23 February 2022 THINKING BIG Our new Acora ad campaign – the biggest and most ambitious we’ve ever run – went live in the autumn of 2021. As it reaches its midpoint, our Sales & Marketing Director MATT WOOD explains how it came about, its... Continue Reading
5 January 2022 2022: Never the Same Again? Like most of us, I’d hoped that 2021 would be something more like a ‘normal’ year. But of course, it wasn’t. Likewise, I’d more-or-less assumed I’d now be looking ahead to a bright, shiny ‘post-pandemic’ year in 2022. Doesn’t look... Continue Reading
1 December 2021 Intune and Autopilot If you’re working in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (or read David Murphy’s recent blog) you’ll have heard of Intune and Autopilot. In this blog, we’ll look at the differences between them, and what they replace from legacy on-premises days. Intune... Continue Reading
24 November 2021 15 YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED PARTNERSHIP WITH PEARSON As 2021 draws to a close, we’re celebrating going into our 15th year of uninterrupted partnership with Pearson – our longest-standing client within our Flexible Support service offering. Pearson is ‘the world’s leading learning company’, and a name familiar to... Continue Reading
17 November 2021 Windows 11 – How the OS upgrade journey has changed How to introduce Windows 11 is a key question for IT leaders. Although the overall method of getting from Windows 10 to Windows 11 hasn’t changed, you’ll need to test the new OS – first with IT, then with pilot... Continue Reading
11 November 2021 ACORA EXPANDS WITH LATEST ACQUISITION We are delighted to confirm our acquisition of M9 Limited – a thriving and forward-looking IT services provider with over 40 staff, and nearly 100 long-term contracted customers. Based in London, M9 also has an established offshore team in Kuala... Continue Reading
27 October 2021 The Light of Experience As CIOs, we have a general sense of how people feel about IT. Some of this knowledge comes from formal measures like CSAT but we’re also plugged into anecdotal feedback when considering user experience. While it’s useful to know that... Continue Reading
20 October 2021 Windows 365 – do I need it? You could be forgiven for missing Windows 365, even if you pay attention to the IT news. Partly, I suppose, because Microsoft chose to release it during the summer holidays! And really, it’s a pretty simple concept: a PC-per-individual, in... Continue Reading
22 September 2021 The CIO Dilemma: Experience Counts We’re all familiar with The CIO Dilemma: ensuing zero IT problems day-to-day, while delivering the transformational change the business’s digital ambitions demand – simultaneously, with the same resources. The CIO Dilemma has been with us for at least a decade,... Continue Reading
14 September 2021 TAKING CENTRE STAGE In today’s IT market, there is a very simple calculus: get big; get niche – or get out. At Acora, we have chosen the second option, focusing on clients either with a high enterprise value relative to their physical corporate... Continue Reading
6 September 2021 Why Knowledge Management Systems Fail – and how to fix yours Getting your Knowledge Management System up to scratch might feel daunting, but once you have the process underway, your time investment will be repaid tenfold. Read my tips for Knowledge Management success to get back on track today. Knowledge Management... Continue Reading
31 August 2021 Making Data Work In IT terms, the concept of Big Data has been around for a very long time. But when it was first coined in the ancient past (around 2005) no one had any real idea of just how much raw data... Continue Reading