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Lively software IPO scene in Brazil
While we struggle to bring UK tech firms to the public markets, there seems to be a far greater appetite for such IPOs in Brazil. In the past few weeks, two indigenous software firms have launched on...
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Newbury-based Arieso locates new home in California
Nasdaq-listed, California-headquartered optical networking products and services company JDS Uniphase (JDSU) has acquired Newbury-based ‘location intelligence’ software developer Arieso for $85m cash....
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Seasonal slowdown at Anite - but still ahead
Anite is confident that it will end its fiscal year in line with expectations despite a quiet Q3, following a H1 that was impacted by lumpiness in travel division revenue and the currency translation...
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Steady month for European tech M&A deal flow
There was little change in the number of tech M&A transactions in Europe in February though the rolling three month average aggregate deal value rose to $20.4bn, boosted by the $23.3bn Liberty...
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Blackberry rises on renewed takeover talk
Further to my Jan post Lenovo expresses an interest in RIM, Blackberry shares bounced another 14% yesterday as Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo’s CEO , commented again that acquiring Blackberry “could eventually...
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Computacenter’s year of ‘growing pains’
Such was the way that Greg Lock, chairman of the Europe’s largest reseller/services company, Computacenter, described 2012. The ‘pain’ as such was mainly confined to Germany (‘wrong sort of contracts’...
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K3’s falls on retail and investment double punch
K3Business Technology Group warned of a full year profits miss earlier this year (see here) and today’s H1 results provide insight into what is happening within the business which has been hit by a...
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Linx goes shopping
I mentioned yesterday about the seemingly buoyant market for software IPOs in Brazil (see here). Well, one of the recent IPO’s, retail sector ERP firm Linx, is starting to make good use of the funds...
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Salesforce borrows to stoke the boilers
Well, what’s a billion dollars between friends? That’s the amount that Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Mark Benioff is tapping the market for (and maybe $150m more) in exchange for convertible loan...
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SDL fights back with additional investment
Following a mixed year, SDL is taking a deep breath and increasing investment in sales and marketing, and research and development in order to rejuvenate the overall business. This is a major statement...
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Adecco ends year with UK IT downturn
Revenues from UK IT recruitment at Zurich-headquartered global staffing giant Adecco fell by 7% (constant currency – ccy) in the final quarter of last year, a steeper decline than the rest of Adecco’s...
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Autonomy case moves up a gear
The HP/Autonomy/Mike Lynch debacle has moved up a gear. Earlier this week, in a SEC filing, HP stated that the Serious Fraud Office had opened an investigation on 6th Feb 13. This is the first time...
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BAE Systems Detica bags FCO SIAM contract
BAE Systems Detica has been selected as preferred bidder for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s Service Management Integration (SMI) framework. This is the first independent SIAM (Service...
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Capita takes on 2e2’s IT support at Barnet
Capita is the latest beneficiary of 2e2’s recent demise, taking on emergency IT support at Barnet Council. It follows last week’s transfer of 2e2 business and staff to rival Logicalis (see 2e2 finds...
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Samsung takes Apple's crown
Probably wrong to make the journalist ‘the story’, but earlier tonight I was called by Murad Armed at The Times for my views on the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch tomorrow. What was newsworthy is that...
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Statpro Revolution costs going north
AIM-listed asset management portfolio analysis provider, StatPro hit the full year 2012 numbers as expected (see Statpro on track with cloud move), although hardly a blistering performance. Top line...
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Do you have what it takes to be a TechMarketView research director?
We are yet again looking to expand our portfolio of research services and want to recruit a research director-level analyst who can produce insightful analysis and opinion on the market for software...
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Tribal Group: technology key to services growth
The financial year (to end Dec 2012) results of Tribal Group had been pre-empted by a trading update last week (see Tribal profits ahead of expectations). As expected revenues increased (up 7% to...
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How 2e2 Isle of Man became Argon Technologies
With all the drama and disappointment surrounding the collapse of 2e2, we were both surprised and delighted to hear a good news story about how part of the business was rescued from certain demise by a...
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Eligible TechMarketView subscription service clients can download the latest edition of OffshoreViewswith our concise review of the UK performance of the major India-centric IT services firms in 2012...
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