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HP, Autonomy and the Serious Fraud Office
The breaking HP/Autonomy story this afternoon was pretty explosive. So better stick to the facts for the moment. HP announced a write-down of $8.8b relating to its $10b acquisition of Autonomy in 2011....
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Otellini quits Intel
Paul Otellini has stepped down as CEO of Intel after a 40 year career at the firm (the last 8 as CEO) although he is expected to stay for the next three years as an adviser until his 65th birthday....
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Calling all Little British Battlers!
In case you missed our 'calling' to all Little British Battlers earlier in the week, here it is again (don't forget you need to register your interest in the next event by Monday November 26th): A year...
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Dell to acquire Gale Technologies
Dell is to buy Gale Technologies, a provider of infrastructure automation software. The software enables firms to automate and orchestrate their compute, storage and networking resources. The newcomer...
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HP, Autonomy - The Day After
I wrote my post HP, Autonomy and the Serious Fraud Office early on Tuesday afternoon as soon as I could after the stunning announcement. Since then, HP has detailed the accusations they have for the...
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Imaginatik: still progressing
Innovation software and services vendor Imaginatik ended the half year to September 30 2013, with revenue up 8% yoy to £1.75m and a reassuring clutch of new customers wins – 17 new customers on annual...
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Qinetiq: UK Services outperforms rest of business
Qinetiq’s interim results (to end September 2012) highlight the difficult trading conditions in both the UK and US defence markets. Revenues continued to fall at constant currency – down 8% on an...
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Salesforce.com's growth still impresses - so do losses
Q3 results from Salesforce.com show that business is still rising at an impressive rate, but so are losses. The share price rose c2% in after hours trading following some weakening over the last few...
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Zoo Digital edges back into the black
The management team at Zoo Digital must be breathing a collective sigh of relief. In the six months to 30th September 2012, it appears that conditions in the Home Entertainment market stabilised just...
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Advanced bulks up on warehousing
With the acquisition of warehouse management software provider ATMS, Advanced Business Solutions has brought one of its partners in-house to boost its third party logistics proposition. Terms of the...
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Digital Barriers: profitability is in sight
Existing Digital Barriers’ shareholders need to have confidence that the management team can build a profitable business over the medium to long-term. Many will be wondering whether they have made a...
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Esri: 'Mapping' the UK public sector
We recently caught up with the Stephen Leece, Practice Leader for the Public Sector markets at Esri UK. For those readers who haven’t heard of Esri they are a provider of GIS mapping software and...
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HP, Autonomy - The day after the day after
As we said in HP, Autonomy – The day after, “when Mike Lynch is accused of anything he comes back fighting tooth and claw”. Yesterday Lynch hit the studios and interview suites again. Jeff Randall on...
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Intercede: security waiting game
Identity management software provider Intercede is poised to strike once governments and businesses react to security concerns being raised by the increased use of mobile devices but it is a nervous...
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InterQuest warns again
Another profits warning from IT recruitment firm InterQuest (see InterQuest bring knocked from pillar to post) sent its shares down c6% after expected growth in permanent fees from late summer,...
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SQS’s strategic plan is up and active
A trading update from SQS shows that the partnership agreement signed with Siemens in May this year to provide testing services to its automotive manufacturing clients is working out to be a good move....
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Calling all 'Little British Battlers'!
In case you missed our 'calling' to all Little British Battlers earlier in the week, here it is again - don't delay submitting your details if you want to apply, the deadline is Monday 26th November: A...
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Capita beats BT at Barnet
Capita has beaten off competition from rival BT to reach preferred bidder status at London Borough of Barnet for a first generation IT/BP deal worth £320m over 10 years. Capita will now wait for final...
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'Exciting times' for GB Group
First half results from identity management specialists GB Group largely confirm the picture painted in its recent trading update (see GB Group growing nicely). Turnover increased by 44% to £17.7m as...
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Access Group takes to the cloud
Access Group is launching its cloud platform, aCloud, and the first multi tenant applications to run on it today. Its strategy is to add SaaS applications to its on premise portfolio rather than pursue...
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