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McKesson wins Southend NHS IT deal
News that McKesson has been awarded the contract to provide a patient administration system (PAS) to Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides yet more evidence of the opportunities...
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EU court rules Oracle licences can be resold
One of Oracle’s quieter legal battles has been playing out in Europe over the right to sell secondhand software licences for downloaded software, and it has not gone well. The EU Court of Justice has...
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UK Government and the 'Big Data' opportunity
Last night I attended a Policy Exchange event on “The Big Data Opportunity” with the byline “Making government faster, smarter and more personal”. The speakers were Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister...
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BT 'secures' extension to MoD cyber relationship
We note that BT has extended its cyber security agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The new seven year agreement is great news for BT. Air Commodore Tim Bishop, Head of Service...
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2e2's full-year results
Privately-held infrastructure services provider 2e2 has released financial results for 2011. They show a big impact from the acquisition of Morse, but very little organic growth. We spoke to Terry...
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Apple to launch 7inch iPad?
We were quoted in Murad Ahmed’s article Apple strikes a mini blow against all those who would challenge the iPad in The Times today. For those without a subscription, it is all about the rumours...
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Serco and Tech M considering Hutchison BPO captive
Newspaper reports are pointing to support services and BPO giant Serco, and telco-focused offshore IT/BP player Tech Mahindra as the two interested parties looking to acquire Hutchison Global Services...
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Deteriorating market conditions hit Robert Walters
After reporting reasonably robust growth in net fee income (NFI – gross profit) in Q1 (see here), UK-headquartered international recruitment firm Robert Walters suffered a decline in NFI in Q2 (to...
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Strong year for NCC Group, despite software disaster
NCC Group has confirmed the positive FY results presaged in its last trading update in April (NCC: retaining skills and growing the business) with strong increases in revenue, even at the organic...
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Ernst & Young UK&I admits new partners
Accountancy Age reports that Ernst & Young has admitted 550 new partners across the globe over the past year – 43 of those in the UK & Ireland division. Most interesting is that the...
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Kewill joins ‘Dearly Departed’
And so it has come to pass that UK-headquartered supply chain and e-commerce software firm Kewill leaves the London Stock Exchange now that its takeover by US private equity firm, Francisco Partners...
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Serco entering UK life and pensions BPS market
In what is clearly a shot across the bows at life and pensions (L&P) BPS market leaders Capita and Diligenta/TCS, support services and BPO giant Serco is marking its entrée into L&P via...
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Memset 10 years on
Kate and Nick Craig-Wood founded Memset in 2002 with a £2,000 investment. Indeed they still hold c90% of the equity and there are no external shareholders. Memset is a hosting and managed services...
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Francisco Partners – the other UK story
Full marks to eagle-eyed Paddy MccGwire at Cobalt Corporate Finance, who noted that Francisco Partners’ acquisition of Kewill (see Kewill joins ‘Dearly Departed’) was not in fact their first foray in...
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Linkedin no Bubble
Our oft-repeated view that the social media bubble – as far as valuations anyway - was just a bubble, has certainly proved to be case as every IPO from Facebook to Zynga via Groupon will testify. But...
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Quindell shows progress, but still hurdles to clear
A pre-close update from Quindell Portfolio shows revenue for the six months ended 30 June will be c£45m (Q1: c£12m, Q2: c£33m), and EBITDA profit will be c£14.8m (Q1: £5.5m, Q2: £9.3m). By comparison,...
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The Last Time
On 27th Sept 12, I am presenting my very last ‘State of the ICT Nation’ speech followed by dinner at the top of BT Tower. It will be my 14th where ALL proceeds go to the Prince’s Trust and will mean,...
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Iris Software staffing up
There has not been much public news from Iris since HgCapital Trust upped its investment late last year (HgCapital rebacks separated Iris businesses) and action started to split the group into...
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Catch up on TechMarketView’s research activity
It’s here! TechMarketView’s much awaited assessment and forecasts for the UK software and IT services market is now available. UK SITS Market Trends and Forecasts – 2012 may not make the most...
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Tough times persist for Michael Page UK
Recruitment player Michael Page has provided a Q2/H1 update this morning. The company continues to grow in Asia. But closer to home, the picture is dominated by the tough trading conditions brought...
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