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Salesforce.com and the app store movement
There has been a lot of fevered writing over the last few days about Salesforce.com increasing the price it charges to security review paid-for applications on its AppExchange. The fee will rise from...
View ArticleTechMarketView July Review
July saw no let up for our busy team of analysts. From our Foundation Service Anthony Miller published the quarterly IndustryViewsCorporate Activity - Q2 2013 report, assessing corporate activity in...
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A tale of two smartphone makers
Blackberry today all but threw in the towel; issuing a statement saying that it had formed a committee to consider “possible joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, a sale of the company...
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Sprightly start for ‘new’ Tech Mahindra
Recently rebadged Mumbai-based Tech Mahindra (see And the new brand is … Tech Mahindra!) kicked off its new FY at a sprightly pace, with headline revenues for the consolidated business in Q1 (to 30th...
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CentraStage celebrates Sogeti contract
We’re always pleased to see our ‘Little British Battlers’ (LBBs) punching above their weight in their respective fields, so it’s great to see that CentraStage, one of our inaugural LBBs, has signed a...
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Geographical 'swings and roundabouts' at PageGroup
They may be shilly-shallying over the name change, but not on the business strategy. Management at UK-headquartered international recruitment firm PageGroup (aka Michael Page International) still has...
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Sanderson builds out in ecommerce
Sanderson Group, who has been mooting the idea of acquisitions for some time now, has started to act with the all-cash purchase of Rugby-based ecommerce software provider Catan Marketing for a maximum...
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Tribal shows steady growth in H1
Tribal Group’s first half results to 30th June 2013 show a steady growth in its home UK market and encouraging growth in its chosen international markets. The company reported increases in adjusted...
View ArticleIcahn takes large stake in Apple
Further to my post yesterday on rumours of new Apple products for release on 10th Sept 13 (See A tale of two smartphone makers) Apple shares rose nearly 5% today on news that activist Carl Icahn had...
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Good Progress at Gresham
Gresham Computing, the specialist provider of software for transaction reconciliation and management, today reported half-year revenues up 23% to £6.44m, continued good news on the contract front and a...
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Khalda De Souza joins TechMarketView as Principal Analyst
We are delighted to announce that Khalda De Souza has joined TechMarketView as a Principal Analyst to support the Public Sector research stream. Khalda comes to us from Gartner, where she was a...
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New wins provide a boost for Pilat Media
With three new contracts signed off (together with new deals signed earlier in the year) UK-based Pilat Media expects revenue for FY13 to be ahead of 2012, and operating costs too despite the new...
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Wake up to Facebook in the UK
Facebook has just issued some pretty interesting figures relating to its use in the UK. 24 million people in the UK check into Facebook everyday. For many it's the first thing they check when they...
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Capita & CGI amongst smart meter winners
We have reported heavily over the past couple of years on the procurement by the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) for data and communication services to be contracted to a new GB wide...
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Cisco warns
Last time we reported on Cisco it was in terms of ‘record profits and record revenues’ in their Q3 (ending 30h Apr 13). Q4 (quarter ending 31st July 13) was actually pretty much in line with...
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Dell's curate's egg
Well, you never know, this might be the last time we report on a quarterly results announcement from Dell. It looks like Michael Dell/SilverLake Go Private deal is moving towards ‘victory’ (whether...
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HP Enterprise Services: A mountain to climb
HP is the leading provider of Software and IT Services (SITS) in the UK market. In 2012 it generated UK SITS revenues of £3.2b, representing a 5% decline on the previous year. Excluding software and...
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Lenovo overtakes HP as #1 PC vendor
Wouldn’t normally cover Lenovo’s results but IDC yesterday announced that they had overtaken HP as the world’s #1 in terms of PC shipments in Q2. HP has been #1 for as long as I can remember. Mind you...
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No change at Micro Focus
The return of £90m to shareholders (60p/share) demonstrates good operational cash generation and will keep Micro Focus shareholders happy but the company still needs to work on its growth metrics. It...
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UK tech VC investment plummets
The aggregate amount of VC investment in UK and Irish tech firms plummeted last quarter to £192m, 35% lower than in Q2 2012, according to latest data from corporate finance firm, Ascendant. However,...
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