2024: A Year in Review

As 2024 draws to a close we can reflect on what has been another challenging year for businesses of all sizes, while looking ahead to the opportunities that 2025 brings. With a new Government, new US President on the way and an increasingly turbulent global picture, we continue to focus on delivering value for our customers and our people.  

From developing our Full-Stack, Full-Lifecycle portfolio to achieving the best companies’ status for the fourth year running, we have had another year of growth.

A SHARED VISION OF THE FUTURE 

On September 4th we announced our acquisition of Elastacloud, a trailblazer in data science and artificial intelligence.  

More than three years in the making, the vision for joining forces first began with initial discussions between the leadership teams of Acora and Elastacloud, recognising the potential for a unique partnership that could transform the standards of service and innovation in the market. Elastacloud has become a leading force in data science and AI, solving complex data problems with cutting-edge solutions at its core. Their team of highly skilled technical experts, advanced intellectual property significantly enhances Acora’s offering, placing us at the forefront of technological and service innovation. 

Richard Conway, Founder of Elastacloud and Group CTO at Acora, commented: 

“Joining forces with Acora is an exciting new chapter for us. At Elastacloud, our partnership with Microsoft spans more than 12 years as specialist data and AI experts. We founded the largest European Azure users group and we have over 100 certified data, AI and cloud engineers, with many former and current Microsoft MVPs in our senior team. Combined with Acora’s achievement as a top-tier Microsoft partner, this offers expansive opportunities for our team to explore diverse projects, increase innovation, and advance professionally.   

We have always thrived on challenging the status quo and leveraging technology in innovative ways. Joining forces with Acora allows us to amplify the impact of our work, delivering exceptional AI and data science solutions to a broader audience.” 

 ACCELERATING PROGRESS NOW 

We have hit the ground running, collaborating with many customers to accelerate their data journey, ensuring they have the right secure foundations to unlock their particular AI opportunity. This has included combined hackathons with Microsoft, the creation of funded proof of concepts and minimal viable products through to full run AI services.  

 BEYOND LABELS 

Since our foundation in 2007 we’ve been building Acora carefully to deliver increasing amounts of value for our customers through a single relationship. The acquisition of Elastacloud breaks new ground and now offers a new kind of joined-up experience. We’re not a Managed Service Provider (MSP), a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), Professional Services or IT Consulting company. We’re all of those and more. We’re not about labels. We’re about business outcomes focused services and solutions that make a lasting difference for our customers.  

We look forward to sharing another progressive year of building close customer relationships and exploring new opportunities together. Watch out for the inspiring real-world stories of our customers making rapid progress throughout 2025.