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Capgemini holds UK ranking too (probably)
Reflecting much of the tone of archrival Atos Origin’s results yesterday (see Atos holds UK ranking – probably), Capgemini also saw UK revenues shrink a little in 2010, by 1% to some £1.64b. This...
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Capita renews Teacher’s Pension and MetLife contracts
Capita is putting out some good news ahead of its full year results next week, with the announcement that it has won a £120m 10 year extension with insurer MetLife Europe, and has been selected...
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Dell beats Q4 expectations, but questions remain
While all the press reports have focused on how well Dell performed in Q4 and FY10 – indeed its share price shot up 12% following the announcement – we have concerns. Services grew by just 1% to $1.9b...
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Swings and roundabouts (and a little fence-sitting) at Anite
It’s a case (as ever) of Wireless up and Travel down at software ‘business of two halves’, Anite. Wireless division orders, revenues and (adjusted) operating profits in Q3 (to 31st Jan) were better...
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Capgemini CEO seen as ‘the Indian guy’
Interesting interview in India’s Economic Times with Capgemini CEO, Paul Hermelin, in which he talks about growing their offshore workforce to around half the total. Today, some 35% of Capgemini’s...
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‘Last sword hanging over Mahindra Satyam removed’
Those words were the reported tweet from Mahindra & Mahindra chairman, Anand Mahindra, after Mahindra Satyam finally settled the $125m US class action suit arising from the Raju scandal. The...
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Craneware trusts Claim Trust
One of our favourite ‘Little Scottish Battlers’, Edinburgh-based but entirely US healthcare-focused Craneware, has made its first acquisition, that of US-based SaaS revenue cycle software player,...
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Onwards and upwards for IDBS
We like to think that we were among the first to ‘discover’ Guildford-based pharma industry data analytics firm IDBS when we met up with founding CEO (and 100% owner), Neil Kipling, about a year ago...
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Logica wins €300m business process services contract with Shell
Logica has landed its second big (£100m+) UK deal since January (see Logica gets serious about crime – and Azure) announcing a €300m business process services (BPS) contract with Anglo-Dutch oil giant...
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Yesterday, NCC, the IT security and testing firm, announced that its Finance director John Gittins is to leave on Feb 25th after just six months with the company.NCC said its board has taken the...
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Social fixer
Having been a co-founder of the Technology Leadership Group back in 2002, I’ve just been made Chairman of all the Leadership Groups at the Prince’s Trust. Collectively they have over 170 members and...
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TechMarketView round-up
It’s been another hectic week for press coverage with Anthony Miller quoted in the FT on Micro Focus’s woes (see Micro Focus tumbles after forecasts cut); Information Age referencing John O’Brien’s...
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2010 - Another great year for SITS stocks
Investors‘ love affair with UK SITS (software and IT services) stocks continued throughout 2010, a year in which the benchmark FTSE SCS (software and computer services) index rose by 23%. Though...
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Can you help us?
To say that TechMarketView is really motoring at the moment is somewhat of an understatement. We have been adding major top tier customers to our paid for subscriber base at a faster rate than at any...
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CSR merges with Zoran
CSR is not exactly in our SITS sector but it interests me on a number of levels. Firstly, it is a relatively rare example of a UK HQed tech company with a global status. Secondly, it is a good example...
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Sopra shows smaller can be smarter
They may be the junior member of their peer group, but Paris-based Sopra showed its much larger French rivals Capgemini and Atos a clean pair of heels on both top line growth and margins. FY revenues...
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iSOFT extends ‘iSOFT7’ contract
Embattled Australian healthcare application provider, iSOFT, has extended its contract for patient (PAS) and clinical administration systems with seven NHS trusts in London and the south of England for...
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Rubicon yet to be crossed
We don’t usually write about AIM-listed CRM software player, Rubicon, as you’d need a magnifying glass to find them. But I mention them as yet another example of a company that would surely be better...
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UK local government SITS supplier landscape
The UK local government SITS supplier landscape is dominated by IT and business services players that continue to benefit from the steady flow of revenues attributable to the raft of multimillion and...
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iPad2 next week
Knowing what our readers are really interested in is one of the joys of HotViews. Sure, we know that you make your living from enterprise software, outsourcing and BPO, but your passion is with all...
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