risks while minimizing downtime and operational issues through enhanced server, backup/restore, and data management technologies and processes

In the client's words

“I wanted to say a very huge thank you from all of us at AIN Media Group for the guidance and help that the Powersolution team provides. We also appreciate the fast response times which help us quickly resolve any issues so we can get back to working efficiently. Everyone has been fabulous to work with.”

“…we have been blessed to have crossed paths with a most fantastic company, Powersolution, who handles all of our IT problems … It is so helpful that the experts at Powersolution react with an immediate response, get into my computer’s system, and fix it – they are an extraordinary company. I offer Powersolution an unqualified thumbs-up as one of the finest companies we have ever worked with…”