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Cerner has a good start to 2012
US healthcare application provider Cerner has reported a strong start to 2012. Its first quarter results, released last week, reveal revenue was 30% up on the same period last year at $641.2m. Net...
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Harvey Nash confirms a good year
Much as presaged in its year-end trading update (see Pleasing year for Harvey Nash), UK-based international recruitment, outsourcing and offshoring firm, Harvey Nash, turned in a fine set of numbers...
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Wipro analyses promotions with Promax
While its Bangalore-based archrival just muses over acquisitions (see FT suckered by Infosys M&A story), Wipro goes ahead and does them. Sharing Infosys’ penchant for all things Aussie (or so it...
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SAP UK: quick change on the MD front
Management is in a state a flux at SAP UK and Ireland. Just six months after being appointed MD, Steven Winter is off to a new role within the company. Fred Hessabi, SVP and general manager of...
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Equiniti secures first central government BPS mutual
Francis Maude has officially launched central government’s first mutual partnership, myCSP Ltd (my Civil Service Pension), and signed off on its first contract, to administer the Principal Civil...
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Logicalis acquires down under
Logicalis - the infrastructure services subsidiary of South African reselling giant DataTec - has made a modest acquisition in Australia. An announcement this morning says it’s buying Brisbane-based...
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ACS adds Fabric to the mix
Advanced Computer Software (ACS) is on the acquisition trail again. The ‘healthcare and business management software and services provider’ has acquired Fabric Technologies, a London-based managed...
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Share indices April 2012
All the major indices that we track took a couple of short steps to the left during April, the hardest hit being FTSE Tech Hardware, down 7.2% in the month. The FTSE SCS (Software & Computer...
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Gresham sprints faster
After turning in a pretty spectacular year last year (see Gresham sprints ahead), veteran finance sector software and IT services firm, Gresham Computing notched up the pace in its first quarter (to...
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Microsoft invests in ebooks via Barnes&Noble
In effort to gain a foothold in the hot ebook sector, Microsoft is investing $300m in US bookseller Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook business. Microsoft is coming from behind in this space and will be...
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Cognizant: Breaking into UK public sector
Cognizant launched its government practice in 2011. Globally, Cognizant is making its initial push in the UK and US public sector markets; both markets are facing significant government reform (e.g....
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Fraser replaces Chapman at Unisys UK
Another changing of the guard at Unisys UK sees 25-year company veteran Nick Fraser take over the reins from Rob Chapman, who is leaving the business after less than three years in post. Chapman took...
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FY12 off to a promising start for Sopheon
It’s still early days for Sopheon but it looks like FY12 has got off to a reasonable start for the product lifecycle management software provider, after its downbeat FY11 in which license sales took a...
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EXL margins under pressure
Having notched up an excellent Q4 and FY11 performance (see EXL excels), number two offshore BPS pure play EXL Service, has started the new financial year in more subdued fashion. EXL is now seeing...
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IBM sees the future in Tealeaf
IBM’s voracious appetite for analytics acquisitions shows no signs of abating. After having gobbled up US-based information and optimisation company Vivisimo last week (see IBM’s Vivisimo buy adds to...
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Symantec confirms dull Q4 and mixed FY
As it indicated in its prelims announcement last week, storage and subscriptions were the joint culprits for Q4 revenue and adjusted earnings that were pretty much flat yoy at Symantec. A rise in EPS...
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Sage/Microsoft cloud tie-up?
Word is circulating that Sage is looking to Microsoft to move its cloud efforts forward. According to the FT, the UK business software provider is talking to Microsoft about running Sage’s small...
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IDOX further diversifies
Every time I write about IDOX it seems to have further broadened its company description. Its latest press release – which announces the acquisition of grant advisory firm Currency Connect Holdings BV...
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Gemalto beats IBM to driving licence contract
Today we hear more news of an incumbent (this time IBM) being ousted from a UK Government contract. Gemalto has won the DVLA contract for the administration of UK drivers’ licences. This also includes...
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Sopra starts the year at a ‘solid’ pace
Mid-tier Paris-headquartered software and IT services firm Sopra kicked off the year with what management called ‘solid’ results, reporting Q1 revenues (to 31st March) up 9.5% to €288m, of which just...
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