TechMarketView round-up

It’s been another hectic week for press coverage with Anthony Miller quoted in the FT on Micro Focus’s woes (see Micro Focus tumbles after forecasts cut); Information Age referencing John O’Brien’s views on Logica’s deal with Shell; and The Times quoting Richard Holway’s opinion of Zynga’s - the home of FarmVille – valuation (“People refer to this as a tech boom, but these valuations are not true for other parts of the tech industry which are within more modest limits…I’m sure that one or two will make enormous returns, but you will have to kiss a lot of frogs to get a prince”), to name but three examples.

TechMarketView research published last week includes John O’Brien’s analysis of Steria’s platform-based shared services strategy, which examines the outlook for Steria’s NHS Shared Business Services joint venture with the Department of Health and its £219m BPO contract with Cleveland Police Authority. Foundation Service subscribers will also find Tola Sargeant’s analysis of news that the NHS IT hospital systems procurement in the South of England looks set to go-ahead on UKHotViewsExtra. Research highlights to look out for this week include Georgina O’Toole’s analysis of the UK local government software and IT services supplier landscape.

Posted by HotViews Editor at '20:56'