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Massive Analytic: big data for mere mortals
Massive Analytic is an early stage company but one worthy of on-going attention due to its focus on automation, optimisation and visualisation which have the potential to address some of the adoption...
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New man minds Mindtree UK/EU
The first time I met local management of Bangalore-based IT services ‘minor’ Mindtree was almost four years ago. I wrote then “It seems to me that Mindtree is ready to shed its cloak of (near)...
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Salesforce.com hits $1bn quarter milestone
Salesforce.com reported Q3 results last night and the market wasn’t quite sure how to take them, with the share price rising c1% initially before dropping c3%. The cloud pure-play is still moving ahead...
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Women at the Top
Everytime I discuss with women why there aren’t more women at the very top in UK companies, I get the same response. The last thing they want is ‘quotas’. They want the appointment to be made totally...
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Paythru – new angle in a growth market
As mobile systems drive more and more retail transactions, we are pleased to welcome Paythru to the LBB programme. Paythru brings a new approach to mobile commerce. Many companies focus purely on the...
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Field force automation holds promise for LBB Kirona
Ten-year old Kirona is a Little British Battler (LBB) that has a promising future in the ‘field force automation’ market. Kirona impressed us with its end-to-end approach to field force automation that...
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Ideagen buys way into financial services sector
With the acquisition of information management software solution provider Pentana Limited, announced this morning, Ideagen has launched itself into another vertical market. The compliance-based...
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iGate to exit emerging markets
Ashok Vemuri, new president and CEO of California-headquartered but India-centric IT services firm iGate, is putting his stamp on the firm with the announcement at a recent investor conference that...
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NEW research: Steria & SSCL - a pivotal deal
At the beginning of the month Steria confirmed that it had won a ten-year contract with the UK Cabinet Office to set up a joint venture called Shared Services Connected Ltd (SSCL). SSCL will provide...
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Octopus leaves £3.8m on back seat of Kabbee
Forget banking and games (or maybe not) – the place to be for mobile apps is taxi booking. While much of the glory has so far gone to ‘black cab’ booking service Hailo, investor attention has also...
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Capita extends Southampton IT/BP deal
Southampton City Council is extending its existing IT/BP contract with Capita for a further five years taking the long-term partnership through to September 2022. Capita will continue to run the...
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UK tech VC funding drifts down
Venture capital investment in UK/Irish tech companies fell for a second successive quarter, to £178m, about 3% lower yoy and 8% down on the prior period, according to latest data from corporate finance...
View ArticleCharteris clarification
Can I make it clear that Stephen Vaughan (who many readers will know from his days at EDS, Synstar and Communisis) was only appointed as Chairman of Charteris in July 13. At that point the share price...
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Intercede reports best ever half year
Intercede, the identity management software provider, reported positive results for its H113, ending 30 September 2013, in line with its trading update in September (see: Intercede: investments paying...
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PAC seeks NAO oversight on major Government contracts
After last week’s reports by the National Audit Office (NAO) into how Government can better manage its big suppliers (see here), the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) called in senior execs of...
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Autodesk see more profits due to lower costs
Autodesk’s Q314 turned out slightly better than recent quarters with an increase in operating margin ( from 6% to 12%) and net profit (up from $29.4m to $57.6m) but much of this was down to lower costs...
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Earthport – transforming cross-border payments
Earthport, the AIM-listed cross-border payments service provider, today announced full year results to June 2013, showing revenue up 37% to £4.1m and losses falling by 23% to £6.5m. After a placing...
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Instant recall moments
Earlier this week I was having a discussion with the ‘young’ winners at the Prince’s Trust Employee Awards. I asked about what ‘Events’ in their lives had triggered ‘instant recall’. An “I remember...
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Instem gets Perceptive
With its latest acquisition, Instem is broadening its footprint once again and moving into an adjacent area as it plays its small part in consolidating the fragmented life sciences IT market – and...
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Serco’s UK boss Jeremy Stafford resigns
Serco has now confirmed the resignation of Jeremy Stafford, CE of UK & Europe, after several weeks of speculation (see here). Stafford will 'pursue other opportunities outside Serco’. Meanwhile,...
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