• Acora and Plan-Net join forces

    2 August 2019 – Acora Ltd, the innovative owner-managed UK-based IT Services company, has completed the acquisition of Plan-Net Ltd, another owner-managed IT support and services company, based in London. The merged Group has revenues approaching £30m, more than 70% of…

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  • Acora adds Zscaler to its portfolio

    Acora has added Zscaler to its service portfolio, as part of its efforts to stay aligned to the best technology products on the market. Built 100% in the cloud, the Zscaler global cloud delivers the entire gateway security stack as…

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  • Sophos, we’re just better than the competition

    Event: Sophos Discover 2019 Sophos provides an award-winning endpoint protection service with artificial intelligence and EDR. Giving its customers expert protection against malware, exploits and ransomware. At their partner event in Manchester the message I got from them was all…

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  • Dell Technologies World Day 3 – Tired but super-excited

    24 hours of travel, 1 very awesome Grand Canyon tour, 20+ Expo Village stand visits, 3 insightful keynotes, multiple sessions delivered by knowledgeable and motivated speakers, 1 more night in Vegas, and… the trip home to look forward to. Safe…

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  • Dell Technologies World Day 2 – The Data Era

    Building on yesterday’s message, today was all about how the data era is disrupting our industry. Listening to the keynote, I was reminded about my trip to the Grand Canyon at the weekend. Not because of some tangential analogy about…

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  • Dell Technologies World Conference – A seismic shift in the industry?

    This week I have the pleasure of attending the Dell Technologies World Conference in Las Vegas. Aside from the superb scenery, the amazing glitz and glamour of the Vegas strip, the biggest thing you notice is the Dell Tech World…

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  • The unexpected IT leader

    For the last year, Eric has been the Head of Finance for a mid-market company based in the Midlands. He regards his fastidious and highly organised nature as reasons for his success and hasn’t yet had a challenge he couldn’t…

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  • DIY or Managed Service?

    It seems to us that the IT leaders core dilemma is that 80% of their resource and time is spent keeping the lights on, and only the remaining  20%  delivers company transformation. Today, 20% isn’t enough, and it’s often swallowed…

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  • Acora wins new business software project with OATS Ltd

    OATS Ltd, part of the Haynes Publishing Group, is the leading provider of information and productivity solutions for the lubricants sector of the oil industry globally Deciding that Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central was the preferred solution, Acora was chosen…

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