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Dell dives as laptop sales slump
Shares in Dell are down 13% in after market trading on Nasdaq, following the company’s disappointing Q1 results. Dell grew a bit in services, but unstoppable competition is putting a big dent in...
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TechMarketView LLP celebrates
TechMarketView LLP has just finished its third trading year and we really have been pretty amazed at the reception we have had. Practically every major software and IT services player in the UK market...
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SMEs in Government: The ICT picture
It has been an ongoing debate for many years: how to make it easier for SMEs to do business with UK Government. In February last year, Prime Minister, David Cameron, put a stake in the ground. The...
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Enterprise social media: business resistance is futile
Social media is conquering the consumer world at breakneck speed but an image problem is preventing it doing the same in the business environment: it is just not perceived as a business tool. But as...
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Dr Mike Lynch to quit HP
The most high profile of the 27,000 job losses at HP announced by Meg Whitman last night ( see today's other post - HP cuts jobs but ducks challenges) was that of Autonomy founder Dr Mike Lynch. HP’s...
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Tech Mahindra growth stumbles again
For the second quarter in succession, telco-focused, India-based offshore services firm, Tech Mahindra, saw its revenues slip back in the quarter in dollar terms. But this time the weak Rupee was not...
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Quindell buys again, in telematics
Quindell Portfolio, the acquisitive new entrant into the insurance business process services (BPS) space, has now acquired IT-Freedom (ITF), a claims management software provider specialising in...
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Invu inches closer to profitability
We’ve been writing about AIM-listed document management software firm, Invu, for years (starting with Invu revenues soar). But in recent times the news has not really been that good (e.g. see Invu...
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HP cuts jobs but ducks real challenges
HP stock is up 9% in after hours trading, following better than expected quarterly results and the announcement of big headcount reductions (including the loss of Autonomy founder Mike Lynch, as...
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Independent SIAM: What's it all about?
The appointment of a Service Integration & Management (SIAM) provider is now viewed by many within UK central government as the best way to handle a multi service provider environment. In our...
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Atos wins 'historic' deal in Scotland
Atos has been struggling to break into UK local government but it appears that ‘regional government’ is a different kettle of fish. The company has, this week, announced a three-year contract win with...
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Jafco gets into a $24m Huddle
Jafco Ventures, the US arm of the eponymous Tokyo-based VC firm, has led a $24m series C funding round in UK ‘Little British Battler’ – and self-appointed Microsoft SharePoint-basher (see here and...
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Autonomy - The day after
After my post Dr Mike Lynch to quit HP, my day yesterday was occupied in media interviews culminating in an appearance on the BBC TV 10 o’clock news. This has resulted in wall to wall coverage in the...
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Innovation Group delivers 9% organic growth (update)
Following The Innovation Group's mixed first half results (see Innovation Group delivers 9% organic growth), we spoke with CE Andy Roberts, to assess his plans to solve problems in the North American...
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Prologic joins ‘Dearly Departed’
As presaged last month (see here), Prologic, the loss-making provider of software to the fashion and lifestyle industries, delists from AIM today. Black armbands are optional.
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Oracle loses to Google on patent question
The Oracle-Google lawsuit is turning into a rather unrewarding venture from Oracle’s perspective now that the jury has found Google did not infringe on Oracle’s Java patents when building Android....
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As one departs AIM, another arrives ...
As Prologic waves a fond farewell to AIM (see here), another software firm joins our junior market. Salzburg-based automotive dealer systems software firm, Incadea, launched on AIM today, placing some...
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Oracle snaps up cloud and social player Vitrue
It is not in the same league as SAP’s proposed Ariba acquisition (see SAP splashes $4.3bn on Ariba to boost cloud play), but Oracle has also been acquiring this week. With the purchase of cloud-based...
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Fujitsu clinches Post Office megadeal
Just as if to remind us that Fujitsu is still very much a player in the megadeal league, comes news of a truly significant win which sees Fujitsu displacing BT and Logica (among others) at the UK Post...
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Aveva ends with a flourish
A strong finish to the year ending March 31 2012 helped Aveva deliver double-digit yoy growth and management says it is confident about prospects for 2012/13 but there are some potential glitches. The...
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