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HP receives expressions of interest for Autonomy and ex-EDS?
Further to our reports on Dell and SilverLake?, today’s FT carries a report - HP rebuffs acquisition inquiries– which postulated that HP had received separate ‘expressions of interest’ for both its...
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MJV gets creative with ‘Design Thinking’
I still don’t quite ‘get it’ but I suppose it’s something I should try to ‘get’. I’m talking about ‘design thinking’, a term used to signify a more ‘creative’ approach to business consulting being...
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Profits fall at NCC
It was a busy first half (to 30th November) for escrow and security solutions business, NCC Group, which saw two US acquisitions (see here and here), and a continuing investment in building a new...
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ReThink rethinks CEO
After issuing a profit warning back in September (see ReThink rethinks FY outlook), AIM-listed IT recruitment-cum-consultancy firm, ReThink Group is parting company with founding CEO, Jon Butterfield....
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SDL ‘warns’ again
Language services and technology business, SDL, has lowered its full-year expectations again for both revenue and profits. In November, the company revealed that profits for the year to end December...
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SQS issues surprise profits warning
Despite issuing positive vibes about the business earlier this month (see SQS managed services boosted by substantial deals), software testing specialist SQS surprised everyone with the news that is...
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UK Business Process Services Predictions 2013 - the 'deep dive'
At the end of last year we published our top predictions for the UK business process services (BPS) market in 2013 (see Predictions 2013: UK business process services). We pointed out that 2013 will be...
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WNS Q3 looking better, but challenges remain
Following recent turbulence and declines in profitability (see WNS pulling in different directions), offshore BPS pure play WNS appears to be on a more stable footing after a better third quarter. The...
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Another muted quarter for Wipro
India-centric IT/BP services major, Wipro, sustained its somewhat muted pace of growth last quarter (to 31st Dec.) with revenues reaching $1,57bn, just under 5% higher yoy and 2.4% higher than the...
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Huddle celebrates biggest year in Government to date
Content collaboration platform provider, Huddle, has announced its “biggest year in Government to date”, stating that it has secured double the amount of contracts over the first eight months of its...
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iGate completes first year as a billion dollar player
Having subsumed the much larger Patni (see iGate seals Patni deal) and finally erasing the brand name altogether (see Bye bye, Patni), Fremont, California-headquartered (though India-centric) IT/BP...
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Intel suffers
Just heard Steve Shakespeare from Intel defending their positioning in Radio4. I know he has a job to do but sometimes admitting you have problems gives you more credibility and therefore gives us more...
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K3 warns on full year profits due to retail slide
K3 issued a pre-tax profits warning this morning, citing a drop in retail sector business and investment in its global retail Microsoft AX-based solution as the reasons why it will come in below market...
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RIP CRT
Today marks a momentous milestone in technology transition in the Miller household as we finally waved a fond farewell to the last remaining CRT TV in our home. And a magnificent beast it was too....
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SurveyMonkey joins the $1b Club
I knew I would find a work justification for the time I spend on Facebook. Being a ‘friend’ of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook since we had dinner together a couple of years back, it was her status update...
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UK tops Euro Tech buyer rankings
UK companies remained the dominant buyers in European tech M&A transactions last year despite a downturn in activity, according to latest data from corporate finance firm Regent Partners. North...
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Modest quarter for MindTree
Tier 2 India-based IT services firm MindTree moved the ball a little further forward on the top line in their 3rd quarter (to 31st Dec) with revenues up 6% yoy to $110m, 2.5% higher than the prior...
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Latest TechMarketView research
The TechMarketView research team hit the ground running in January, headlined by InfrastructureViews Research Director Kate Hanaghan’s insightful report that asks (and indeed answers) the question,...
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Make or Break: an evening with TechMarketView
Even if you didn't make the BAFTA shortlist this year you can still enjoy a stimulating evening at BAFTA, London, in the company of leading figures from across the UK software and IT services...
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Craneware's positive vibes
The minor wobble that Craneware, the provider of revenue integrity software to the US healthcare market, experienced this time last year has been stabilised. Trading in H1 (the six months to December...
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