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Delcam continues good form with H1 growth
Delcam has maintained its strong form with an expectation-busting first half of 2012. In a trading update released this morning, the CAM software player says trading in Jan to May was “ahead of the...
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Microsoft buys Yammer
Microsoft is to buy Yammer for $1.2b to up its capabilities in the social media in the enterprise. Yammer will be integrated with Office and Sharepoint. To me, the move is similar to/a reaction to the...
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Serco warns on H1 organic growth
Support services and BPO giant Serco has warned that group organic revenue growth at half time will show a ‘small reduction’ as a result of a ‘very tough’ US federal market. Only last month, Serco had...
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Atos extends contract with Welsh Government
The good news just seems to keep flowing for Atos. Since it announced impressive results for the UK business in Q1 (see Atos UK: sales focus paying off), we have commented on its wins with the Nuclear...
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Allocate updates on pleasing year
Allocate Software has released a trading update this morning which indicates that results for its FY12 (to end May) should be in line with expectations. The company’s CEO, Ian Bowles, says he is “very...
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Music stops for Symphony, leaves Kewill’s heart to Francisco
News just in that Kewill private equity counter-bidder, Symphony (see Kewill: Francisco, 2, Symphony,1), has thrown in the conductor’s stick and is not to raise its 106p a share bid. So, it looks like...
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Acquisitions boost IDOX, but there's organic growth too
Newly diversified software and services firm IDOX has grown nicely in the last six months as it moves to decrease its reliance on the UK public sector - a slew of recent acquisitions has helped (see...
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TechMarketView needs more analysts!
Despite (or perhaps because of!) the woes in the industry, we are proud to say that the prospects for TechMarketView look exceedingly bright. So, we need more analysts to write great research for our...
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How the mighty have fallen
The diametrically opposed fortunes of RIM & Nokia v Apple & Samsung over the last three years or so is, being honest, pretty breath-taking. We’ve long used them as the best example in our...
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Update: Microsoft buys Yammer
Microsoft’s Yammer acquisition will immediately establish it as a business social media player but that is only the starting point. There is a lot to be done before it can benefit - and profit - from...
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CA Technologies software at root of RBS banking debacle
CA Technologies is in the hot seat over the RBS/NatWest banking calamity, with reports citing an upgrade of its CA 7 automation software as the root of the problem that prevented payment processing...
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Logica workers – more questions than answers on CGI
Logica’s employee works councils show broad support for the proposed acquisition by CGI (see CGI/Logica - Can We Deliver and Be Brilliant Together?) but their opinions, published yesterday, point out...
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Thales wins £29m contract extension
Defence supplier, Thales, has announced it will continue to support the RAF’s Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance Mission Support System (ISTAR MSS). ISTAR MSS provides...
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Google for gadget lovers
Turning into quite a week for gadget lovers. Last night Google announced its long anticipated move into the tablet market with the Asus-built Nexus 7. It’s a 7inch tablet running Jelly Bean (the...
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Progress Software reprises its knitting, casts off non core products
Progress Software’s latest set of results show a company in the midst of transition and that rarely makes for comfortable reading. Revenue for the company who provides software to smooth the...
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Clearswift benefitting from Lyceum backing
Email and web security software provider Clearswift has issued its first set of results since its change in ownership late last year when private equity firm Lyceum Capital took control (see...
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Serco sells Technical Services arm to AMEC
Support services and BPS giant Serco has sold its Technical Services (TS) consulting business to engineering and project management support services provider AMEC for £137m in cash. TS provides...
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It Was Outsourcing Wot Did It for Accenture!
We talk a lot about ‘diversity of performance’ among the IT suppliers in times of economic strife, but the same applies within each supplier’s business. How much better can this be illustrated than...
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RIM: grimmer and grimmer news
Q2 results from Blackberry-makers RIM were even worse than expected, and underline once again the downward spiral of this once market-leading business. The company made an operating loss and...
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