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Latest TechMarketView Research Roundup
The TechMarketView analyst team has had a spring in its step over the last two weeks, delivering another round of thought provoking research for eligible subscription service clients, covering a range...
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SAP UK CTO to target cloud and mobile markets
Adrian Simpson, an 11-year SAP veteran, has been appointed CTO at SAP UK. According V3, he will be paying particular attention to increasing market awareness of SAP’s mobile technology and cloud...
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UK Government CIO Agenda report
We have written extensively within TechMarketView’s PublicSectorViews research about the UK Government ICT strategy and its implementation, most notably in reports such as UK Government ICT Strategy:...
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UK banking slump hits Michael Page
A slump in demand from the UK banking sector in the first quarter, is making the UK look far less buoyant in 2012 for recruitment firm Michael Page International. In the three months ended 31 March, UK...
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Cloud service provider Grove Group acquires Cloud Direct
It was only a matter of time before cloud ecosystem participants started to come together. Last month saw Google and Salesforce.com partners Cloud Sherpas and GlobalOne merge (see Cloud partners get...
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Kcom wins East Midlands PSN deal
‘Managed service communication provider’ Kcom has won a Public Services Network (PSN) style contract in the East Midlands. Kcom has been chosen to build the core network for the East Midlands PSN...
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SAP: building up its database challenge
When SAP started talking about becoming a major player in the database market on the back of its HANA in-memory database platform it sounded overly optimistic as it meant taking on Oracle, IBM and...
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Logica and The Andy Green Years
Last week we reported on Seamus Keating quitting Logica. As we said “So, for the third time, a man appointed by Logica Group CEO Andy Green with a mission to get Logica’s service delivery operations...
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Nokia sinks
Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with the rapidly changing fortunes of those in the tech space. One day it’s Instagram – a company with no revenues – being valued at $1b. Then the once mighty Sony...
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Liam Maxwell appointed UK Government Deputy CIO
As had been heavily rumoured, Liam Maxwell was announced as the new UK Government Deputy CIO last week. Maxwell joined the Cabinet Office last year as Director of ICT Futures (he will retain this...
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Quindell to enlighten the masses
As Hot Views readers will know we have been scratching our heads about what ‘brand extension company’ Quindell Portfolio actually does (see Making head or tail of Quindell). Thankfully, the company is...
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InternetQ racking in new business
Hot on the heels of its healthy year-end results (see here), mobile marketing and entertainment solutions provider InternetQ has come out with a trading update showing a strong new business pipeline...
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Steria updates on strategy and focus
Last week we had the chance to catch up with les grands fromages of Steria at the company’s annual analyst event. The venue was Microsoft’s Paris campus, a building which also houses Steria’s corporate...
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Escher’s maiden results are encouraging
The first set of results since its AIM listing in August 2011 (see here) do not make uniformly good reading for Escher, who provides point-of-sale software to the postal industry. Development and...
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Banking slowdown hits Hays UK
Like smaller rival Michael Page (see UK banking slump hits Michael Page), London-based recruitment giant Hays is also experiencing trouble in the UK banking sector. In Q3 ended 31 March, it said...
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Infosys misses Q4 revenue target
The big news is that Indian IT/BP bellwether Infosys actually missed its Q4 revenue target having already downgraded revenue expectations in January (see Infosys lowers guidance). As CFO V....
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Google reassures in Q1; proposes stock split
Google’s Q1 results provided some reassurance following the disappointment around its Q4 numbers which fell below expectations and were accompanied by higher costs (see Google disappoints). But the...
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UK oneDrop drops into Yammer's hands
In a move that will boost its file sharing and collaboration capabilities, enterprise social network provider Yammer has acquired UK-based startup oneDrum, for an undisclosed sum. oneDrum’s software...
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HP fails to ‘defend’ MoD SPVA contract: goes to CSC
We have now heard from a variety of sources that CSC has won the Ministry of Defence’s Service Personnel & Veteran’s Agency (SPVA) Future contract. The other short-listed suppliers were incumbent...
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Reshuffle in China region; new MD for Microsoft UK
The unexpected news that Greater China Region (GCR) CEO Simon Leung will be leaving Microsoft has sparked an international executive reshuffle. Ralph Haupter, area vice president for Microsoft Germany...
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