SDLC still testing NCC (update)
I had a chat yesterday with NCC CEO, Rob Cotton, about the results and especially about SDLC (see SDLC still testing NCC). TechMarketView Foundation Services clients can read more here.
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Scandals - an update
Since publishing my Scandals post this morning, I’ve had quite a few emails pointing out that the IT sector in UK and US are just as scandal-ridden. Or, at least, has been in the past. I totally agree....
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TechMarketView round-up
One of the highlights of the research published by TechMarketView over the last fortnight is Research Director John O’Brien’s CompanyViews research note: Platform defines Cognizant’s BPS strategy. John...
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Michael Page: UK to remain challenging
Echoing peers’ recent pronouncements (e.g. see Hays – further UK cuts on private sector dip), UK-listed international recruitment firm Michael Page advised that the UK market will remain “challenging”...
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Logica dashes for more cash
Logica has just raised another $300m through an (oversubscribed) private placing of loan notes with nine (mostly US-based) institutional investors. Logica is awaiting the arrival of new CFO, Himanshu...
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Margins down, growth to slow at Infosys
They may have beat last quarter’s headline revenue and earnings guidance (though apparently missed market expectations), but second-ranked India-based IT/BP services firm, Infosys, turned in its worst...
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Amor aiming high with aviation buy
Amor Group, self-styled Scotland’s largest independent business technology solutions company, has made its latest acquisition (see Amor falls in love with DW), this time making a ‘multi-million pounds’...
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Lombard Risk secures important Société Générale contract
The situation at Lombard Risk continues to improve with the latest good news coming in the form of a global contract with Société Générale, for the COLLINE collateral management solution, worth over...
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Computacenter UK enthusiastic on services pipeline
There’s quite a lot of food for thought in today’s H1 trading update from Computacenter. The top line results are pleasing with 6% total revenue growth and 4% growth organically. We are also told...
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Government freezes NHS Microsoft spend
The NHS has been told to halt all but emergency purchases of Microsoft software whilst the coalition negotiates a pan-government deal with the supplier. According to our old friend Paul Kunert at The...
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I have now worked through the numbers (see Margins down, growth to slow at Infosys), spoken to management, and have posted an update for TechMarketView subscription service clients in UKHotViews Extra....
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Alterian ‘sorts’ new top team
As we said a few months ago (see Alterian will ‘sort it’), Keith Hamill, chairman of marketing software vendor, Alterian, had much to ‘sort’ with the troubled company, after multiple profit warnings...
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Convergence drives change within cloud and mobile environments
Interesting things happen when technologies intersect, things that impact the shape of the market. A recent conversation we had with Anite chief executive Christopher Humphrey about 4G developments in...
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Telcos dial up June tech M&A in Europe
The European tech M&A scene was dominated by activity in the telco sector last month, according to latest data from corporate finance firm, Regent. Major deals at Ericsson and Vimplecom were not...
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Monitise works its partnerships
In our share index update in May (see here) we noted that Monitise was one of a band of UK companies whose price was up due to improving results. The pre close trading update it issued today following...
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Santander hangs up on Mphasis
It looks like offshore BPO provider Mphasis (now a subsidiary of HP), is one of the losers in Santander’s decision to bring its call centre activities back to the UK (see Tide turning for offshore call...
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Rubicon crossed!
Well, we got that one right too! As we suggested earlier this year (see Rubicon yet to be crossed), CRM software player, Rubicon Software Group, is in effect going private, leaving its AIM-listed shell...
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EMIS H1 in line
GP software systems supplier EMIS Group issued an in line trading update for the six months ended 30 June, which shows that it has made solid progress in moving customers to its web-based system EMIS...
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KBC: contracts up but order book down
A mixed top line is evident from the latest trading update from oil and petrochemical software and consultancy provider KBC Technologies and lack of detail makes it’s hard to discern what is going on...
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Cloud transition working for StatPro Group
We watch companies who are transitioning to the cloud with particular interest because of the insight they provide into the growth of the cloud and impact on the market. StatPro Group, the asset...
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