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Managed services growth slows at Colt
It was not a propitious start to the year for the rebranded and ‘re-missioned’ telco-cum-infrastructure ‘Deliverer’, Colt (see Colt to stand and deliver!). Headline revenues at half-time (to 30th June)...
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Microgen experiences growth and resilience
The degree of separation between Microgen’s two business divisions is becoming more marked as its BPM line moves ahead in terms of the contribution it makes to the business, while the legacy financial...
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Huddle ‘secures’ more growth potential in UK Government
Cloud based enterprise collaboration and content management platform provider, Huddle, has announced another significant milestone in its relationship with UK Government. As we have previously...
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Computacenter on Swiss roll
Europe’s leading IT reseller-cum-services player, Computacenter, has made its first foray into Switzerland, acquiring control of Swiss IT service provider DAMAX AG. Computacenter had previously...
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UK Zeus bought by US Riverbed
Interesting to learn that the UK’s Zeus Technology has been bought by Riverbed Technology for “$110m in cash and up to an additional $30m based on the achievement of certain bookings targets”. Pretty...
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Patsystems aims to boost critical mass with Mixit acquisition
There’s a stirring of activity at Patsystems, the AIM-listed derivatives-trading software company, the latest of which is the announcement that it plans to acquire US-based Mixit, a provider of...
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Bellwethers
I’m not quite sure that there really are tech bellwethers anymore. Our ‘Diversity of Performance’ theme of the last 5+ years has shot that to pieces. For example, Nokia was the smartphone ‘bellwether’...
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IFS: High valuations could scupper M&A plans
It looks like it was a case of ‘steady as she goes’ in H1/Q2 (to end June) for Swedish ERP vendor, IFS Group. After taking account of the strength of the Swedish krona relative to other major...
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Dell networks with 'The Force'
Dell continues on the acquisition trail, buying privately-held, California-based network products and services reseller, Force10 Networks. Terms were not disclosed, but Dell said that Force10 was on a...
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Nokia slumps again
In my Bellwether note this morning I remarked that five years back Nokia would have been the mobile and smartphone bellwether but no more. Nokia’s half year results just published, show how true that...
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VMware soars on the cloud
When VMware released its Q2 2011 results the other day the figures were impressive in their own right but they were also clear evidence of the momentum around cloud computing and the importance of...
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Timothy to chair DigiPoS
Further to our 7th July 11 report DigiPos joins Jon Moulton’s stable when Better Capital invested £21m in the company, it came as little surprise to learn today that Fiona Timothy has been appointed as...
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WNS delivers solid Q1
Offshore BPO pure play WNS beat revenue expectations for Q1, and reversed a 2.5% decline in the previous quarter (see WNS finally sees the light). Revenue less repair payments for the quarter ended 30...
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Brazil – Opportunity for some!
TechMarketView’s intrepid managing partner, Anthony Miller, recently returned to Brazil to catch up with some of the movers and shakers in the IT services market. He found that not every player has...
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RM warns on full year
Shares slumped 14% in RM after the educational product and services supplier warned that it will likely miss expectations for the full year ending 30 September, because of continued difficult trading...
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The Israeli connection
While UKHotViews readers know well enough how much I like to wax lyrical about Brazil (see Brazil – Opportunity for some!), it’s not the only market that’s really buzzing. I caught up again this week...
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Will UK follow US outsourcing decline?
On yesterday’s (as ever) excellent concall from sourcing advisor TPI, EMEA head, Duncan Aitchison, called out a steep decline in US outsourcing “as broad as it is deep”. In TPI’s view, the outsourcing...
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Capita: H1 revenue falls short (update)
There was a lot more to say about Capita’s first half results (see here), after listening to CE Paul Pindar and other senior management discuss Capita’s performance and prospects. Capita followed up...
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Microsoft Q4 impresses overall but questions are emerging
Overall Microsoft’s Q4 and FY 2011 results were good, benefitting from Office 2010 and Xbox sales in particular, but the picture was marred by a small but significant decline in Windows sales. Revenue...
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Xerox services signings down 10%
Services continue to drive growth at printer-copier and BPS giant Xerox, however a 10% drop in services signings in the second quarter points to a less certain outlook. In the second quarter ended 30...
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