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Tablets, tablets everywhere...
Most readers know that I am a bit of an iPad fan. But I could do without our dear readers sending me “I’ve now got my iPad2” gloat emails. Looks like the iPad2 has got off to a sparkling start with 1m...
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TechMarketView research round-up
Last week saw the publication of three new pieces of research from TechMarketView. Our Managing Partner, Anthony Miller’s regular quarterly round-up of the venture capital and private equity side of...
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Netcall still not dialling all the right numbers
It’s really down to the joys of financial management that contact management software firm, Netcall, almost doubled first-half EPS, to 0.94p, as the underlying story still needs a lot of work. Netcall...
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Allocate sounds a note of caution
Allocate Software, an Aim-listed provider of workforce and compliance applications, sounded uncharacteristically cautious in its Q3 trading update today. Like many of its peers, Allocate, which now...
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InterQuest seeks ‘first advantage’ with new CEO
As signalled a couple of weeks ago (see InterQuest back on the M&A trail), Gary Ashworth,CEO and executive chairman of AIM-listed ITSA (IT staff agency) InterQuest, is splitting his role, with the...
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Capgemini flying high with BAA?
It’s all over the media – though not (yet) on either of the companies’ websites – but it appears that a consortium led by Capgemini has won a £100m 5-year infrastructure and application services deal...
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Instem and the ‘wheel of fortune’
I just had to chuckle. There it was, nestling in its maiden P&L after its (re-)listing on the London Stock Exchange. Pharma and biotech industry analytics software firm, Instem Life Sciences, had...
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Workplace Systems: back in the black in H2
There’s good news and there’s bad news. First the bad: Workplace Systems won’t be meeting current year (to end March 2011) market forecasts “due to delayed finalisation of orders in the second half”...
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EMIS lays foundations for future growth
Last week EMIS revealed its maiden annual results since its listing on AIM last March. They might only have revealed flat-ish organic revenue growth (see EMIS appoints non-exec Chair, exits Canada),...
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@UK FY revenue down 11%
@UKPlc, the AIM-listed e-procurement software and services provider, certainly felt the pain in FY10 (to 31 December) with revenue down 11% to £2.05m, and adjusted pre-tax losses of £592k (vs. a loss...
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Statpro - managing its own assets into the cloud
The least interesting part of asset management portfolio analysis software company StatPro’s results are frankly the numbers. These are basically fine given the journey they are making, with revenues...
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Osborne plans for growth
There was no mention in UK Chancellor George Osborne's Budget speech of IT, nor of the cuts in public sector budgets and back office costs that made the headlines last time around. This budget was all...
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Unfortunate typo in yesterday's post. The quote from chairman Ronald Duncan should have read that it has “no requirement to raise further funds.”
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UK buyers top off 2010 M&A
Now there’s something we haven’t seen before. For the first time since we started publishing IndustryViews M&A, the top ten acquisitions involving UK SITS (software and IT services) companies in a...
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'Interesting' news from Australian headquartered healthcare IT firm iSOFT. They have requested that the Australian Stock Exchange suspends trading in their shares pending an imminent ‘announcement’....
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Delcam delivers the goods in full year
CAD/CAM software provider Delcam issued an impressive set of results for the year to 31 December following a good first half (see Delcam manufactures a strong half). Full year revenue was up 17% to a...
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South Africa shines for eg solutions
A near quadrupling of revenues from its South African operation to £1.2m pushed 2010 headline growth at AIM-listed operations management software player, eg solutions, to £5.1m, up 24%. This includes a...
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UK Budget 2011: Update
Tola Sargeant’s early reaction to yesterday’s Budget (see Osborne plans for growth) highlighted the key messages for UK SITS suppliers to take on board. TechMarketView subscribers can read our update...
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Sopheon: strong results but dismal UK performance
As pre-empted by Sopheon’s trading update in January (see Sopheon oozing confidence and optimism), the provider of software and services to support the product innovation process has reported a strong...
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Accenture – ‘Cost optimisation remains paramount’
It was left to CFO, Pamela Craig, to comment on the key trends driving Accenture's Q2 results, while new CEO Pierre Nanterme (see Accenture tops off in French) stuck to the safe ‘motherhood and apple...
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