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The last decade has seen the increasing automation of white-collar activities with robotics and intelligent automation moving firmly into the corporate mainstream. The initial reaction from some in the media has been to focus on the negatives with predictions of a jobless future and automated dystopia. Whilst there’s no doubt that an increasing amount of activity (particularly routine repetitive work) will be automated, it is by no means all ‘doom and gloom’ for the workforce, as offsetting these changes will be huge potential benefits.
Organisations and their employees will work to reconfigure and redesign the workplace leading to employees learning new skills, and in many cases creating more stimulating and higher value roles. Central to this is the belief that if done well, the fusing of digital and human labour provides an opportunity to improve the Employee Experience (EX).
Some of the questions this report looks to answer include:
• What will the future workforce look like?
• How can we best integrate human and digital labour?
• How will we attract, grow and retain employees in this environment?
• What changes might be needed to operating models to remain both relevant and competitive?
Read the report here: "Digital Employee Experience and The Future of Work".
For subscription enquiries, please contact Deb Seth.
Posted by Marc Hardwick at '16:22' - Tagged: automation newresearch EX
Regular UKHotViews readers will know that at TechMarketView we follow the fortunes of SMEs in the UK tech sector keenly, particularly those that have been through one of our SME programmes – whether they were Little British Battlers, Great British Scaleups or most recently TechMarketView Innovation Partners. However, it is not often that we have the opportunity to track the success of an SME’s founding team from start-up through being successfully acquired by not one, but two much larger organisations.
But that is exactly what we have been able to do with device monitoring and management technology provider, CentraStage, which was one of our first cohort of ‘Little British Battlers’ in 2012. Unusually, the CentraStage team including founders Christian Nagele and Ian van Reenen, stayed with the business through both acquisitions and have been instrumental in the continued growth of the ‘CentraStage’ solution as part of first Autotask and now Datto. CentraStage’s product, now known as Datto RMM (for remote monitoring and management), now occupies a prime position in the Datto portfolio, and with over 4,000 IT service provider customers globally revenues have grown 30x from pre-acquisition levels. This impressive growth has reportedly led Vista Private Equity to consider CentraStage as one of its most successful ‘bolt-on’ acquisitions ever. More…
Posted by Tola Sargeant at '15:17' - Tagged: scaleup
Don’t miss your chance to secure discounted tickets to the tech event of the year! Early Bird ticket sales for the 2019 ‘Evening with TechMarketView’ close tonight so make sure you order your places before COP today to enjoy the discounted rates.
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The TechMarketView team is already busy planning for the evening, which includes presentations from our expert analysts - plus a fascinating guest speaker to be announced soon – and of course plenty of opportunities to network with colleagues, peers, prospects, clients and the TMV team over drinks and dinner.
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Posted by HotViews Editor at '09:28' - Tagged: events
A special twin-pack for subscribers to the TechMarketView Foundation Service and the UKHotViews Premium service today as we publish the latest editions of our IndustryViews Corporate Activity and IndustryViews Quoted Sector quarterly reviews.
IndustryViews Corporate Activity provides a handy summary of the significant corporate activity among UK software & IT services companies from our research partner Regent Assay. IndustryViews Quoted Sector reviews the share price performance of publicly listed UK SITS companies and that of significant international peers.
IndustryViews Corporate Activity and IndustryViews Quoted Sector can be downloaded from the links, or contact sales@techmarketview.com for further information.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '07:53'
Only three days to go until our Early Bird ticket sales close for our 2019 'An Evening with TechMarketView', on 12th September 2019 at RIBA, London. We don't want you to miss out! So, secure your place now or be sure to book by 30 April.
If you are a TMV client or subscribe to UKHotViewsPremium or if you're one of our Little British Battlers, Great British Scaleups or Innovation Partner Programme companies you will be eligible for TMV event rates.
More than 200 of UK tech’s ‘great & good’ are expected to attend the evening event which has become a popular fixture in the tech calendar and has been described by attendees as “the best networking event in the industry”. Registration commences from 6:30pm with our drinks reception sponsored by InterSystems, this will be followed by the speaker sessions and a first-class silver servce dinner.
With our theme for the year 'The Year of the Relationship', what better way to network with your peers and gain expert insight on the latest tech trends.
Early Bird rates for a table of 10 and individual tickets are available and you can book here or contact our event management partner, tx2events on T: 020 3137 2541. For more information please click here.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '09:38'
If 2019 and beyond is to be the period of digital activism it ought to be, suppliers and end user organisations need to top up their technology toolkits with the practical enablers and accelerators of transformation. At TechMarketView we believe the low code platform is one of the necessary transformation tools.
Subscribers should download ‘Digital Enablement via Low Code Platforms: understanding the position, uncovering the prospects’ for insight into this fast growing market sector and its implications.
For all the positives that stem from this declarative, model driven approach to application development – which include the ability to deal with continuous change, cope with filled-to-bursting software and process development pipelines, enablement of core system modernisation and addressing skills shortages – the PaaS low code movement also represents a threat to application services providers. As low code-using end user organisations are able to do more in terms of self-service development, to shorter timescales and with lower costs, they are using their knowledge to pressure suppliers into upping their game. Suppliers need to build low code capabilities for their own sakes as well as on behalf of clients.
Low code platforms are perceived as only being suitable for lightweight, mobile and web applications. While they aren’t the solution for every development task and should only form part of a broader development toolkit, they can tackle sophisticated business critical application rand process requirements.
If you are interested in this report but don’t have a TechMarketView subscription, you can contact Deb Seth to find out how to access our research services.
Posted by Angela Eager at '08:45' - Tagged: software PaaS digital
Last year we published our first report on the push by Systems Integrators (SI’s) into the Creative Design Agency arena. At that time, half of the companies which feature in TechMarketViews’ Top 10 ranking of UK application services (AS) providers and eight of the Top 20 had made company purchases in this space spending over $5bn in the process. Judging by how well both the acquired personnel had been retained and the associated skills pools expanded, the creative agency gamble appeared to be paying-off.
Twelve months on and this particular spending spree shows no sign of abating. The last year has seen a further sixteen creative agencies snapped up by the leading SI’s for a total price tag that we estimate is in excess of $1bn. The jury remains out, however, over whether this proving to be money well spent. Just how successful are the acquiring SI’s being at bringing these new capabilities fully into the mainstreams of the businesses to generate increased market leverage?
Click to download Another Year Another $1Billion – the SI Creative Agency Spending Spree Continues for both answers to these questions and fresh insights into this huge industry play.
This paper examines the increasingly strategic role of design in the digital era, updates the picture who’s been buying who and considers both the impacts on and the responses by the advertising and branding industry from this continuing acquisition spree. It also looks at the how well SI’s are dealing with the integration challenges posed by these new, increasingly essential, but very different talents.
If you are an existing subscriber to our ESASViews you’ll know you can access the report by clicking the link above. If you’d like to discuss an extension to your existing subscription or would like details of how to subscribe to TechMarketView, please email Deb Seth.
Posted by Duncan Aitchison at '07:59' - Tagged: marketing digital newresearch designthinking
Out now is the new Cloud and Infrastructure Services Supplier Prospects 2019 and beyond report.
The report looks at the Top Ten largest suppliers of Cloud and Infrastructure Services in the UK market, examining the challenges they face and the strengths they bring.
It is essential reading for tech buyers and suppliers alike.
Many of the ten largest suppliers (as well as those outside of the ranking) face the same challenge: How to grow digital services fast enough (and big enough) to counter the declines in more traditional services. This situation will remain the greatest challenge facing most in the years ahead. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that as market investments shift towards the ‘new’ that all suppliers will be lifted by this ‘digital tide’.
Success in the market this year will not come down to just one factor. Suppliers that are growing consistently (i.e. not just a quarter here, a quarter there) are getting multiple things right.
Download the report here to read our analysis on each supplier, and our suggestions for how all players in the market can improve their performance.
The report should be read alongside Infrastructure Services Supplier Ranking 2018 and Infrastructure Services Market Trends & Forecasts to 2021.
If you would like to access the report (which is authored by Chief Research Officer, Kate Hanaghan) and are not currently a subscriber to our Infrastructure Services programme, please contact Deb Seth.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '10:01' - Tagged: cloud infrastructure
If you were away over the Easter holiday period, you have have missed our new research note looking at privately-owned IT and business consultancy BJSS.
Recently, the company has grabbed our attention for several reasons: its continuing financial strength; its evident success on the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace, and the re-evaluation and re-launch of its mission, values and purpose since the appointment of long-time BJSS’er, Stuart Bullock, to the position of Managing Director towards the end of 2018.
BJSS was founded in 1993 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Since then, the company has achieved consistent organic growth, citing a compound annual revenue growth rate since its inception of 10-15%.
In this latest PublicSectorViews research note, we analyse the company’s recent performance and business growth, look at the company’s secrets to impressive growth, put a spotlight on its long-term client relationship with NHS Digital, and consider the outlook for this fast-growing UK success story.
TechMarketView subscribers can download the research note – BJSS: Putting relationships at its heart – now. I you are not yet a subscriber and would like to find out more, please get in touch with Deb Seth.
Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '08:00'
Since the launch of our Great British Scaleup programme, 40 high-potential UK tech SMEs have elected to share their business plans with TechMarketView research directors and entrepreneurs from our partners, ScaleUp Group, to help them improve the chances of getting growth funding.
We’ve achieved our best success with Series A funding prospects, so we are dedicating our sixth Great British Scaleup event to those UK tech SMEs that envisage needing Series A funding within the next 3-18 months.
You need to apply to attend a Pre-Qualification Session. This is a 90-minute, in-depth confidential review with TechMarketView and ScaleUp Group. We’ll ask you to take us through your business plan to understand why you believe you can rise to the “Series A Growth Challenge”. The most promising candidates will be invited by ScaleUp Group for further discussion with a view to mapping out a path to funding.
We will be holding Pre-Qualification Sessions at the offices of industry association techUK in London on 22nd May 2019.
You’ll get the benefit of an independent, constructive critique of your business plan by some of the UK’s most respected market analysts and successful entrepreneurs absolutely free. Time and again we are told by Great British Scaleup candidates that this is insight ‘money can’t buy’. Indeed, our advice has often become an integral part of the company’s strategy. You can see plaudits from previous Great British Scaleup candidates on our website.
In addition, every company selected to attend a Pre-Qualification Session will get coverage by TechMarketView in UKHotViews, arguably the most influential daily commentary on the UK tech scene, and also through our social media channels. UKHotViews reaches thousands of executives, professionals, investors and entrepreneurs in the tech sector every working day, as well as Government, commercial enterprises and the media. Time and again we are told that coverage by TechMarketView ‘starts the phones ringing’.
You must be a fast-growing, privately-held UK-headquartered tech SME with recurring revenues of circa £1m p.a., growing by more than 30% p.a. The company Founder/CEO/MD and at least one other member of the executive team must be available to attend the Pre-Qualification Session if selected. Companies not meeting the criteria are welcome to apply for consideration in future programmes.
You need to complete our online application form here. Entries at close of play TODAY, Wednesday 24th April. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 8th May. There is no fee required.
Apply now for the Great British Scaleup Series A Growth Challenge and turn your business plan into a growth opportunity!
For further information and FAQ, please see our website here.
ScaleUp Group was formed by experienced entrepreneurs to “Grow Global Champions” by offering unrivalled knowledge, insights and connections to technology companies who have the ambition to scale up. Founded by experienced entrepreneur John O’Connell, ScaleUp Group members include award-winning Fintech entrepreneur Lisa Powis, software entrepreneur Martin Fincham, prolific tech investor Nick Kingsbury, and serial fintech entrepreneur Duane Jackson, among many others. ScaleUp Group members have been involved in successful exits totalling over £4bn and can call upon a network of over 100 UK and international investors to find the ‘right fit’ for a scaleup business. Contact: Paul Excell, paul@scaleupgroup.co
techUK represents the companies and technologies that are defining today the world that we will live in tomorrow. More than 900 companies are members of techUK. Collectively they employ approximately 700,000 people, about half of all tech sector jobs in the UK. These companies range from leading FTSE 100 companies to new innovative start-ups. The majority of our members are small and medium-sized businesses. techUK is a proud supporter of the TechMarketView Great British Scaleup programme.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '00:00'
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Posted by HotViews Editor at '17:04'
Every company is a software company. Every company is a technology company. Every company is a data company. These well used phrases are employed by companies, and about companies, who would not conventionally be described as technology providers.
There is an element of ‘tech-washing (merely using tech within a company does not make a tech company). Others are enabled or even reliant on technology (e.g. Facebook, Uber, Spotify, Netflix) but tech is not their raison d'être. However, more and more businesses whose foundations are in non-technical areas are not just buying and relying on software, they are acquiring software and services companies to improve customer experience in both the physical and digital worlds.
In UKHotViewsExtra we examine the moves by fast food provider McDonalds and food delivery service Just Eat to acquire software startups Dynamic Yield and Practi respectively, and the implications for software and service providers. TechMarketView subscribers - including UKHotViews Premium subscribers: click to read the ‘CX improvement driving non-tech businesses into software company acquisition’ analysis.
Posted by Angela Eager at '07:07' - Tagged: acquisition software digital customerexperience machinelearning
You need to complete our online application form here. Entries close TOMORROW, Wednesday 24th April. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 8th May. There is no fee required.
Less than two weeks to go until our Early Bird ticket sales close for our 2019 'An Evening with TechMarketView', on 12th September 2019 at RIBA, London. We don't want you to miss out! So, secure your place now or be sure to book by 30 April.
Early Bird rates for a table of 10 and individual tickets are available and you can book here or contact our event management partner, tx2events on T: 020 3137 2541.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '09:16'
Recently, privately-owned IT and business consultancy BJSS has grabbed our attention for several reasons: its continuing financial strength; its evident success on the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace, and the re-evaluation and re-launch of its mission, values and purpose since the appointment of long-time BJSS’er, Stuart Bullock, to the position of Managing Director towards the end of 2018.
Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '09:15' - Tagged: publicsector strategy health
The procurement process has been ongoing for more than two years. But, finally, the States of Guernsey has announced the preferred bidder for its Future Digital Services contract.
At the final hurdle, the bidders were Fujitsu and Agilisys (DXC had also been involved in the bidding at an earlier stage; the States had also considered an inhouse alternative model). It was a battle between a Japanese-headquartered global IT services firm and a UK-headquartered, and UK-focused, mid-sized IT services firm.
The latter - Agilisys - has come out on top, securing preferred supplier status for the ten-year contract. Preparatory work is already underway, with full delivery to commence in August. Details of the financial aspects of the programme are expected to be disclosed formally in early May when a Policy Letter is formally lodged with States Deputies, but reports suggest a value of c£200m over ten years.
In UKHotViewsExtra: Agilisys triumphant at States of Guernsey, we take a detailed look at the make-up of the deal, the way Agilisys sought to differentiate from the competition, how it is drawing on the portfolio of the wider Blenheim Chalcot Group, and how its approach to shaping a proposition for States of Guernsey has perfectly embodied TechMarketView’s research theme for 2019: The Year of the Relationship.
TechMarketView subscribers (including UKHotViews Premium subscribers) can read the analysis now. If you are not yet a subscriber, please contact Deb Seth to get access.
Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '08:39' - Tagged: publicsector localgovernment contract IToutsourcing digital
You need to complete our online application form here. Entries close on Wednesday 24th April. Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 8th May. There is no fee required.
With less than three weeks to go until our Early Bird ticket sales close for our 2019 'An Evening with TechMarketView', we don't want you to miss out! So, secure your place now or be sure to book by 30 April.
More than 200 of UK tech’s ‘great & good’ are expected to attend the evening event which has become a popular fixture in the tech calendar and has been described by attendees as “the best networking event in the industry”.
Date: Thursday 12 September 2019 Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects, London Registration & Drinks Reception: 6:30pm sponsored by InterSystems. This will be followed by the speaker sessions and a first-class dinner.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '08:20'
In order to drive consistent revenue growth, Fujitsu is making some important organisational changes to the UK business.
From a leadership perspective, key personnel at the EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) level will now be dedicating the majority of their efforts to the UK business, which is Fujitsu’s largest outside of Japan. From the start of its new financial year (April 1st), Duncan Tait, President and CEO of EMEIA, has also officially become Head of the UK. It is a role that has technically been vacant for some time (although covered by other Execs), and indeed one that he’s very familiar with having been CEO of the UK for three years to 2014. Other EMEIA Execs (for example, Ian Hunter, Head of Marketing for EMEIA) will also be skewing their efforts (i.e. the majority of their time) towards nurturing the UK business, which is incredibly important to the corporation due to both its size and Services focus. MORE……
Posted by HotViews Editor at '10:04' - Tagged: cloud quantum
Posted by HotViews Editor at '00:00' - Tagged: GreatBritishScaleup
FinancialForce delivered 37% revenue growth in EMEA during 2018 and Q418 growth was 96% up on the year ago quarter. Globally, total recurring revenue is north of $100m. Clearly there is demand for the Cloud ERP and Professional Services Automation (PSA) provider’s products. The challenge will be sustaining growth levels. We met with CEO Tod Nielsen and EMEA VP and GM James Stirk to talk through demand patterns and plans.
The UK is a significant market for XaaS FinancialForce and while unable to share hard numbers, CEO Tod Nielsen confirmed it was on high growth trajectory during 2018. And the company is investing here – it extended its Harrogate offices during 2018 and is staffing up, including adding vertical industry specialists. Across EMEA demand for ERP and PSA is fairly balanced, with particular demand for PSA from the enterprise sector. In the UK, cloud ERP is in demand, especially among mid-sized organisations.
Keeping his ear to the ground is important for Nielsen and to that end he has met with well over 300 customers and prospects during 2018 so has a good take on what’s needed, what works and what has yet to take off. Check out FinancialForce: demand patterns, plans and resellers in HotViewsExtra for further insight.
Posted by Angela Eager at '10:18' - Tagged: erp saas cloud software
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Posted by HotViews Editor at '10:30'
With only four weeks to go until our Early Bird ticket sales close for our 2019 'An Evening with TechMarketView', we don't want you to miss out! So, secure your place now or be sure to book by 1st May.
With our theme for the year, 'The Year of the Relationship', what better way to network with your peers and gain expert insights on the latest tech trends
Posted by HotViews Editor at '09:00'
Posted by HotViews Editor at '08:48' - Tagged: outsourcing cloud hybridIT
Our latest report profiles ten of the UK’s hottest small cyber security suppliers – companies which have expanded from a modest base to deliver products and services for enterprise customers at home and abroad.
Public and private sector IT departments are struggling to cope with the volume and diversity of cyber security threats facing them, ongoing skills shortages, a growing security management overhead and the risk to their revenue and reputation posed by new data protection regulation.
We think that tapping into accelerating demand for innovative solutions and managed services to meet those challenges, whilst simultaneously shifting delivery models into cloud hosted platforms, will now be key to driving the next wave of revenue growth for UK security suppliers
The companies profiled in this report include Assuria, Becrypt, CNS Group, ECSC Group, Egress Software, Intercede, Nexor, Osirium, Panaseer and Swivel Secure.
Subscribers to SecureConnectViews can download our Hot 10 UK Cyber Security Suppliers report here. If you don't currently have access and would like to discuss your subscription options, please contact Deb Seth.
Posted by Martin Courtney at '23:14' - Tagged: profile sme suppliers cyber SMB
· Capita’s transformation plan – one year in
· Financial Services Supplier Prospects 2019 and Beyond
· Automation – Transforming Financial Service Majors
· Will the government’s ‘outsourcing playbook’ put Public Sector outsourcing back on track?
· Q&A: Andy Isherwood, MD EMEA, Amazon Web Services
· IndustryViews Venture Capital 2018 Review.
Posted by HotViews Editor at '17:32'
Competition within the UK financial services SITS market is understandably fierce. Just as significant change has come to the financial services providers, so many of the major technology players are facing the same imperative to transform. As the industry evolves, a key challenge that many established vendors are facing, is the pivot away from traditional offerings and services. Against this backdrop, TechMarketView has published its latest financial services sector research, UK Financial Services Supplier Prospects 2019 and Beyond.
This research examines each of the top ten leading SITS (Software and IT Services) providers, active in the UK financial services market, and assesses their current performance. The analysis also examines what each of these companies will need to do, in order to secure future market success, and provides a view on the challenges that all vendors in the financial services technology sector will face, over the medium to long term.
We recommend that this report is read alongside our UK Financial Services Supplier Rankings 2018 and our UK Financial Services Predictions 2019.
If you are an existing FinancialServicesViews subscriber, you can read the report now. If you don't currently have access and would like to discuss extending your subscription, or you would like to subscribe to TechMarketView, please contact Deb Seth.
Posted by Jon C Davies at '06:00' - Tagged: insurance payments banking
