• Return to work 2

    Return to Work (Part 2)

    In my previous post, I highlighted some of the considerations and challenges for IT teams as people return to the office. This time, I want to focus on the specific issues of security and compliance. Flexible Working During the pandemic, you…

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  • Return to Work (Part 1)

    Focus: Reshaping IT Services and looking for advantages As a CIO you face a whole set of new challenges as people start to return to the workplace. In particular, you’re going to be dealing with ‘hybrid’ working models – some…

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  • Yep, it’s Windows 11!

    As mentioned in our article on Wednesday, Windows… 11?, Microsoft held a Livestream event yesterday evening which announced the release of Windows 11. The feed on Microsoft’s website appeared to become overwhelmed just minutes into the event, I was completely cut…

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  • Cloud Utopia: From Vision to Reality

    Part 2 In our [previous] post, we presented Cloud Utopia as vision and destination. Now, let’s look at some of the practicalities of getting there, and what IT leaders can do to make the journey smoother and quicker for all…

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  • Cloud Utopia: Real Potential

    Part 1 Picture a world in which you have no servers or other permanent IT infrastructure on your business premises. A purely subscription-based world, where all you need to think about are your data and processes. Upgrades, availability and scalability…

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  • Building Trust in the Insurance & Finance Professions

    Chartered Insurance Institute awards Acora Consortium multi-year managed application services agreement. We are delighted to announce our latest client engagement with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). The CII is well renowned across the insurance and personal finance profession internationally. It…

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  • How Much Should you Spend on Cybersecurity?

    Cybersecurity worries, compliance concerns, and the impact thereof is still growing quickly, with COVID-19 introducing a range of new issues. Yet, in our 2020 CIO survey, senior tech leaders reported that an average of just 9% of IT budgets is…

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  • Is your IT team ready for Post COVID-19?

    All organisations are adapting to a sudden shift in the way we work. However, it’s now clear that many of the changes put in place as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic may be here to stay. Corporate culture and…

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  • Technical debt – when should you address it?

    A term we have begun to use a lot more recently at Acora, ‘technical debt’ seems to be increasingly omnipresent in IT platforms everywhere! It sprung into our view this evening in a tweet linking an article at The Register:…

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