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Micro Focus remains positive
Micro Focus had settled into a good rhythm this fiscal year with a series of upbeat trading updates (see Micro Focus revenues head of expectations) and the lingering question of its acquisition put...
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Accumuli pauses for breath
It’s been an interesting 12 months for entrepreneur Ian Smith’s latest buy-and-build vehicle, Accumuli. Since selling off its prior trading businesses (see Accumuli ready to accumulate), Smith has so...
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EMEA works for Aveva
Aveva is moving ahead nicely and on target for the full year with revenue up 9% to £85.2m during the first six months of the year. Demand from emerging markets continues to rise, but performance in...
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IDOX tackling considerable change
IDOX is in the midst of considerable change, some of it instigated by the company and some as a result of disruption in its target markets. Firstly, it has chosen to diversify its business. Its path to...
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Model Metrics adds to Salesforce.com’s social and mobile credentials
Salesforce.com’s social activities are moving on at a brisk pace and on several fronts – technology, personnel (see Salesforce.com hires ex-Oracle, ex-SAP exec John Wookey), and now services with its...
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Omaha takes slice of Armonk
There’s a really insightful article in the FT regarding ‘Sage of Omaha’ Warren Buffet’s investment in IBM. Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway has taken a 5+% slice of IBM’s stock, worth some $11b at current...
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Civica bags ICT outsourcing deal at Luton
Public sector IT systems and business process services specialist Civica is celebrating having secured a £34m+/10-year ICT outsourcing deal with Luton Borough Council. Following hot on the heels of its...
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Collaborative mobile creation
Last weekend there was a mobile application fest at ‘Silicon Roundabout’ (the would-be London home for tech start-ups) run by the BeMyApp, an organization that can best be described as an instant...
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Sage sued by former MYOB owner
Not only did Sage not acquire Australian peer Mind Your Own Business (MYOB – see MYOB slips through Sage’s fingers), it is being sued by former MYOB owner Archer Capital, with whom it was in...
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The rise of the ‘super angels’
They may not be as prolific as they in the US, but the number of ‘super angels’– private investors with very deep pockets – is on the rise in the UK & Ireland tech sector, according to Stuart...
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Margins hammered at Tech Mahindra
Though headline revenues at telco-focused, Mumbai-based Tech Mahindra grew by 2% qoq (3% at constant exchange rates), to $296m, operating margins took a hammering, losing over 3 points yoy and qoq to...
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Dell flat but finding some services growth
In Q3 results released last night, Dell posted another quarter of flat revenues amid tough market conditions for many of its offerings. The company says it reckons full-year growth will be at the...
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Tribal: lacklustre trading update
While numerous other companies were endeavouring to diversify outside the UK public sector, Tribal chose instead to refocus its efforts on the education, learning and training markets (see...
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Diligenta wins £1.4bn deal with Friends Life (update)
The £1.4bn Friends Life (FL) business process services (BPS) contract is fantastic news for Diligenta, and parent company TCS in the UK (see Diligenta wins £1.4bn BPS deal with Friends Life). We...
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Young unemployed people
Last night many senior executives and their guests, most from the technology industry, attended the Prince’s Trust Leadership Group Gala Dinner at the Tower. Sponsored by EMC, the event raised much...
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“Don’t call me Mr Premji”
The grooming has entered the next phase – the press debut. That is, of Rishad Premji, son of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, assumed by all bar the extremely myopic to be the heir to his father’s business....
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Serco on track for H2, but new wins slowing
Serco’s ‘rock steady’ performance in H111 (see here), is continuing in the second half with an ‘in line’ management update that points to another healthy FY performance to come. Serco is expecting H211...
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Another bidder for Clarity Commerce Solutions?
Another contender could soon emerge in the Clarity Commerce Solutions/Enigmatic Investments bid scenario. Clarity Commerce says it is in advanced discussions with another party regarding an alternative...
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The battle among the European ‘majors’ for UK revenue share took a couple of twists and turns in Q3 2011, with the newly Siemens-enhanced Atos UK streaking ahead of peers and Capgemini UK falling...
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Capita draws battle lines in Life & Pensions market
Capita CEO, Paul Pindar, made an audacious bid to take the high ground in the UK Life & Pensions (L&P) market this morning when I asked him why they lost the £1.4b Friends Life deal to TCS...
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