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NetBenefit sold to Peer 1
Suddenly it’s all about Canada! A couple of weeks ago it was Montreal-based CGI pitching for Logica. This time its Vancouver-based Peer 1 Network Enterprises (trades as Peer 1 Hosting) that is taking...
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Kewill lured by sweet strains of Symphony
And so the bidding war begins – or perhaps ends. Palo Alto-based private equity firm Symphony Technology Group has tossed its hat into the ring to buy Guildford-headquartered supply chain and...
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Sopheon raises guidance for 2012
Sopheon has produced a more confident trading statement this morning, following its disappointing 2011 performance (see Licence sales elude Sopheon). The product lifecycle software firm says full-year...
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'Spend to save' drives ACS growth
Advanced Computer Software (ACS) is trading well thanks to its strong ‘spend to save’ message and expertise in growth areas such as mobile solutions for the health and care sector, 'shared services'...
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Accumili 'Edges' towards its SIEM goals
Accumuli, which via its buy and build strategy aims to become the “UK’s leading managed IT security services provider” (see Accumuli confirms expansive year), has made its fourth targeted acquisition....
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Location, Location, Location
Although it has long been expected, it really looks like one of the most important USPs in the mobile internet world is going to be location. Therefore the importance of maps comes to the fore. Three...
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Tomorrow
Most readers will be aware of my long association with the Prince’s Trust. Indeed I seem to have persuaded a goodly number of you to become supporters too. The TechmarketView customer list and the...
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The Cabinet Office's message to technology suppliers
We were fortunate to spend Monday at Intellect’s ‘World-class Public Services’ conference, hearing from a range of public sector speakers including the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster...
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Innovation Group buys Belgian claims management provider
Following its recent mixed first half year results (see Innovation Group delivers 9% organic growth (update)), insurance-focused business process services (BPS) provider The Innovation Group is now...
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Computacenter: the even bigger cost of services growth
Computacenter shares are down 14% this morning, following a profits warning. The company’s run of services contract wins in late 2011 had a sting in the tail - higher than expected set-up costs....
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Offshore players – will it be an 'annus horribilis’?
Last quarter ended with more of a whimper than a bang for some of the top India-based offshore services players. It wasn’t so much that the numbers were that bad—though growth was disappointing for...
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European tech M&A perks up
CGI’s £1.7b offer for Logica (see CGI/Logica - Can We Deliver and Be Brilliant Together? and work back) helped push last month’s aggregate value for European tech M&A deals to the highest level...
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Quindell buys up online claims management aggregator
Ambitious insurance BPS player Quindell Portfolio has now acquired online software provider Intelligent Claims Management (ICM), adding to another software purchase last month of telematics claims...
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More on Computacenter's extra services costs
Following yesterday’s profit warning from Computacenter (see Computacenter: the even bigger cost of services growth), we spoke to Group Finance Director Tony Conophy to get more details on what went...
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Richard Holway awarded an MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
We are delighted to report that TechMarketView’s Chairman, Richard Holway, has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The Citation reads...
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And about time too! I’d like to think that Richard’s MBE (see Richard Holway awarded an MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours) is also at least an indirect tribute to his contribution to the UK IT industry...
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Civica acquires Gateway to health market
Civica has further expanded its presence in the UK health sector with the bolt-on acquisition of Yeovil-based Gateway Computing. Gateway provides electronic document management systems together with...
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Scottish Government gives eProcurement European flavour
News that Scotland’s public sector eCommerce service is to open itself up to Europe has piqued our interest. The Scottish Government’s P2P service is to be integrated with a pilot PEPPOL (Pan European...
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BT looks to Asia Pac for healthcare growth
Against a backdrop of challenging conditions in the UK healthcare IT market, BT, one of the key suppliers to England’s erstwhile National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT), is turning its attention...
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29 suppliers listed on PSN Services Framework
The nascent UK Public Services Network (PSN) – a ‘single logical network and marketplace for public sector communications’ – passed a major milestone last week with the award of the PSN Services...
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