The recent problems at Interserve (see Interserve faces crucial vote) are another reminder of the perilous state that Public Sector outsourcing finds itself in throughout the UK. Whilst Interserve .....
20/03/2019
After 30 years at HP/HPE, Andy Isherwood left his role as Managing Director of EMEA to join Amazon Web Services in March 2018. Andy brings a wealth of experience to AWS, not least his years of .....
12/03/2019
The number and aggregate value of venture capital funding deals for UK and Irish technology companies hit new highs in 2018, according to the latest data from corporate finance firm, Ascendant. .....
06/03/2019
I caught up recently with former longstanding colleague, Steve Clark who, after many years leading DXC Technology’s efforts in the global reinsurance market, is now part of the team at insurance .....
06/03/2019
There is a slew of data pointing to the existence of a significant, widespread and deepening digital skills shortage. It is viewed by many as the most significant drag on both the progress of .....
05/03/2019
2019 has got off to a cracking start for tech shares. After the travails of Q4 2018, NASDAQ is up 13.8% YTD against a (still impressive) 5.2% rise in the FTSE100.
The FTSE SCS Index (which .....
02/03/2019
A few years ago, I wrote an article highlighting the unreformed attitudes of some sales leaders within the global IT industry. The piece laid bare the frustrations of a “friend” of mine, borne out .....
28/02/2019
As the headlines from this year’s Mobile World Congress subside, this report takes an in depth look at the steps mobile network operators (MNOs) are taking to prepare early implementations of .....
28/02/2019
In UK Public Sector Supplier Prospects 2019, we look at the Top 20 suppliers in the UK public sector software and IT services market. We review recent progress, look at the key market challenges .....
28/02/2019
Lowell and its antecedents have been active in the credit management business for over 25 years, growing its operations and broadening its portfolio of services through a blend of organic .....
28/02/2019
Cogeco Peer 1’s (CP1) latest research on attitudes to software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) connectivity amongst UK organisations makes for interesting reading. Its findings resonate with .....
19/02/2019
NHS England has given permission for Babylon’s GP at Hand service to extend outside of London for the first time. It had previously advised against expansion due to concerns about access to local .....
15/02/2019
While the Top 6 Indian pure-plays (IPPs) have been struggling for growth in recent times, the mid-tier suppliers have generally shown them a clean pair of heels with double-digit growth .....
12/02/2019
I had the pleasure of visiting the London office of Atos, at MidCity Place, recently where I met with Chris Darlington, the company’s enthusiastic head of UK financial services. Like myself, Chris .....
06/02/2019
TechMarketView’s Market Readiness Index (MRI) is designed to help end user organisations – tech buyers – determine the readiness of their ICT suppliers to support them as they seek to digitally .....
06/02/2019
Atos made two significant moves in 2018. The first, the acquisition by Atos Worldline of SIX Payment Services, came in May (see Worldline scores SIX to build lead in European payments), .....
05/02/2019
Whilst shifting market dynamics remain consistent for all Business Process Services (BPS) providers, suppliers will continue to respond in different and varied ways. Currently most of the large .....
01/02/2019
Plan for the Worst. Hope for the Best.
All in all, it was a pretty good start to the year. NASDAQ rose by 10% but is STILL down nearly 10% from its high at the end of Sept 18. FTSE100 .....
01/02/2019
At the beginning of January 2019, the Department for Health and Social Care published the NHS Long Term Plan– a 136-page document that sets out how the NHS intends to evolve over the next ten .....
30/01/2019
This report is our annual review of corporate activity involving UK software and IT services company in .....
29/01/2019
Enterprise Software suppliers have a lot to work with during 2019 and beyond but it will take grit and determination to find and seize the opportunities. Focusing on the quality of partnerships .....
28/01/2019
The news that UK banking giant Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has selected an innovative tech start up as a core system provider (see Lloyds set to go live with new cloud-based core) is a fascinating .....
25/01/2019
Two big bits of news out today from UK RPA player Blue Prism with the release of full year results and news that it intends to raise an additional £100m with a Stock Market placing.
Firstly, .....
24/01/2019
As predicted by TechMarketView in 2018 (see NEW RESEARCH: Financial Services Predictions 2019) it appears that the European regulators have indeed started to wave the “big stick” under the banner .....
23/01/2019
Our year-end review of the UK software and IT services quoted sector scene with comparative share price performance against leading international software and IT services .....
22/01/2019
Yesterday saw the launch of the Tech Talent Charter’s inaugural report on gender diversity in tech atop the iconic Gherkin building in London. TechMarketView is proud to be one of the nearly 300 .....
16/01/2019
We recently had the pleasure of an interesting and insightful conversation with Ollie Purdue, the founder and CEO of up and coming UK fintech, Loot. TechMarketView first met Purdue, alongside .....
14/01/2019
Each year, at this time, I give a report on the Holway Portfolio. See Holway Portfolio performance in 2017 and work back. I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I invest in the tech sector. .....
01/01/2019
Readers of a certain age (ie mine) will remember Millicent Martin singing:
‘That was the year (OK - it was originally ‘week’!) that was.
It’s over let it go..’
I think that really .....
01/01/2019
The Application Services (AS) arena continues to be shaped by the interaction of a complex, often capricious set of countervailing forces. User demand is being stoked by needs to invest in digital .....
31/12/2018
Keeping up to date with evolving cyber security threats is getting more difficult for enterprise IT departments, who increasingly look to suppliers to help them strengthen their defences and .....
21/12/2018
This report elaborates on TechMarketView's theme for 2019, The Year of the Relationship, and consolidates our predictions for the UK software and IT services market for 2019 and beyond. This .....
21/12/2018
Trust is the foundation of any relationship, especially between cyber security suppliers and customers that stand to lose much more than just their reputation if caught out by a cyber attack. .....
14/12/2018
Venture capital funding for UK and Irish technology companies remained strong in Q3 2018 with a huge increase in Fintech deals according to the latest data from corporate finance firm, Ascendant. .....
14/12/2018
Our research theme for 2019, The Year of the Relationship, is highly relevant to the public sector. Success in progressing transformation of public services will increasingly rely on the .....
13/12/2018
TechMarketView’s research theme for 2019 is The Year of the Relationship: Extend, Evolve, Optimise, and it could hardly be more appropriate for the Financial Services sector.
As the FS space .....
13/12/2018
Today we are excited to formally launch TechMarketView’s research theme for 2019: The Year of the Relationship: Extend, Evolve, Optimise. Those who attended our TechMarketView Evening in September .....
10/12/2018
Security suppliers queued up to certify their wares for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Hub announced last week. The rush to partner the cloud provider highlights just how important cloud .....
03/12/2018
Well, it's taken nearly 20 years to do it again, but they did it! Microsoft closed the month as the world's most valuable tech company, with a market cap of $851b, just topping Apple's $847b. .....
03/12/2018
Tomorrow, The Panoply Holdings plc, “the parent company of a digitally native technology services group founded in 2016 with the aim of identifying and acquiring best-of-breed specialist .....
02/12/2018
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