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Oracle acquires FatWire to boost customer-facing tools
The latest target for serial acquirer Oracle is web experience management vendor FatWire Software. Oracle has entered into an agreement with the company and expects the deal to close in mid 2011,...
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Ten years since Accenture’s IPO
Accenture will be marking its ten years as a public company next month on 19 July, CEO Pierre Nanterme told investors on its Q3 analyst call. In that time, Accenture’s shares have quadrupled from an...
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Liberata restructuring puts it on path to stability
Local government BPO provider Liberata completed a challenging turnaround in 2010, which culminated in a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Endless LLP (see Liberata under new ownership)....
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Oracle: apps and database rise, hardware drops
Despite strong growth in its applications, and database and middleware business lines the rosy glow of Oracle’s Q4 2011 results (for the period ended 31 May) was dulled by a 6% fall in hardware product...
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Facebook - Tomorrow the World
A few weeks back there were headline reports of Facebook losing customers in May 11– 6m in the US, 100,000 in the UK. The figures were from a fairly dubious source and Facebook immediately refuted...
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TechMarketView round-up
The highlight of last week’s research from TechMarketView was the UK SITS Rankings 2011 report, which ranks the top 60 UK software and IT services providers based on their 2010 financial performance....
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Public sector spending cuts hurt Triad
Troubled IT staff agency (ITSA) and would-be location intelligence software provider Triad has had another tough year. Cuts in public sector spending contributed to a 14% decline in revenue for the...
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iPad - Today the World
After writing Facebook – Tomorrow the World earlier, I read iPad domination to continue in StrategyEye. I’m sure the news that Q3 iPad shipments would be c14.4m against analyst estimates of 10m-12m...
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UK provider of e-learning software and consultancy services, ILX Group, had a mixed year for the period ending 31 March 2011. The good news of 9% overall revenue growth to £12.89m, was dampened by the...
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Google pulls the plug on Google Health and PowerMeter
We were surprised to read in Google’s blog on Friday that it is “retiring” Google Health and Google PowerMeter because they “didn’t catch on in the way [it] would have hoped”. The two products were...
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Serco on track for FY11
Serco, the support services and BPO giant, confirmed it is on track to achieve “good organic revenue growth” in FY11, and to meet its previously stated FY12 target of £5b revenue and adjusted operating...
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Capita expands relationship with Lambeth Council
In May, Capita stated that some of its hottest opportunities were in the local government sector (see Capita: slow but improving picture). In an example of how Capita is using its muscle to gain a...
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C&W Worldwide CEO departs on profit warning
Things are going from bad to worse at troubled Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&WW). Chairman John Pluthero has stepped in to replace Jim Marsh as CEO with immediate effect, after warning that...
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Apple service
We sometimes use HotViews to 'sound off' when the service we get is not up to the mark. Today I had the opposite experience. The headphone jack on my iPad stopped working. To be honest, I thought it...
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Winners and losers in Brazilian IT services
I bet you’ve been wondering why you haven’t heard from me for this past week or so. Well, it’s because I’m back once again in a country that’s starting to look more and more like my second home –...
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Money for Nothing but the Chicks aren't Free - the IPO
In the sad little lives that tech analysts lead, inventing a good headline for your story can brighten your day. Back in March 10 I was particularly proud of Money for Nothing but your chicks aren’t...
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Google+
So Google is to make yet another attack on the social networking market. Google+ is their fifth attempt – the latest flop being Buzz. There are some good features of Google+. Circles allows you to...
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Steria extends Cleveland deal
Steria has officially signed off on an extension of its largest contract to date at Cleveland Police Authority (CPA) – (see Steria could benefit from police cuts at Cleveland) that will see it commit...
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Anite shows a happy wireless face but travel still frowns
The divergence between the wireless and travel sides of the Anite business continues with full year results (for the period ending 30 April 2011) showing wireless romping away while travel went...
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Microsoft Office 365 live - finally
Everything is in place for the online productivity suite battle between Microsoft and Google now that Microsoft has moved its Office 365 programme from beta into live mode. Customers have waited a long...
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