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Little British Battlers battling – and winning (6)
Here are highlights of the last two ‘small but perfectly formed’ UK software and IT services companies whose CEOs we met at our inaugural Little British Battler event last week (see here). We will be...
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Capita takes aim at SAP services
Having caught insurance broker Fish Administration earlier this week (see here), Capita is now taking aim at SAP services with the acquisition of Smiths Consulting Ltd, a small SAP services business...
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Transformed Hexaware doing the business
Mumbai-headquartered Hexaware exited 2011 a quite different – and far more confident – company than it was at the end of 2010. Its formidable 33% growth last year brought headline revenues to $308m....
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Competitive market works for Amdocs, especially in Europe
With quad play telcos an important part of its customer base Amdocs is a beneficiary of the mobile trend ( see Amdocs intrigues) and an indicator of mobile market performance as a whole. Looking at its...
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Digital Barriers announces significant UK deal
Buy-and-build firm, Digital Barriers, has announced a significant contract valued at £2.5 million over five months with an existing UK client. In the year to 31st March 2011, Digital Barriers, which is...
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‘Healthy progress’ at Mahindra Satyam
Born-again (now) Mahindra Satyam (MSat) seems to be moving in the right direction, at least in Rupee terms. Headline revenues for Q3 (to 31st Dec. 2011) rose by 34% yoy to Rs17.2b, 9% higher qoq....
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Brazilian ERP player Totvs aiming for international status?
ERP is a hard market to break into especially in mature markets such as western Europe and the US, but we’re musing over whether a new name will appear. Brazil’s Totvs Solutions seems to have...
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New head at Capita IT Services
Much rustling of leaves on the grapevine that Mark Quartermaine has joined Capita to run its IT services activities. You may recall Quartermaine left communications and contact centre provider Azzurri...
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Losses ease at BT Global Services
There weren’t that many bright spots in today’s Q3 results (to 31st Dec.) for BT Global Services, but a cut in operating losses to £25m, from £35m this time last year and £31m the prior quarter, was...
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Misys and Temenos confirm merger talks
Misys is back in the bid game, this time with Swissbased banking software competitor Temenos. Both parties have confirmed they are in discussions regarding an all share merger (and gave the usual...
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Twists and turns in low-cost tablet saga
It seems that developing a low cost tablet computer is causing a few ‘issues’ in India (see Tablets ‘an indulgence’ in India). Media reports suggest that IIT Rajkasthan had fallen out with UK...
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Revenue grows but losses pile up for NetSuite and SuccessFactors
SaaS-only providers are still powering ahead as far as top line growth is concerned but at the bottom line they continue to post losses. NetSuite’s Q4 revenue (period ending December 31 2011) was...
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It’s official – Quartermaine joins Capita!
Just as we had mooted yesterday (see New head at Capita IT Services), we can now confirm that Mark Quartermaine has joined UK BPO leader, Capita, as MD of its IT services business. He reports to Mark...
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The Big Facebook Question
If the most popular question to Holway in 2011 was “Are we in another tech bubble?” then, if the last few days are anything to go by, The Question of 2012 will be “Is Facebook worth $100b?” As you can...
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Good Friday
I know it is only a couple of days since I did the end of January 12 share round up (See Shares Indices Jan 12), but we have certainly entered exceptional times. Friday was one of the best days in a...
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Intellect Regent Conference
Last opportunity to book one of the few remaining places at the Intellect Annual Regent Conference on 9th February -“Technology – Into a new era?” Speaker line up includes: Dr Gerard Lyons Chief...
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Logica scores BAE Systems HR BPO deal
Well, now we know where the contract went – it went to Logica! Last November, troubled UK BPO player, Xchanging, announced that its flagship client, BAE Systems, was not to renew a major HR BPO...
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Corero doing the business
Another glimpse into the goings on at Corero Network Security, born of Mondas with a Top Layer bolted on (start here and work back and all will become clear). Today’s FY trading update was really all...
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RM: Down but not out
The extent of the challenge facing the newly re-focused RM was revealed this morning as it published results for the 14 months to 30 November 2011. Even without unpicking the detail in the figures –...
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Allocate has underlying strength
The move to abolish PCT’s took its toll on Allocate Software during H1 2011 (to November 30 2011) and was one of the factors resulting in flat YOY revenue (£16m vs £15.9m). EBITDA dropped over a half...
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