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Bond hopeful as staffing sector recovers
There’s a lot going on at Bond International Software. At the top line, the provider of software for the international recruitment and HR industries kept revenues pretty much flat at £32.4 million....
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Rebalancing NASDAQ
Each month, when I do the share performance round up, I point out that the FTSE indices are ‘weighted’. Ie the biggest companies (by market capitalisation) have the greatest effect. That’s why the FTSE...
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Misys momentum picks up in Q3
Q3 interims from banking and capital markets software provider Misys confirmed it is on track to meet its medium term targets following the completion of the Sophis acquisition on 28 February (see...
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Deflationary tech
Back in 2002 I gave what was for me, a seminal presentation – “IT’s all over now”. In it I said that I believed that UK IT growth would be more like 1xGDP rather than the 3-4x GDP growth that it had...
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Parseq sends mixed messages
Parseq, the AIM-listed software and BPO provider for the financial services sector, seems to be all at sea with its forecasts for FY11. Parseq's CEO Rami Cassis, who is expecting double-digit organic...
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Genpact takes Headstrong move to grow BFSI business
Business process services (BPS) pure-play Genpact is paying $550m in cash to acquire US-based Headstrong, a fast-growing capital markets BPS specialist. Genpact will fund the acquisition through...
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Endace 'stellar growth'
We haven’t covered Endace before but when George O’Connor (Panmure Gordon) writes in his morning note “In our view, Endace has great product, a succinct vision, solves big/critical problems, is...
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‘Leaves on the line’ at Charteris
Well not exactly. However, Charteris is partially blaming “the inclement weather conditions” at the end of last year for preventing consultants reaching client sites and hence impacting the company's...
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Ffastfill full year in line
Ffastfill, the AIM-listed provider of derivatives trading software, said FY10 is in line with expectations as it continues to make progress in the implementation of its global SaaS strategy. And...
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Intercede in cyber security sweet spot
Proving that there will always be sweet spots even in a tough market, Intercede Group has announced that the business is performing exceptionally at all levels. Thanks to its focus on ‘cyber security’,...
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Paywalls that work
I have a strong personal interest in ‘paywalls’ as many readers know. See Paywalls revisited and work back through the hyperlinks - although it is behind the TechMarketView paywall! Bluntly I still...
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UK Government G-Cloud Director moves to VMware
It is interesting to note that Andy Tait, who held the position of G-Cloud, Data Centre Consolidation and Application Store Deputy Director within the Office of the Government CIO, had left HM...
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No flap at Phoenix
Following February’s rather muted trading update (see Phoenix flying flat), infrastructure support services group, Phoenix, appears to have closed the year (to 31st March) on a calm note, with ‘in...
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Blinkx sweet spot
After writing headlines like “Superb Blinkx” I’ve probably left readers in little doubt that I am a fan of this Autonomy spin out. My ‘love affair’ is, of course, in no way affected by my shareholding...
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HCL feels NI call centre pain – but gets a gong!
After getting a bit of a hammering in the media over its Northern Ireland call centres, fifth ranked India-based IT services major HCL must have derived some comfort from being among the winners of the...
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Smart finish for SmartFocus
Much as presaged, multi-channel marketing software company SmartFocus appears to have made it past the finishing line with revenues and profits ahead of expectations. Headline revenues (to 31st Dec.)...
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Bond sells Abacus to management
We had always thought that web-software developer, Abacus, did not belong in HR software firm, Bond International’s portfolio (e.g. see Bond hopeful as staffing sector recovers), and indeed they have...
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Capita to buy Tribal’s health & government business
Capita is to acquire Tribal’s health and government divisions for £15.8m on a cash-free, debt free basis, including a deferred consideration of up to £2.5m. In the year to 31 December 2010, the...
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Richard Christou to retire
It has just been announced to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Richard Christou is to retire from his position as Corp Senior Exec VP at Fujitsu where he was effectively the #2 in charge of Fujitsu's...
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Q1 research highlights
It’s been another busy quarter for the analysts here at TechMarketView. We’ve published close to 20 reports and analyst notes in addition to the regular stream of HotViews and HotViewsExtra articles...
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