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Getting ready for Windows 8
With the Windows 8 launch in sight (October 26), Microsoft and the market in general is gearing up for this long awaited hybrid OS. The price has been revealed, pre-orders can be placed and hardware...
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Quindell makes second legal services acquisition
Serial acquirer Quindell Portfolio is on the M&A trail again, this time making its second legal services acquisition, following IT industry first purchase of Silverbeck Rymer Solicitors in January...
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SDL on a see-saw
Reading between the lines of SDL’s interim update, the cautious but confident vibe of the first six months of the year (see here) has been toned down. It looks like it has been a see-saw period for...
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Memset flourishing in its niche
Privately-held, Guildford-based cloud computing and managed hosting business, Memset, can give itself something of a pat on the back for delivering some nice numbers in Q2. Its Cloud-based service...
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HCL still on a roll
Maybe it’s something to do with the climate in Northern India compared to that in the South – or maybe it’s all down to execution – that explains why Noida-headquartered HCL grew faster last quarter...
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IBM services ‘flat’ in Q3
Last night Mark Loughridge (CFO) unveiled IBM’s Q3 financial results, which did not make for particularly pretty reading, but which demonstrated the company’s ability to squeeze out costs. The company...
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iPad mini set for 23rd Oct?
I make no excuses for covering a rumour of a possible product launch when that company is Apple. Firstly, as Apple is over 15% of NASDAQ and over 25% of the S&P Tech Index, what happens to Apple...
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Little British Battler update: Featurespace
In today’s Little British Battler update we look at how Featurespace has been faring since we first met up with the team early on in the year. With its blend of real-time, adaptive, behavioural...
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Fujitsu gives tablets for Job Ambassadors
This morning I was present when Fujitsu handed over the first tablet PCs for use by Prince’s Trust Job Ambassadors. Fujitsu is a long-term Patron of the Trust. Earlier this year the Trust launched its...
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IBM Q3 update: making sense of software
IBM’s Q3 2012 results were not inspiring but they did provide further insight into the challenges large IT system and services suppliers are facing and how IBM is tackling them. Software is a pivotal...
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The deal is done! The acquisition of ailing mid-market software and IT services firm, Maxima by managed infrastructure provider and reseller Redstone (see Smith brings Maxima to the Redstone party)...
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Microsoft moves on marketing
Microsoft moved to boost its marketing software capability yesterday, with the acquisition of marketing automation company MarketingPilot for an undisclosed sum. Plans for the new purchase will...
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Microsoft Surface - redressing the balance
Today I got accused of bias in my reporting of the Apple iPad mini yesterday and ‘told off’ for not mentioning Microsoft’s Surface tablet. Firstly, anyone reading HotViews expecting a balanced view is...
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NCC Group gets off to a strong start
The first four months of the year have been fruitful for security, escrow and testing provider NCC Group, although not quite as bountiful as the year ago period (see here). Disruption from management...
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NTT Data goes ‘bespoke’ with RMA Consulting
The EMEA unit of Tokyo-headquartered NTT Data (the publicly quoted network and IT services arm of Japanese telecoms giant, NTT) has acquired Hampshire-headquartered, Adobe bespoke application...
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Ratcliffe takes the reins at Sagentia
An ‘interesting’ development at project-based science and technology R&D outsourcing consultancy, Sagentia, sees non-executive chairman, Martyn Ratcliffe ‘go executive’ with the announced exit of...
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StatPro strong on SaaS and distribution opportunities
There were no outstanding items in StatPro’s in line trading update for Q3 but for a company making the transition to a pure-play SaaS model that is good news and indicates that the portfolio analysis...
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WNS pulling in different directions
Offshore BPS pure play WNS is continuing with its ‘aggressive’ geographic expansion plans, according to CEO Keshav Murugesh, something we think is at odds with the interim CFO’s ambition to improve...
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Google 'surprises' market in more ways than one
Google made the news tonight for all the wrong reasons. Firstly when their printer inadvertently issuing their Q3 results hours too early and when NASDAQ was still in session. Secondly by issuing...
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Idox acquires facilities management software provider
Newly diversified software and services firm Idox has made another acquisition for its Engineering Information Management (EIM) division, following CTSpace last November (see here), buying...
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