2 March 2016 Acora launches market leading service management platform to deliver world class services to its customers Leading IT Outsourcing provider Acora has today completed a 13 month project to implement Gartner’s Magic Quadrant leading ITSM platform ServiceNow - the company’s most significant system investment in its history. Continue Reading
19 January 2016 Buying in IT skills In the third of our series of CIMA survey blogs, we examine the barriers to IT investment and the rise of the hybrid IT model. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading