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Swinstead takes tighter grip on Parity reins
Parity, the (now) AIM-listed IT recruitment firm-cum-digital media agency aspirant, continues to pursue its digital dream (see Parity 'places' digital media cards on the table), to which end returning...
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Are you looking to sell into Brazil?
Just a reminder that the São Paulo-based Institute of Software Technology (ITS) is holding an event in London on Wednesday 13 November 2013 to give an opportunity for UK tech companies to meet...
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Launch of FinancialServicesViews
Today, TechMarketView is pleased to announce the launch of FinancialServicesViews, its research stream dedicated to the coverage of the Software and IT Services (SITS) market in the UK Banking,...
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ReThink rethinks Aiimi
The signals were pretty clear in September’s half-time results that the recently reimagined ‘Talent Management-led services business’ ReThink Group (see ReThink rethinks meaning of life) would throw...
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Invitation to the Exchange 2013
Knowledge Peers, run by ex-Ovum CEO Chris Dines, is holding a major conference, The Exchange 2013, at the KIA Oval on 28 November. It’s focused on the many ways in which technology is driving change in...
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NAO urges mature approach to supplier management
Yesterday the National Audit Office (NAO) published two memoranda: one on the role of major contracts in the delivery of public services, and one on managing government suppliers. UK Government’s...
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Rackspace Q3 margins squeezed
Rackspace yesterday announced that net revenue for Q3 (to end September) was up 3.4% (guidance was 2% to 3.5%) to $389m. That represents 16% growth over Q3 in 2012. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the...
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Smooth ‘Promoter’ transition for Hexaware
The transfer of control (as in change of 'Promoter', in effect lead shareholder) of Mumbai-headquartered IT and BPO services firm Hexaware to Baring Private Equity Asia (see here) appears not to have...
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Vodafone declines in H1
Vodafone saw Group revenue decline 3.2% (on a management basis) to £22bn for the six months to end September. H1 EBITDA was down 4.1% to £6.6bn. Tough economic conditions in Europe are taking their...
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183 suppliers listed on Digital Services Framework
183 suppliers have been successful in gaining a place on the Government’s Digital Services Framework, which has just been published. According to the Cabinet Office, 84% of the suppliers on the...
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Boring
Must admit the headline in The Times today “Warships propel Babcock to ‘Boring’ class of its own” brought a smile to my face. Peter Rogers, Babcock’s CEO, had said that the key was his company’s...
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SCC targeting 46% growth
Further to our note on SCC’s FY13 (see SCC reveals "stable" FY13 numbers), we have spent some time with James Rigby, MD of the UK business. For context, the SCC brand was part of the SCH Group, which...
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Ubisense senses contract slipping to the right
It’s always a disappointment when a major contract gets delayed, more so at year end. Such is the case at AIM-listed, Cambridge-based ‘real-time location intelligence’ products and services company...
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Xchanging still chasing too many dreams?
It was good to see a broadly positive trading update from the previously much troubled UK-headquartered business process services firm Xchanging, following on from a generally improving half-time...
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CGI FY13: UK revenues decline
CGI has released its fourth set of results since the acquisition of Logica on 20th August 2012...which means next quarter we’ll be able to do a true like-for-like comparison of year-on-year...
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Cisco shares tumble after revenue warning
Cisco yesterday announced Q1 revenue growth of 2% year-on-year to $12.1bn – which was below management expectations. The company had previously issued a warning during Q4 results that pushed shares...
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Gary Bullard appointed Logicalis CEO
Following the announcement that long-standing CEO, Ian Cook, will be retiring in February 2014, Datatec-owned Logicalis has said Gary Bullard will take up the leadership role. Cook will be staying on...
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IBM bolsters BYOD
IBM’s already extensive MobileFirst portfolio of software and services is being expanded again, with the proposed purchase of cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) software provider Fiberlink...
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judo scores Countrywide win
judo, a small company spun out of Paymentsense, the UK Merchant Service Provider to concentrate on mobile commerce technology, has just won a major contract with Countrywide, the UK’s largest estate...
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Serco ‘warns’ on 2014
There was a certain air of understatement when Serco acting CEO Ed Casey alluded to “challenging” market conditions in his trading update for the reputation-tarnished business process services firm....
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