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iomart to beat expectations for full year
Managed hosting player iomart has released a pre-close trading update to cover its FY2012 (which runs to end of this month). The Glasgow-based company says it has “delivered strong organic growth as...
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Vista comes through with a Misys-recommended offer
Following the broken engagement with Temenos (see here), Misys has moved closer to PE firm Vista Equity Partners. Misys management has recommended the £1.27bn (350 pence per share) all cash deal, which...
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Apple to pay a dividend
Apple has announced that it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share from July and buy back up to $10b of its shares in the FY starting 30th Sept. 2012. Apple will use $45b of its $100b cash...
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Cross-selling and mobile apps drive ACS growth
Advanced Computer Software (ACS) is benefiting from growing demand for mobile apps from the health sector and improved cross-selling between the Group's businesses. It is set to report a strong set of...
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Microsoft, ERP and the cloud - arriving by year end
There is still a journey ahead but Microsoft is coming closer to delivering ERP in the cloud – by year end Dynamics NAV 2013, Dynamics GP 2013, will be offered as cloud services on the Azure platform,...
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Corero’s ‘orphan’ earns its keep
While most of the focus of today’s FY results from Corero Network Security was (not unexpectedly) on the eponymous Network Security division (CNS), the plaudits really belong to the orphaned education...
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Steady Adobe: waiting for reorganisation impact to take effect
Adobe picked up where it left off at the end of 2011 (see here) and made steady progress during Q1 2012 as it continued its focus on digital media and marketing but is looking to the release of its...
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Gresham sprints ahead
The story at veteran finance sector software and IT services firm, Gresham Computing, just seems to get better and better. As presaged in January’s trading update (see Miracles continue at Gresham),...
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Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra make marriage legal
As mooted in the media earlier this month (see Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra move closer), telco-focused offshore services firm, Tech Mahindra and sibling offshore enterprise IT & business process...
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HP to sacrifice Joshi in PC & printer merger?
It’s all over the media this morning that Meg Whitman is set to merge HP’s PC and printer businesses and give control to PC division head, Todd Bradley. Printer business head Vyomesh (‘VJ’) Joshi will...
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Oracle’s Q3 is better but not hot
Oracle’s Q3 2012 results have been received with a degree of relief because they have recovered from what the company described as the “aberration” of Q2 (see here) as the company focused on execution...
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Pulsant reveals full-year growth
The mid-market offers good opportunities for growth and Pulsant’s 2011 results show it is one of those growing players in a good position to capitalise on them. The private equity-backed company -...
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Capgemini wins service integrator role at Rolls Royce
It’s been revealed that Rolls Royce has decided to move away from a single main IT supplier to an ecosystem of multiple best of breed vendors. EDS (now HP) has been the organisation’s sole IT supplier...
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Budget - Much to like
Concentrating solely on the measures which might affect the tech industry, there was much to like in the Budget today. We are all affected by the general economic climate. So the revised growth rates...
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Atos celebrates EDF Energy win
Good news from Atos today. It has announced the signing of a ten-year contract “worth in excess of £100m” with EDF Energy to provide data centre services for its UK business. Atos has committed to...
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Atos wins Million Makers
I’m sure every HotViews reader knows of my long-term involvement with the Prince’s Trust which helps disadvantaged young people regain their confidence and thereby get back into employment, education...
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Delcam exceeds in 2011
It’s not too often that you hear the word ‘excellent’ in connection with year end results but that was the verdict from CAM software provider Delcam chairman Peter Miles on company progress during...
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Tribal slides on mixed signals
It’s a case of a few steps forwards and the odd step back for Tribal Group, the now streamlined education, learning and training software and services provider. Following its more positive year end...
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License sales elude Sopheon
Growth was not a feature during 2011 for product lifecycle management software provider Sopheon as it struggled to pull in new customers and new license revenue. As a result, revenue of £10.3m for the...
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Positive year end for GB Group
A pre-close year end update from identity management specialist GB Group shows an impressive performance following its recent acquisition spree (see here). Headline revenue for the year ended 31 March...
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