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Wipro opens a gateway for UK interns
Following hot on the heels of archrival Infosys’ announcement last week of its UK apprentice programme (see The Infosys Apprentice - You're Hired!), Bangalore-based Wipro is to launch an intern...
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Brazilian IT market grows 11% in 2011
Latest data from Brasscom, the Brazilian IT industry association, reveals that the Brazilian IT market grew by 11.3% last year, driven mainly by internal IT spend. The Brazilian IT market grew to...
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Saleforce.com soars, raises guidance
Salesforce.com continues to soar on rising revenues and larger deal sizes despite the drag of a net loss in Q1 2013. Although a loss of $19.5m on revenue up 38% to $695m is minor in overall revenue...
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Facebook – the aftermath
If I’d had $1b for every interview I’ve had on Facebook recently I would be as rich as Mark Zuckerberg. You must be sick of our views on Facebook’s valuation by now. We think it is grossly overvalued...
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ANT: under pressure to hold its nerve
ANT, the AIM-listed provider of software and services to enable the delivery of digital TV, has bet heavily on the convergence of traditional and internet TV, and multi device viewing, but is...
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Bango waiting for relationships to become fertile
Loss-making Cambridge-based mobile payments and analytics player, Bango, rather excited the market in recent months with the announcement of ‘relationships’ with Amazon (December 2011) and then...
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IBM’s advanced analytics/apps focus paying off
The net result of a string of acquisitions and substantial in-house skills and services resources is that not only is IBM becoming a more of a software contender, it is emerging as a prime player in...
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Atos goes nuclear at SAA
Atos has just announced a five-year, £140m IT outsourcing deal with the Shared Services Alliance (SSA), a collaborative procurement initiative within the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The...
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CSC blames NHS for dismal results
CSC’s shares are trading at around $25, 43% lower than this time last year, after the US firm filed results for FY12 last week that new CEO President and CEO Mike Lawrie could only describe as “very...
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Facebook shares slumped by 11% (from $38 to $34) today. Yet another set of interviews for us - eg see The Times Billions wiped off Facebook. Readers of our the $100b Facebook Question back in Feb...
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Capita acquires medical screening business
UK BPS market leader Capita is expanding its capabilities in medical screening services with the acquisition of Medical Direct Holdings (MDH). Capita will pay up to £15.2m for the business, and the...
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Endace’s disappointing end to full year
Endace, the network security/packet capture/analysis company, has faced a rapid downturn over recent months, having impressed with strong growth of 37% just as recently as H111 (see Endace’s enviable...
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Accumuli confirms expansive year
Managed security services player Accumuli has confirmed a year of acquisition-fuelled growth in its full-year results. The company’s shares are up 5% in trading this morning. The business grew revenue...
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Six Degrees notches up tenth acquisition
Prolific acquirer Six Degrees Group added another string to its rapidly expanding bow earlier this week. This time the managed services provider has acquired data centre interconnection business...
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Capita acquires 'blue light' specialist Fortek
Capita’s Secure Information Solutions (SIS) division has acquired blue light command, control and communications (CC&C) systems specialist Fortek Computers Ltd for an undisclosed sum....
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UK Government at a crossroads?
In response to our article regarding the retirement of Ian Watmore from the Civil Service (see Ian Watmore retires from Civil Service), we received a very thought-provoking comment from John Suffolk....
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Salesforce.com ramping up European workforce
Cloud pure-play Salesforce.com is putting more money where its growth is in Europe and plans to create 750 new jobs in the region over the next 24 months. The UK is tagged as one of its four core...
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Aveva expands with Bocad
Engineering design software provider Aveva who finished the financial year with good momentum (see here), is off to a good start for the current year with the acquisition of the Bocad group of...
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Innovation Group delivers 9% organic growth
Insurance-focused business process services provider The Innovation Group (TIG) has delivered a mixed picture in the first half, with 10% headline growth, but declines in profitability and trouble...
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SAP splashes $4.3bn on Ariba to boost cloud play
SAP has taken further steps to improve its cloud position with the proposed acquisition of cloud ecommerce platform provider Ariba for a cool $4.3bn in cash. If all goes to plan this will be its...
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