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NTT DATA seeing the ‘design light' from RMA
You may recall I was a little confused about the acquisition of Hampshire-headquartered, Adobe-focused bespoke solution design and development agency, RMA Consulting by NTT DATA last October (see...
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Anite expands testing capability with Propsim
Anite, the wireless and travel software solution provider, is broadening the base of its testing operations with the acquisition of the Propsim business from Elektrobit Corp of Finland. The €31m...
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Steady Aveva
Engineering data and design IT systems provider Aveva Group is still making steady progress, once again supported by activity in the oil and gas sector. The latest trading update points to good cash...
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SThree ‘making the best of it’
Gary Elden, newly appointed CEO of UK-headquartered international recruitment group SThree, (see SThree accelerates CEO transition) took a pragmatic view of the company’s prospects for 2013: “Whatever...
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Resurgent Yahoo!
Last May I wrote Whither Yahoo! bemoaning the fate of this once great company. In July we wrote Yahoo poaches Google exec for top job when Marissa Mayer joined. Yahoo was a company that had been...
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MooD International: agility, ‘right’ data, smarter decisions
As highlighted inSecurity opportunities in a cloud and mobile world, ramped up security is a constant companion to the newer technologies and business approaches they enable. So it was good to meet...
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2e2 hits the buffers
UK-headquartered mid-market IT services firm, 2e2, has called in the administrators after breaching banking covenants. The news was reported this morning by the beyond excellent (and incredibly well...
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Capgemini wins at Fife Council
With its UK central government revenues under pressure – particularly those related to its major HMRC Aspire contract – Capgemini has been keen to grow its business in other areas of the public sector,...
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Goodbye 2e2
You may think that the news that 2e2 has gone into administration (See 2e2 hits the buffers) doesn’t warrant the same attention as the failures at HMV, Comet or Jessops. But in our SITS sector it...
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Lockheed Martin IS&GS suffers from US federal IT budget cuts
Last week global defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, released its full year results to end December 2012. They showed an increase in net sales of 2% to $47.2b. Lockheed Martin’s new Chief Executive...
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More positive performance from Delcam
Delcam looks like it ended its financial year (to December 2012) on a high with a pre-close trading update indicating revenue of at least £47m and PBT of c£5m. That would be a 12% YoY revenue increase...
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VMware shares fall on 2013 outlook
VMware has released Q4 results that are in line with financial analyst expectations. However, the company said Q1 revenue would be in the $1.17b to $1.19b range – below the reported analysts' average...
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Amazon soars
The Holways are an ‘Amazon Family’. As I write, my wife is reading an ebook downloaded from the Amazon book store on her Kindle. We watch films from Lovefilm. Our first port of call for almost anything...
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EMC finishes a solid FY12
EMC has announced a solid financial performance for FY12. Revenue increased 9% over FY11 to reach $21.7b. Operating margin was 24.9%, 100 basis points higher than in 2011. For the fourth quarter,...
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Sopheon pulling ahead of expectations
Sopheon, the product lifecycle software and services provider, is still in a period of change as it acts to improve its operations and business performance following a disappointing FY11 but today’s...
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Totvs bounds ahead – within bounds
It was a pretty good year all in all for Brazilian (and Latin America) ERP leader, Totvs, at least on its home turf. Headline revenues for 2012 grew by 11% to R$1.41bn (c. £440m) essentially all...
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Unisys completes a year of ups and downs
Unisys has finished FY12 with improvements in its technology business, lifting shares 11% in after hours trading. FY12 has been a year of ups and downs and, after a challenging Q3 (see Unisys hit hard...
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LBB CentraStage - success with London Tri-Borough
As a result of our coverage of BT’s success on the Tri-Borough competition (see BT winner of London tri-borough deal), we were delighted to hear from one of TechMarketView’s Little British Battlers...
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Microsoft: refreshed subscription Office 365 - for consumers
Office 2013 and the refreshed Office 365 are now on general release, for consumers at any rate. Buyers will have to wait until February 27 for business versions and pricing. As one of Microsoft’s prime...
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CGI: First full quarter Logica impact
Canadian headquartered CGI– home of Logica since 20th August 2012 – has released its Q1 results for FY13 (to end January). The results show the first full quarter impact of the Logica acquisition. And...
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