Thankyou!
I wanted to thankyou all for the hundreds of messages of congratulation that I have received after being awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. If the honour itself wasn't enough, your...
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Changing of the guard at Infosys UK
After spending the past 12 years here in the UK, Sudhir Chaturvedi is moving to the US to run Infosys’ North America Banking sector business. Chaturvedi was one of the Infosys Europe start-up team...
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KBC heads upstream with Infochem
Energy sector software and services supplier KBC Advanced Technologies has high expectations of Infochem, the London-based supplier of software around the chemistry of oil and gas fluids that it has...
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Microsoft's ‘iPad’
Last night Microsoft preannounced the Surface. It's a tablet with a keyboard and integrated stand that attaches magnetically. There are two versions - Intel and ARM. The ARM version weighs about the...
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Westminster Group thriving in physical security market
Results from AIM-listed Westminster Group caught our eye recently. Despite sitting on the outskirts of our software & IT services ‘world’, the similarity to Digital Barriers, the brainchild of...
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RM promotes Brooks to COO
Education specialist RM has strengthened its Board with the appointment of RM long-timer David Brooks as COO. Brooks joined RM as a graduate and was most recently MD of the Education Software...
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Oracle: rushed results but still doing the business
Oracle rushed to deliver its Q4 and FY results three days early in response to concerns that the business may have been stalling. The fear factor was ignited by news that Keith Block, a 26-year Oracle...
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Salesforce.com scoops up HCM talent via ChoicePass
There is no let up in Salesforce.com’s acquisition programme, with ChoicePass being the latest addition. US-based ChoicePass provides a web-based service that enables companies to provide employees...
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Kewill: Francisco, 2, Symphony,1
And so we enter the next round of the bidding war for Guildford-headquartered supply chain and e-commerce software firm Kewill (see Kewill lured by sweet strains of Symphony) as Francisco Partners...
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Sage turns over a new leaf in Brazil with Folhamatic
Sage has significantly boosted its presence in Brazil with the acquisition of a controlling share in one of the country’s leading accounting software firms, Folhamatic (OK, I’m showing off here, but...
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Adobe raises revenue but downgrades outlook
Adobe delivered solid revenue growth in Q2 2012 (ending June 1 2012) but its move to subscriptions is taking a toll on profits, while weaker demand from Europe has caused it to rein back its full year...
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More on Oracle’s 2012 results
As we noted in HotViews (see Oracle: rushed results but still doing the business) Oracle had a good 2012. It was particularly notable for its upward marching margins, growth in new application sales...
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Logica and CGI scheme the scheme to dream the dream
The machinery rolls along and the dates have been set for the proposed acquisition of Logica by CGI. The various regulatory meetings and hearings to approve the Scheme of Arrangement are scheduled for...
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Smith accumulates more of Accumuli
Ian Smith, entrepreneur and apparent saviour of the UK managed services mid-market (OK, I exaggerate just a tad), has increased his stake in IT security services buy-and-build vehicle, Accumuli to 14%...
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Micro Focus: software focus starting to pay off
Considering the $22m restructuring it has undergone and the aftermath of the will it/won’t it be sold distraction, Micro Focus did not have too bad a year, ending with results that were in line with...
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UK public sector outsourcing: heading for a boom or a trickle?
This week Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude launched his report on Civil Service reform. In doing so, he reiterated the Government’s support for joint ventures, employee-owned mutuals and...
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Cognizant succesfully bids for BAA framework
At the beginning of May we published a research note investigating Cognizant’s efforts to break into the UK public sector (see Cognizant: breaking into UK public sector). It was therefore with...
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Liberata revenue and profit declines
We met with Dermot Joyce, CE of local government business process services (BPS) provider Liberata for an update on progress over the past year. Unfortunately, the newly published full year accounts...
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TechMarketView Research Round-up
There’s no denying the big news of the last fortnight! That’s right. In case you needed reminding, our very own Richard Holway was deservedly awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (see here)....
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Bango yet to deliver the big bang
Cambridge-based mobile payments and analytics player, Bango has really yet to deliver on its potential in this emerging market space. Revenue for the year ended 31 March was down 19.2% at £15.6m,...
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