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Software AG dragged down by ETS business line
Following on from its prelims and profit warning earlier this month (see Software AG ends the year with a bad fall), Software AG has formally reported on its disappointing Q4 and full year 2011 (to...
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Andy Nelson named UK Government CIO
Just days after we had the pleasure of meeting Andy Nelson, Ministry of Justice CIO, he has been formally announced by the Cabinet Office as the successor to Joe Harley at the Cabinet Office. Nelson...
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EMC growth impresses, VMware does even better
EMC has announced Q4 and full-year revenues that underline its handy positioning at the meeting point of a number of hot IT trends. Its 20% growth for 2011 was, however, outshone by its virtualisation...
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Stunning Apple
When Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said “We are thrilled with our outstanding results” it really wasn’t an overstatement. Q1 (to 31st Dec 11) revenues were up 73% at $46.3b (easily beating estimates of c$38b),...
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SAP – Déjà vu or what?
Just in case you didn’t believe them the first time round, SAP has confirmed its FY numbers (see SAP has its best year yet). I am sure that if our Angela Eager has anything more to say about them, she...
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Quindell makes a claim on Ai
Unusual suspect, Quindell Portfolio, the AIM-listed build and buy insurance business process services (BPS) provider, is doing even more buying and building, taking a near-30% stake in AIM-listed Ai...
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It’s ‘Little British Battler Day’ today!
Today’s the day that twelve CEOs of ‘small but perfectly formed’ UK-owned software and IT services companies get the opportunity to present their wares to the TechMarketView team (see Little British...
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Perils of social marketing
We have all read articles on how social media can be used to real advantage by companies. But there are plenty of opportunities for it to backfire too. Last week MacDonalds launched a Twitter campaign...
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Xerox drops ACS brand, lowers 2012 guidance
Shares in copier technology and IT/BP services giant Xerox slid over 10% as it revised down profit and growth targets for FY12, after seeing demand for its technology ‘significantly impacted by...
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iGate Patni margins on the move
Although revenues at Patni-enhanced iGate barely moved in Q4 (to 31st Dec. ’11) – up 1% qoq to $268m – operating margins leapt a full 5 points to 19.2%, pretty much back to the levels that Patni used...
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Kewill update indicates still work to do
Supply chain and e-commerce software player Kewill says that it still believes it’ll hit expectations for its full financial year, which runs to end March. That’s despite the need to close a number of...
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Little British Battlers battling – and winning!
What a truly fantastic day we had yesterday with the CEOs of the twelve small UK software and IT services companies participating in our inaugural Little British Battlers event (see here). Each and...
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Waving goodbye to Patsystems
It’s not a great surprise that Pattison Limited’s offer for Patsystems has been announced unconditional; Pattison's parent company ION Trading (an international electronic risk trading and risk...
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Misys acts to cut costs as market deteriorates
Misys saw financial market conditions deteriorate during the first six months of its year (to November 30 2011), accompanied by slower purchasing decisions in western Europe, resulting in varying...
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TechMarketView hosts Local Government Dinner Debate
It’s a big week for TechMarketView. Following swiftly on from our Little British Battler (LBB) event yesterday; tonight TechMarketView will be hosting an exclusive Local Government Dinner Debate. With...
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StatPro switches its focus to SaaS
StatPro is making significant changes to its business, going all out for SaaS, which includes focusing all sales activity on the cloud-based Revolution product it launched last year. StatPro Seven...
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HP retains DWP desktop services (eventually)
Well, surprise, surprise.... The media is awash with reports that HP will continue to provide desktop services to the Department for Work & Pensions under a new contract valued at £316m over five...
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Lacklustre performance from defence contractors
Both Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have released their worldwide financial results for the year to end December 2011. As major defence contractors with the majority of revenues derived from activities...
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Enterprise Software Predictions 2012: discoveries and challenges
The latest report to be published in the ESASViews research stream is our deeper dive into the 2012 predictions we released in December (see TechMarketView Predictions 2012 – Enterprise Software),...
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Xerox: 'ACS' RIP!
Xerox is now retiring the Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) brand (see Xerox drops ACS brand, lowers 2012 guidance) three years since taking over the company for $6.4bn (see here). In an investor...
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