Kocho – Helping organizations to operate with confidence and become greater through the power of technology

There is no other chance any longer. Businesses need to keep up with technology. Accordingly, the number of IT consulting firms is constantly growing creating a huge tech industry all over the world. In recent years, IT consulting services have become an integral part of the business culture. IT consulting companies provide expert advice and help businesses grow. As a result, businesses have come to trust consultants in times when niche expertise or an outside perspective is needed. Therefore, the businesses get an opportunity to make use of a lot of benefits, save time as well as money, increasing competitiveness and professionalism.

Kocho is an IT consultancy providing cloud services, unified communication and infrastructure solutions. It caters to financial services, health, manufacturing and professional services sectors. It was formerly known as TiG Data Intelligence. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Watford, UK. Kocho comes from the Japanese word for butterfly, a symbol of change and growth. But not only does the company help its customers transform – the company itself has gone through an epic transformation, too.

Helping You on Your Journey towards Becoming Greater

Enterprise Identity Management Solutions: The modern workplace has exploded beyond the traditional office borders. Organizations now rely on an expanding suite of internal applications and cloud services to stay competitive and ensure their employees can access the resources they need – from anywhere in the world. Using their experience of strong identity solutions built on cutting-edge security, the company will help provide your employees with a VIP access experience whilst keeping your company information safe from unapproved eyes. Kocho will help you meet the demands of a mobile, distributed workforce, without compromising your security – enabling you to operate at peak efficiency, always.

Customer Identity Management (CIAM) Solutions: Today’s customers want seamless registration and login processes – it’s an important part of the overall brand experience. At the same time, cyber threats are prevalent – and there’s an intense global focus on data privacy and security. It’s a delicate balancing act and many fail to get it right. With Kocho's help, you can be sure your customers leave a favorable review. The company has worked with some of the UK’s largest organizations to deliver tailor-made solutions that enable a smooth, safe, and intuitive experience that their customers love.

Partner Identity Management Services: Organizations rely on an ever-changing network of partners to do business. To keep pace with dramatic shifts in the business landscape, these external users need to access corporate resources and interact with your workforce now – nobody wants to wait until tomorrow. But how do you provide rapid access to data and applications across a complicated partner ecosystem without cutting corners and risking a security breach? Not to worry, a powerful combination of Kocho expertise and cutting-edge partner identity management tools will have you seamlessly and securely collaborating with your partners in next to no time. With their help, you can ensure your partners and suppliers can access the people and resources they need – without becoming frustrated or bringing productivity to a standstill.  Kocho's partner identity management solutions are built using Azure Active Directory External Identities. Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service manages over 1.2 billion identities and processes over 8 billion authentications every day. Azure AD Identity Protection allows you to discover, investigate, and remediate identity-based risks in your environment using some of the best machine learning out there.

Identity Governance Solutions: An accelerated move to cloud services has caused good governance to slip down the priority list for many organizations. As users, devices, and data access points increase, so too does exposure of your organization's sensitive data. Combine that with limited visibility of who has access on-premises and in the Cloud and your environment quickly becomes a significant security and compliance risk. Not to worry, as Kocho will empower you to protect, monitor, and record access to your company files and data – so you can rest easy knowing your sensitive information is secure.

Des Lekerman | CEO

As CEO, Des spearheads the company’s growth strategy and vision by empowering Kocho’s growing number of clients to realize their business ambitions through cloud transformation, identity, and cyber security services. With over 22 years’ experience in technology, in 2013 he led a management buyout and joined the company’s senior leadership team in overseeing its successful rebrand from The Internet Group to TiG Data Intelligence.

Mr. Lekerman has seen the company grow from a headcount of 35 to more than 250, with annual revenues of £34 million. They are on course to more than double that in the next four to five years. Most recently, he has headed up the company’s rebrand to Kocho – Japanese for butterfly – symbolizing positive change and growth, and embodying its vision to help clients ‘Become greater’.

"Whether its identity and access, cyber security, cloud transformation, or managed IT services, we’re here to support your organization on its way to greatness."