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'New iPad' as expected...
I can remember a time when I’d watch Coronation Street with anticipation of the plot. Now, likely as not, I’ve read the plot spoilers. Same applied today with the launch of the ‘New iPad’. Apple under...
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Communications-focused BPS – opportunities beyond document outsourcing
Disruptive change is taking place across the whole document services market due to the effect of IT consumerisation and ‘bring your own technology’ (BYOT). The burgeoning take-up of communications...
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Mahindra Satyam buys BPO ops from vCustomer
Mahindra Satyam (MSat) has acquired 100% ownership of the international operations of customer services and technical support player vCustomer for $27m. For MSat, this is the first 100% acquisition...
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Lumison rebrands as Pulsant
There’s a new name in the UK mid-market managed services space this morning, with the announcement that the Lumison brand is to be replaced by Pulsant. Actually it’s three brands that are being...
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UK local government dinner debate: facing change
At the end of January, TechMarketView hosted a dinner debate (sponsored by Computacenter and Unit 4) focused on the topic of ‘UK local government: supplier models of engagement’. Attendees included top...
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eg Solutions contract: jam today ... and tomorrow
We wrote about eg Solutions’ revenue and profit warning last week (see here) so it’s good to be able to revisit with some positive news for the current financial year. And it really is positive – the...
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Northgate confirms £170m NI schools contract
In January we heard that Northgate Managed Services had been appointed, by C2k, as preferred bidder for the Education Network Northern Ireland (ENNI) contract (see Northgate wins Northern Ireland...
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IBM? And Apple's dominance of the NASDAQ
My Lunch with Frank Quattrone post on Wednesday created much comment. I guess the one that made me think most was ‘Why wasn’t IBM on the list of incumbents?” The comment went on to suggest (surely...
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Digital Barriers buys loss-making ThruVision
Following its acquisition of loss-making Codestuff earlier this month (see Codestuff to bring coherent deployment to Digital Barriers) buy and build homeland security system provider Digital Barriers...
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UK off to a slow start for SThree
In its seasonally “least significant” quarter, UK-based but now very international recruitment firm, SThree, has kicked off its new FY (3 months to 26 Feb. 2012) with gross profit up 15% (at constant...
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European Tech M&A valuations fall again
Despite the re-emergence of $1b+ acquisitions last month, European tech M&A deal valuations continued to fall, according to corporate finance firm, Regent. While aggregate deal 'price paid' rose to...
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A fortnight in the life of TechMarketView...
Over the last fortnight, TechMarketView’s analyst team has published a raft of quality research and analysis, on a broad range of hot topics, for our band of eligible subscription service clients. For...
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PSN set to change UK public sector ICT
2012 looks set to be the year that the UK’s Public Services Network (PSN), which has been talked about in a number of guises for many years, finally moves from vision to reality. PSN is designed to...
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Misys and Temenos break their engagement
The c£2bn all-share merger talks between Misys and Temenos have collapsed - with Temenos apparently walking away - so there won’t be a tie-up between the banking software specialists. Despite extensive...
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Acquisitions supercharge Brady
Brady Plc’s top line numbers for FY11 are impressive, although they were largely fuelled by its Viz Risk Management acquisition in December 2010 (see Brady goes Norwegian with Viz). An...
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Sagentia switches from tender to buy-back
It did look a little bit like wishful thinking when Sagentia, the outsourced R&D venture chaired by Microgen chairman – and more recently, RM chairman – Martyn Ratcliffe, announced a Tender Offer...
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KBC: consulting up, licence sales down
Changeable conditions in the oil sector are benefitting energy sector software and services supplier KBC Advanced Technologies. Oil price volatility, rising demand for oil in the developing world,...
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Computacenter confirms year of contrasts
Computacenter has reported its full-year results for 2011, confirming the mixed bag of numbers it presented in its pre-close statement back in January. As we noted then, a drop in UK revenues was more...
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Moorepay adds a new dimension to the SaaS model
In a further indication that HCM has moved to the vanguard of SaaS applications (see the HotViews archive here), NorthgateArinso’s SME-centric operation Moorepay has launched its SaaS HCM solution. But...
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BYOT at Accenture: lessons learnt
As HotViews readers will know, we've been flagging for some time the BYOT trend as an emerging disruptor in enterprise IT. Accenture provides an interesting example of BYOT in practice. The firm is...
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