Ideagen benefits from targeted expansion
With its clear focus on information management for regulated industries, Ideagen has found itself a solid niche. Having firmly rooted itself, it has been able to expand the scope of the business into...
View ArticleMicrosoft to replace Windows 8?
Yesterday I was called by Murad Ahmed of The Times for my views on the very widespread ‘rumour’ that Microsoft is planning to distance itself from Windows 8 at its ‘Build’ Conference in April 14 by...
View ArticleQuindell’s cup runneth over
Rob Terry, founder and CEO of buy-and-build insurance business process services player Quindell, is not one for just blowing his own trumpet – he usually brings along the whole orchestra! Such is the...
View ArticleSecureData makes it acquisition number two
August Equity-backed, SecureData, has completed the acquisition of security consultancy, SensePost. SensePost provides training, security assessments, consultancy and security research. Terms of the...
View ArticleUK still growing for PageGroup
The upbeat view of the UK recruitment market alluded to by Hays last week (see Hays sees faster UK growth) was reiterated by much smaller rival PageGroup (aka Michael Page International), which...
View ArticleBig data poised to break through at WANdisco
There was an impressive Q4 update from big data and distributed software development enabler WANdisco this morning – Q4 subscription bookings up 71% yoy to $4.3m, bringing the total to for full year to...
View ArticleMargin bounce-back at WNS
Mumbai-based business process services (BPS) pure-play WNS vastly improved profitability last quarter albeit aided by the ongoing tailwind from a weak Rupee. Adjusted operating margins expanded by...
View ArticleNIIT treads water ahead of major contract win
New Delhi-based NIIT Technologies appeared on our radar with the appointment of ex-Infosys UK head Sudhir Chaturvedi as COO a few months back (see here). Revenues in Q3 held rock steady at Rs5.9bn...
View ArticlePredictions 2014 – Race for Change (Subscribers’ Edition)
As a special New Year bonus to all TechMarketView subscription service clients, we are making available a consolidated and expanded compendium of all of the Predictions 2014 articles that the...
View ArticleRedefining the IT, software and computer services sector as 'Creative'
Back in Apr 13, the DCMS put out a Consultation Paper on proposed changes to the way that the Creative Industries in the UK were classified and measured. Basically, the DCMS wanted to see ‘the best...
View ArticleServelec serves up positive update
At the beginning of December, Servelec Group joined the main market of the London Stock Exchange (see Servelec joins the main party). Today – only a month since joining - sees its first post year-end...
View ArticleComputacenter FY13 “slightly ahead” of expectations
In a pre-close statement, Computacenter has said FY13 (to end December 2013) will be “slightly ahead” of the Board's previous expectations for the year. Group revenue grew 3%, while services...
View ArticleDeutsche Börse buys Impendium to aid compliance
The Market Data and Services division of Deutsche Börse has bought the UK-based Impendium Systems and its Elements regulatory compliance platform. The Elements platform analyses and checks the trading...
View ArticleExperian Trading Update and Management Change
Experian has reported today on what appears to be a satisfactory third quarter’s trading performance. Overall growth was 7% (with organic growth of 5%).compared with a 6% revenue growth throughout the...
View ArticleHCL passes $5bn run-rate milestone
Another record broken at Chennai-based offshore services firm HCL Technologies with revenues crossing the $5bn mark (trailing 12 months) for the first time. Headline revenues for the December 2013...
View ArticleLawrie invites HCL to the CSC party
It’s a bold move and if it were anyone else’s idea but Mike Lawrie’s I would have called it foolhardy. CSC has opened its doors and invited in Chennai-based offshore services firm HCL Technologies to...
View ArticleNothing quiet about H1 for NCC
Escrow and assurance provider NCC Group powered through H1 (to November 30 2013) and was able to deliver double-digit growth on an organic basis as well as overall, making the period one of the...
View ArticlePerformance remains in line for Craneware
A brief half year trading update from Scottish Craneware, who provides revenue integrity solutions to the US healthcare market, indicates it is continuing to pull in business despite the challenges in...
View ArticlePilat Media under offer from SintecMedia
In a move that will consolidate two providers in the specialist media content management and process sector, Pilat Media, has agreed to an acquisition by SintecMedia and wholly owned subsidiary Sintec...
View ArticleTribal dances its way to the end of FY13
The positive updates keep coming from Tribal Group, the systems and solutions provider to the education, learning and training markets (see Tribal still on track). This time its trading update ahead of...
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