Goodbye Atari
Looks like 2013 is shaping up to be a Year of Goodbyes. We’ve already had Comet, Jessops and HMV in the UK and today, Atari has filed for bankruptcy in the US. Do you remember Pong and Asteroids?...
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Little British Battler Event candidates announced
We are delighted to announce the names of the first ten of the twelve ‘Little British Battlers’ whose top teams will be meeting TechMarketView at the second LBB event to be held on 12th February. They...
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ReThink rethinks profits
Having previously warned on FY results back in September (see ReThink rethinks FY outlook) and then just week dispensed with the services of its founding CEO (see ReThink rethinks CEO), AIM-listed IT...
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RIM seismic change
A year ago, RIM appointed a new CEO, Thorsten Heins, and I wrote a post ‘RIM needs a seismic change’. It appeared to me that Heins did not understand the size of the problem RIM faced. As a long term...
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SciSys full year in line
Software and services provider SciSys said FY12 EBITDA profits will be in line with expectations, after continuing to see an improving margin performance in the second half of 2012. In H1, SciSys’...
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UK boost keeps Mastek steady
The UK is once again the primary revenue source for India-headquartered IT services firm Mastek, after a quarter which saw US revenues decline by 8% vs a 10% gain in the UK. At the headline level,...
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Final Little British Battler Event candidates announced
We are delighted to announce the names of the remaining two ‘Little British Battlers’ (see Little British Battler Event candidates announced) whose top teams will be meeting TechMarketView at the...
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Ideagen juggles sectors and acquisitions
Alongside its half year results, Ideagen Plc announced its intention to become a force for compliance-based information management among regulated industries in the UK. Not content with that, it is...
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InterQuest parts company with COO
After trumpeting his appointment less than a year ago, AIM-listed IT recruitment group InterQuest has parted company with COO and board member Gary Goldsmith with immediate effect. Goldsmith joined...
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NetCall in line at half time
Strong momentum at the start of NetCall’s financial year (see NetCall confident of a successful year) has continued through the first half with trading for the period to 31 December ‘comfortably in...
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Further to my post RIM Seismic change, RIM shares have, not unexpectedly, opened up another 11%. That's a 48% gain since 1st Jan 13 and a 175% gain since they hit a low of $6.41 in Sept 12.
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Ubisenses FY revenue shortfall
After reporting steeper losses in the first half of last year (see Ubisenses a steeper half-time loss), Cambridge-based, ‘real-time locations solutions’ company Ubisense confirmed that FY revenues (to...
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Google exceeds expectations
Google shares rose 5% in after hours trading as it reported better than expected results for Q412. Revenues were up a pretty impressive 33% although profits grew a more modest 7% yoy. For FY12 as a...
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Apple plays to the bears
I was watching Bloomberg tonight in the run up to the Apple results announcement with the ‘pundits’ all forecasting their first profits reversal. The moment the release reported ‘record profits of...
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Brady boosted by acquisitions
Recent acquisitions helped Brady to a confident year end update. The trading, risk management and settlement software provider said EBITDA excluding exceptional costs for the year ended 31 December...
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BT winner of London tri-Borough deal
BT has been revealed as the winner of the ‘tri-borough’ contract with three central London authorities (thought to be worth about £25m in its current form). The five year deal has the potential to be...
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CA Technologies: the black among the red?
CA Technologies’ new CEO Michael Gregoire (see here) had the task of releasing Q3 results for fiscal 2013 less than three weeks after taking up the top seat, but as all action happened before his watch...
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IBM grows profits on flat revenue
IBM’s shares rose 4% in after hours trading after the firm announced its Q4 and full-year financial results for 2012. Q4 revenue was flat* at $29.3bn, with operating income (non-GAAP) up 10% to $6.1bn....
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Lumesse - closing the loop
A fortnight ago, I reported on the very significant changes at Lumesse where Chris Stone (ex of Northgate) joined as an interim CEO. It all seemed a little strange to me to appoint an ‘robust’ interim...
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No edge apparent at Sage yet
Sage Group’s new financial year has begun in much the same way its last one ended (see here) with diversity of performance across the regions evident but overall performance in line with expectations ....
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