12 December 2019 Can you select a new infrastructure service provider in 90 minutes…? A recent publication by Gartner focuses on the challenges global companies face when selecting an infrastructure service provider. They describe them as the following: Most enterprises’ contracts are based on statements of work that are 3 to 5 years old... Continue Reading
4 December 2019 The six types of remote workers and how to support them Does your company include people who do their best work at night, after office hours? Or perhaps you’ve engaged the services of a strategist from out of state who needs access to important files anytime, anywhere. For these and other... Continue Reading
20 November 2019 The importance of ‘live testing’ – what to learn from TSBs error Headline story: “TSB lacked common sense before IT meltdown, says the report.” In a word – ouch. There are several very interesting points that can be derived from this headline, and indeed the subsequent articles, the most standout points to... Continue Reading
22 October 2019 Acora Trusted Digital Framework Creating a robust and future proof IT platform for our clients. Technology is fundamentally changing how businesses operate and the way in which individuals work. In fact, business and technology are becoming so interwoven, it’s hard to consider one without... Continue Reading
25 September 2019 Remodelling the Service Desk for your Digital Workplace The Digital Workplace has been with us for a while now. It’s a movable concept of fluid, flexible and enabling technologies that are being used to liberate organisations, their managers, their workers and their resources from the traditional constraints of... Continue Reading
17 September 2019 Forrester reports: innovation leaders need IT services to drive transformative outcomes According to a recent research article from Forrester, commissioned by Dell, partnering with IT service providers enables internal IT staff to innovate and build IT expertise. The Forrester Consulting study reveals that there are two factors preventing internal IT teams... Continue Reading
16 September 2019 Acora wins 3-year contract with an international staffing company Acora, an innovative UK-based IT Services company, is pleased to announce it has secured a new IT transformation and 3-year managed services contract with an award-winning, technical recruitment company. Post PE backing and on a significant acquisition trail, the company... Continue Reading
28 August 2019 The 5 key trending customer requirements for Managed IT The economy is challenging, employees demands are increasing and the technology options are multiplying – so how does this translate into service requirements from customers to their Managed Service Provider (MSP)? We thought we would share with you the trends we see from our mid-market... Continue Reading
21 August 2019 A workshop for IT transformation champions Facilitate rapid stakeholder buy in with a structured workshop Previously, we’ve discussed that managed IT services aren’t for everyone. If the future looks like the current, then companies are often happy to look after IT as they do now and... Continue Reading
20 August 2019 Acora wins 3-year contract with a leading affordable housing aggregator Acora, an innovative UK-based IT services company, is pleased to announce it has secured a new IT transformation and 3-year managed services contract with a leading affordable housing aggregator. They came to Acora to help them build a more modern,... Continue Reading
8 August 2019 Full-time CIOs still facing skills and recruitment challenges to transform Digital transformation is a top priority on most corporate agendas. However, delivering it is being threatened by a significant skills gap.According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) the technology industry saw the biggest increase in job adverts throughout 2018,... Continue Reading
2 August 2019 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... Continue Reading
31 July 2019 The rise of the interim CIO According to cio.co.uk, there’s been an increase in the use of interim CIO’s. These IT leaders are often brought in to a company on a temporary basis to solve complex IT problems, at moments of change, review current ways of... Continue Reading
23 July 2019 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... Continue Reading
16 July 2019 What does digital transformation actually mean? Digital transformation is a term that’s being used quite a lot. There’s not a lot of information out there about what it actually means.Ultimately, it’s a broad term that references the changes required to compete and win in the digital... Continue Reading
10 July 2019 IT teams need to adapt to support the waves of Microsoft’s updates There’s no doubt that Microsoft has a lot of good products, a lot of quality development teams and a lot of marketing people. Mix that with evergreen subscription models and you get a lot of news on a regular basis... Continue Reading