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
25 June 2019 Save money & get more by working with a managed service provider It may seem strange to say up front, but we think that having a singular objective of reducing costs when engaging a managed service provider is a mistake. An internal full-time IT support resource will cost in the region of... Continue Reading
12 June 2019 Cost optimised IT A couple of years ago Gartner was talking a lot about cost optimised IT, they even shared a “Top 10” list of cost optimisation ideas including: Create a shared-service organisation, for some or all IT services. Centralise, consolidate, modernise, integrate... Continue Reading
4 June 2019 Operational IT vs. Strategic IT Not new terms, but worth considering for a moment. If operational IT is managing the day-to-day (keeping things running), then strategic IT is the time you spend looking to the future, adding business value, digitally transforming and supporting business growth.... Continue Reading
3 June 2019 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... Continue Reading
21 May 2019 Make a confident, stress-free switch to Acora Is your IT managed service contract coming to an end? Is your current supplier meeting your expectations? Do any of these red flags sound familiar? SLAs not being met Not getting value for money Inadequate innovation Inability to scale Can’t... Continue Reading
15 May 2019 The growing use, by mid-market companies, of Independent IT consultants Parking what the compelling event may be, when businesses contact us it is usually from one of three directions: It is from an IT leader who has identified the need for change and is clear on what the potential solution... Continue Reading
9 May 2019 Top 10 signs it’s time to change your IT support partner If you’re considering changing your IT partner, there’s usually a good reason why. Maybe they’re no longer meeting your agreed service levels, or perhaps you’ve simply outgrown them. We’ve put together a classic and light-hearted top ten list, detailing the... Continue Reading
10 April 2019 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... Continue Reading
4 April 2019 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... Continue Reading