*UKHotViewsExtra* The green, green growth at home – techUK’s Tech and Net Zero conference
techUK held its annual Tech and Net Zero conference (now in its third year) earlier this week, bringing together technology practitioners and policy advisors for a day of sessions looking at how the tech sector is approaching net zero in its own back yard, and also how it’s helping to deliver net zero improvements for […]
MSP focused UK startup inforcer raises $19m
inforcer, a UK HQ’ed startup providing Microsoft multi-tenant management solutions, has raised a $19m in Series A financing round led by Meritech Capital. Founded in 2022 by channel veterans Jamie Daum, Will Connor, Rory McInerney, and Richard Thompson, inforcer leverages the advanced security technologies already included in Microsoft 365 to help MSPs secure end-user environments […]
Infosys picks up the pace
Infosys has backed up its encouraging start to FY25 with a further acceleration in growth during the second quarter. Revenue for the three months ended 30th June increased by 3.3% yoy at constant currency (Q125: 2.5%) to $4.89bn, albeit the top line performance benefitted from the impact of a recent European acquisition. Operating margin for […]
Bechtle acquires DriveWorks from BGF
German reseller, Bechtle AG, has acquired Warrington-based DriveWorks from investors, BGF. The exit has generated a “money multiple of 2.7x and an IRR of 32% for BGF“. DriveWorks has a design automation software tool for companies using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD. It is used in a wide range of industries around the world. Bechtle has been […]
WNS shrinks 3.4% in Q2
WNS shares took a tumble yesterday, down more than 11% as the Business process operations specialist went backwards in Q2 with challenges in revenue growth and profitability. The BPS ops provider reported revenue of $322.6m, down 3.4% YoY impacted by several factors including: the loss of a major healthcare client, reduced volumes in online travel, […]
Wipro returns to sequential growth
A near top end of guidance Q225 performance saw Wipro’s top line return to sequential growth after six successive quarters of qoq decline. Company turnover for the three months ended 30th September was up by 0.6% over Q1 at constant currency to $2.66bn, albeit this was down yoy by 2.3%. The offshore major’s operating margin […]
New Atos CEO from Feb 2025: Philippe Salle
It’s probably worth a roll-call of the Atos CEOs of the last few years. The last period of managerial stability for the Group was during Thierry Breton’s tenure as CEO for 11 years through to 2019. Since then, we have seen a further six CEOs in position, with another one revealed to be just around […]
IBM Think creates a buzz
At IBM’s “Think” event in London this week, there was certainly a buzz as the firm’s partners and customers gathered for an agenda where AI was ‘centre stage’. I spent some time with the leadership team of the UK Consulting business, where the aim is to be “essential for customers’ business critical platforms”. The firm’s […]
Cognizant Neuro gets smarter and safer
Cognizant has announced two additions to its Neuro suite; Multi-Agent Orchestration and Cognizant Neuro® Cybersecurity. The first is an enhancement to the company’s Neuro® AI Platform and aims to accelerate the process by which organisations discover, prototype, and develop AI use cases. The second offers AI-enabled enterprise security orchestration to support improved cyber resilience and […]
ActiveOps updates on H1 growth
First half trading update out this morning from AIM-listed ActiveOps shows continued progress. Key highlights include 9% overall revenue growth (11% CC) to £14.3m, 10% SaaS revenue growth (11% CC) to £13m and an 11% increase in ARR (12% CC) to £26.2m. Despite elongated enterprise sales cycles in some regions, the company’s land and expand strategy continues […]