Big numbers revisited
It wasn’t too long ago that I thought that being a millionaire was the pinnacle of wealth achievement. Now that accolade only applies to billionaires. The same ‘inflation’ applies everywhere. In the...
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Anite still prospering from 4G preparations
Anite has given its investors some good news ahead of its AGM later today with an interim statement (for the May 1 to September 14 period) that shows the handset testing business performing ahead of...
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Datatec expecting double-digit H1 growth
South African Datatec has issued a trading update for the six-month period ended 31 August that shows a very healthy growth in both revenue and profitability. Revenue for the period is expected to be...
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CSC extends testing service with AppLabs acquisition
IT services provider CSC is broadening its horizontal reach and its applications development and management business with the acquisition of Hyderabad-based pure play software testing and quality...
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Agile Development Network: Turning up the SME volume
In our recent report ‘UK Government ICT strategy: progress and direction’, we commented on the creation of the Government Skunkworks. The first project for the skunkworks was the development of an...
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Blinkx roller-coaster
I have written about 'Superb' Blinkx many times before. Indeed I bought into this Mike Lynch (6.2% holding) Autonomy (12.9%)-backed IPO at 45p in May 2007. It’s been a roller-coaster ride since as I...
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Facebook's new features
Another day, another new Facebook feature. Yesterday it was Facebook Messenger – a ‘free’ service in the UK (Apple iOS only initially - the Android version is available in the US) set to compete with...
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RIM plunges
Although I am an Apple fanatic, I still use a Blackberry for my mobile email. I find the typing easier, battery life long and, because of the way it handles email downloading, the roaming costs are...
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ReThink bucks UK recruitment trend
AIM-listed business and technology recruitment specialist ReThink Group really shone in the first half. Net fee income (gross profit) for the six months ended 30 June, was up 32% to £7.8m, headline...
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SAP: salvation via HANA
SAP believes it is leading the renewal and reshaping of the IT industry with its HANA in-memory computing solution. That is taking things too far but HANA is certainly reshaping SAP and providing the...
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Top Marks for new school IT curriculum
For me, the very best news of the week came from David Willetts, the science minister, announcing a new IT curriculum which would focus on how to produce software – not just how to use it. See FT –...
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The latest from TechMarketView
One of the highlights of the research published by TechMarketView analysts over the last fortnight was our annual UK Public Sector SITS Market Trends report. Available exclusively to subscribers to our...
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Smart maiden interims for Smart Metering Systems
The first results as a public company for gas meter ‘soup to nuts’ asset management firm, Smart Metering Systems (SMS – see Smart Meter smartness?), reflected its final period as a private company, and...
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Maxima adds ‘buy-and-build’ Smith to the Board
In an increasingly ‘interesting’ twist to the ‘how do you solve a problem like Maxima’ saga, the affable founder and executive chairman of the venerable but troubled mid-market software and IT services...
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Parseq confirms MBO approach
Further to last month’s news of a mooted MBO approach (see here), AIM-listed software and BPO provider for the financial services sector, Parseq, has advised that CEO, Rami Cassis, backed by Nova...
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K3 managed services soars but UK performance falls
K3 Business Technology Group’s strong financial year was marred by a 10% drop in revenue in its core UK market but elsewhere performance was up, including its managed services division where revenue...
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Capita buying Vertex’s private sector arm
News has just broken that Capita is to acquire rival Vertex’s private sector business for £40.5m in cash, ‘on a cash free, debt free basis’. The business concerned made revenue of £48.8m in its year to...
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Virgin Media means Business in UK public sector
The nascent Public Service Network (PSN) – the public sector ‘network of networks’ - is an important part of the Government’s ICT Strategy (see UK Government ICT Strategy: progress and direction), and...
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KBC points to stronger H2 demand
KBC Advanced Technologies, the AIM-listed software provider and consultancy to the energy industry, saw its operating margin rise to two points to 9% in the first half (period ended 30 June), after...
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Margins slip at Ubisense maiden interims
Locations solutions company Ubisense was the first 'real' UK SITS IPO for over a year (see Ubisense gets off to fine start on AIM) but not the first to report its maiden interim results. That honour...
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