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Government’s ‘CloudStore’ opens for business
G-Cloud became a reality on Sunday as the Government’s CloudStore, the online appstore for cloud-based ICT services, opened for business. In the accompanying rhetoric Cabinet Office Minister Francis...
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Misys/Temenos halted by Vista Equity Partners?
The proposed merger between banking specialists Misys and Temenos (see here) could be scuppered now that US private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has come up with a rival offer for UK HQ’d Misys...
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Xchanging wins UK procurement renewal with BAE
It has something of a ‘consolation prize’ feel to it, but Xchanging has won a three-year renewal with anchor client BAE Systems for procurement services in the UK, starting at the end of 2012. As Hot...
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Quindell progress continues in 2012
Quindell Portfolio, the AIM-listed build and buy insurance business process services (BPS) provider, confirmed it is on track to meet expectations in its first year of trading, covering the 33 weeks to...
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Temenos raises revenue – thanks to maintenance
Looking at the 2011 full year results from Temenos it’s clear why it is keen on the proposed tie up with Misys. Although overall revenue was up on the previous year, licence revenue was significantly...
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UK turns red for Hays
After warning last month of a tough Q2 in the UK (see UK ‘blot’ spreads at Hays), London-based international recruiting giant, Hays, saw its UK profits dip under water in H1 (to 31st Dec.) as activity...
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Low-cost tablet saga takes another twist
You have to wonder whether India will ever get to see the much heralded ‘$35 tablet’ as the manufacturing story descends deeper into farce (see Twists and turns in low-cost tablet saga). According to...
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Logica profits hit by restructuring
Logica is the second major European SI to report FY11 results (Capgemini was last week - see Capgemini UK margins squeezed). It seems that Logica avoided any nasty surprises in the last couple of weeks...
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Lincolnshire Police signs £200m deal with G4S
Security services giant G4S has now signed off on a major £200m ten-year IT, business process and support services contract with Lincolnshire Police Authority (LPA). As Hot Views readers will know, G4S...
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Good growth for Unit4 but not in the UK
Full year numbers show that Unit4 had a good 2011 with numbers up on multiple - but not all - fronts and new initiatives such as its planned PAYG analytics primed to open up new revenue opportunities...
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RealTime Health: right place, right time
Amidst all the controversy surrounding the Government’s plans for the NHS and the slow demise of the National Programme for IT in the NHS it’s refreshing to hear a ‘good news story’ from the world of...
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Dell: the perils of BYOT
Dell’s Q4 results, and its outlook, underline the challenges the business faces as it continues to attempt to rebalance its focus from products to services. Revenues for the quarter were up 2% at...
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Capita wins £100m+ Civil Service training contract
Capita has been awarded another significant new public sector deal, less than a week after its £500m ten-year recruitment services contract with the armed forces (see Capita trumps Serco for Army...
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Latest ESASViews research dissects Oracle
As the second largest enterprise software supplier to the UK market with estimated UK software revenue of c£1bn and one of the broadest portfolios, Oracle’s actions have implications across the whole...
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Logica – the wrong sort of execution
I’m sure it was only meant to be a throw-away line. But when Logica CEO Andy Green said words to the same the effect as, “I don't want to give first-half guidance – it’s hard enough giving guidance for...
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Colt: a tough year completed, outlook brighter
The significant announcement from Colt this morning is not so much its expected drop (of 1.9%, to €1.55bn) in full-year revenue, but rather the confirmation that the company expects to deliver revenue...
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Capita ‘ups and downs’ in 2011
2011 was a year of mixed fortunes for Capita, the UK’s third largest SITS provider and number one business process services player. Nonetheless, Capita does manage to retain the ‘Holway Boring Award’...
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Anite thrives on handset testing
Q3 (ending January 31 2011) has been another good period for Anite thanks once again to rising demand for handset testing. With demand coming from 2G/3G as well as LTE, there is nothing to indicate...
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HP Q1: feeling the pressure
HP released another rather dismal set of quarterly results last night. The numbers once again show that HP is under great pressure across so much of its business. Management acknowledge that, and...
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Atos UK beats peers on FY11 revenue growth
Atos should be congratulated for achieving broadly flat revenues in FY11 (+0.3% to Eur6,812m) while also tackling the massive challenge of integrating Siemens IT Solutions & Services (SIS). SIS has...
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