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
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
18 June 2019 Webinar with Microsoft: Is Windows 7 ‘end of life’ your trigger for digital transformation? Earlier this month we ran a webinar with our friends from Microsoft titled: “Is Windows 7 end of life your trigger for digital transformation?” We began by talking about the common themes we hear from IT leaders, including the need... 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