IT and Cyber News Room

17 January 2016

Peddling to Paris in aid of Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice

Three employees from Acora have pledged to put their fitness to the test and join 8 other members as part of team KTDA, cycling from Worthing to Paris to raise £10,000 for local hospice.

11 January 2016

CFOs playing it safe on Cloud

We may be prepared to send a man to space…but CFOs are still cautious about investing in cloud infrastructure, that is, according to the views of CIMA finance members.

5 January 2016

Clouding the issue

We recently surveyed CIMA finance leaders from more than 6000 mid market companies to gain a better understanding of their IT investment, what areas they are most concerned with, and what new technologies they believe will take their business to the next level.

28 October 2015

Scary outsourcing – dispelling the myths

Expense, security risks, loss of control…just some of the reasons why many mid-market organisations are scared of outsourcing.

12 October 2015

The Cloud debate at IP Expo by Mike Castle

I sat with Lee Ganly, Acora CTO in some of the sessions at IP Expo and it made for an interesting day. The main thread was the continual move to cloud and how it is disruptive to the industry due to it's pace of continual function and service improvement as well as it's agility in supporting business change in so many sectors.

7 September 2015

Why Microsoft Azure?

With the fast pace of innovation constantly accelerating, it’s becoming increasingly expensive to keep investing in the latest and greatest IT solutions. By turning to Microsoft Azure and the cloud, you can invest in technology without risk and without expanding your budget

28 July 2015

Quality Assurance Module (QA), Microsoft Dynamics NAV

The quality assurance module for Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an integrated business solution that meets the needs of quality related functions, and helps in maintaining high quality product standards.

21 July 2015

Item Replenishment Routine Module (IRR), Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Our customers often request a solution for keeping their inventory systems free from over-stocking and spend, but wish to remain scalable during seasons of high demand.

9 July 2015

The features and benefits of SharePoint

SharePoint is a back-end system that ties all your employees’ PCs and mobile devices together, allowing them all to communicate and synchronize their efforts. Its goal is to make it possible for a company with a number of employees spread all over the region to work with the same level of agility and coordination as a company with three people working out of a single office.

8 June 2015

Solving the data backup challenge with the Cloud

Backups and data protection in general has been an ongoing challenge for organisations for years. Investment in suitable hardware and software isn’t cheap and only lasts for so many years before it’s superseded by the next great technical advancement – more capacity, faster throughput and wider software support to name but a few.

27 April 2015

Acora recognised as an investor in people

Acora, a UK-based IT Outsourcing company, has been awarded the Investors in People Standard, demonstrating their commitment to realising the potential of their people.

13 March 2015

Cash Flow is King. Are you protecting your crown jewels?

After the downturns and instabilities of recent years, mid-market businesses need to manage their cash closely. Whether bulking up reserves to manage future growth or doing accounting gymnastics to stretch thin reserves, every finance department is obsessed with looking after every penny, and making cash work hard and flow freely.