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Access Group to access more SaaS clients with TeamSeer
Acquisitive Lyceum Capital-backed software and fledgling SaaS player Access Group has now made its ninth acquisition in the past year (see here and work back), this time snapping up staff planning and...
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IBM misses on Q1 targets
Last night IBM announced Q1 results (for the three months to end March), which showed revenue down 3% (at constant currency) to $23.4bn. Net income (operating non-GAAP) was up 3%. It was clearly a...
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Microsoft, Q3 and Windows
Microsoft had a pretty good Q3 in terms of the numbers but the real story of how it – and particularly Windows - is faring lies in the detail. Overall revenue was up 18% yoy to $20.49bn with net income...
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SAP repeats Q4 pattern in Q1
SAP started the year in good form with a rise in Q1 revenue but a slight decline in operating margin, repeating the pattern seen in Q4 (see here). However, it is significantly outperforming Oracle over...
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Wipro scrapes by
Now fourth-ranked India-based IT services firm Wipro just scraped in with prior guidance, seeing Q4 revenues (to 31st March) grow by 3% yoy to $1.59bn. As predicted (see Another muted quarter for...
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Atos chosen as MoD's Strategic Partner
Atos was confirmed on Friday as the Ministry of Defence’s new Defence Communications Networks Services Strategic Partner (DCNS SP). Atos is partnered with Vega, part of the Finmeccanica group, and...
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Clearwater searches the clouds for Cloudex 20:20
Software start-ups are invariably cloud-based because the model allows for fast and low cost market entry and utilises the latest technologies to deliver modern, agile and innovative offerings. In a...
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As avid UKHotViews readers know, TechMarketView’s analyst team publishes much more than just your daily HotViews email. We keep the really valuable, in-depth research and analysis tucked behind a...
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Mindtree closes a more profitable year
In the grand scheme of things, Bangalore-based IT services firm, Mindtree, turned in a quite respectable year, with headline revenues (to 31st March) up 8% at $436m. Profit performance was even more...
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TestPlant wins Queens' Award
Self-styled 'micronational' software testing tools firm, TestPlant has won a coveted Queen's Award for International Trade. The City of London-based firm is the only UK software and IT services that...
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TIG signs new US software deal
Insurance BPS player The Innovation Group (TIG) has signed a new £2.6m software deal with GuideOne Insurance Company, a niche US market insurer which provides cover for churches, education, home care...
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Aveva’s Enterprise Solutions breaks into profit
With the announcement that its Enterprise Solutions division has moved into profitability for the first time, Aveva is starting to enjoy the benefits of its extension into the information management...
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Capita acquires gamification player G2G3
Capita is not usually one for making 'left-field' acquisitions. But it has stepped way outside its usual BPS territory with its latest acquisition of simulation and virtual environments developer G2G3...
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Good start to the year for UK SITS M&A
The year got off to a good start for UK software and IT services (SITS) mergers and acquisitions, with 78 UK buyers and 93 UK sellers (including 60 domestic deals) making it the best first quarter...
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Sopra UK slips again
Punishing local market conditions continue to take their toll on the UK arm of Paris-based SI, Sopra Group, with revenues in the quarter to 31st March down another 3% yoy (like for like) at €21m....
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TestPlant expands with Facilita Software
Hot on the heels of the news of its Queens Award for Enterprise (see here) , TestPlant has expanded the business with the acquisition of fellow UK software testing provider Facilita Software...
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UK central government: the rise of 'digital'
TechMarketView’s PublicSectorViews team forecasts continuing declines in the UK central government SITS market over our forecast period. We doubt the level of cuts recently suggested by Rohan Silva,...
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Unit4 beats forecasts - grows in Q1
Despite the fact the two major SaaS contracts signed in the UK in Q1 – the Department for Transport shared services deal with Arvato and the London Tri-Borough shared services deal with BT– had no...
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Apple, ARM and Tales from SamsungLand
Holway in SamsungLand I’ve often thought that the best pointer to what is really going on is just to keep your eyes and ears open. The great general public is often a much better guide to what is...
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Blinkx eyes a better close to the year
Video search engine provider (and Autonomy spin-out) blinkx has closed FY12 (to 31st March) above prior expectations with revenues 71% higher at $196m rather than the $180-185m forecast in its February...
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