• Acora Heads West – with Latest Acquisition

    We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Westgate IT, the South West’s premier IT Managed Services provider. The acquisition further increases Group revenues towards £40m and gives Acora direct access into the Bristol and Cardiff metropolitan areas, as well…

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  • Staying Connected as Leaders

    We could all be forgiven for looking back on the past year and saying, ‘this isn’t what I signed up for’. As IT leaders, we’ve faced the unique situation of going, almost literally overnight, from operating as single locations with…

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  • Making the Most of Microsoft 365 Licensing

    Almost every Microsoft customer has started shifting to subscription-based Microsoft 365 (M365) services. These are part of the growing ‘evergreen’ Microsoft ecosystem, where individuals and organisations pay a monthly fee for use-rights to a product, rather than buying a perpetual…

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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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  • Acora Achieves Best Companies ‘One to Watch’ Status

    We are delighted to announce that we’ve received a Best Companies ‘One to Watch’ Accreditation. This Accreditation has been achieved solely by the feedback from our employees. Some key statistics from the survey include: 72% of staff agreed: “I feel…

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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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  • 7 Tips to organise your home office

    Working from home is something that the majority of us had to practice for the first time over the past year, and many of us are still learning and transitioning. It can be challenging to adapt to and maintain a…

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