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News Richard Holway, director of analyst house TechMarketView, said this month's eight-trust deal has also averted a very real risk of BTGS walking away from the NPfIT contracts it holds. The London contract] was so... [06 Apr 2009]
Open source and cloud: Credit crunch busters
News Richard Holway, chairman of analyst house TechMarketView, said: "[In a recession] you actually get an acceleration in adoption of new technologies. Holway said some companies will find it increasingly... [11 Feb 2009]
Is this make or break for £12.7bn NHS IT project?
News A £1bn contract to link up and standardise all of the NPfIT computer systems in the London area, due to run until 2013, is thought to be among these final two, according to director of analyst house TechMarketView, Richard... [22 Jan 2009]
Mentoring: Tech charity's recipe for success
Comment Richard Holway, for many years the most prominent IT industry analyst in the UK, was a co-founder of the Prince's Trust TLG and last week attended a celebratory dinner at Windsor Castle at which Prince Charles addressed... [09 Jul 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News Richard Holway, of Farnham Consulting, warned the lack of people to fill entry-level jobs in technology threatens employers' ability to train up the next generation of project managers on the job in the UK. [14 May 2008]
UK should 'abandon' software market to China
News Speaking at the launch of the report Richard Holway, of Farnham Consulting, said that less software was being sold as companies tried to extend the life of existing products. UK software sales are on course to lag almost... [13 May 2008]
Wales pitches itself as offshore outsourcing location
News But Eamon Kennedy, senior analyst at Ovum Holway, warned there is a lot of competition for this kind of business among several strong native English-speaking locations both within the UK and further afield. [12 Oct 2005]
UK births, deaths, marriages records to be digitised
News Phil Codling, analyst at Ovum Holway, said the contract is noticeable in that it is the first time a government department or agency has gone public with the fact that using offshore IT services will save taxpayers a... [02 Aug 2005]
Capita bags £100m Harrow council IT deal
News But Phil Codling, analyst at Ovum Holway, dismissed the idea that the dip in top-line growth is a symptom of a more serious decline at Capita and pointed to a healthy £3.4bn pipeline of contracts. Capita has won a £100m... [29 Jul 2005]
Revenue threatens to sue EDS over tax credit IT problems
News John O'Brien, analyst at Ovum Holway, said in a research note that a court case could be extremely hazardous to EDS' already battered reputation in the public sector. The Inland Revenue is threatening to drag EDS through... [21 Jun 2005]
CSC fends off rivals for £34m Anglian Water deal
News Phil Codling, analyst at Ovum Holway, said in a briefing note that keeping hold, or "recycling", of existing customers is vital for services companies. CSC has beaten off stiff competition from rivals to extend an IT... [17 Jun 2005]
Tesco rings up Xansa deal
News In a research note Ovum Holway analyst Samad Masood said that Xansa "may well breathe a sigh of relief" that Tesco has decided to stick with it, especially as the retail giant opened its own offshore centre in Bangalore... [26 May 2005]
UK security firms top for innovation
News Richard Holway, director at analyst house Ovum Holway, speaking at the Innovation and Growth Summit before the event's prize-giving, described security as "the flavour of the decade". The top companies... [15 Mar 2005]
EDS to move application development offshore
News Ovum Holway analyst Georgina O'Toole said in a research note: "The suggested 20 per cent reduction in costs over the next period - helped by the movement of application management staff to offshore locations - will... [23 Feb 2005]
Tech acquisitions return to "sensible" $134bn high
News Commenting on the software and IT services figures, Richard Holway, analyst at Ovum Holway, predicted the upwards trend will continue through 2005. Merger and acquisitions (M&As) in the European... [28 Jan 2005]
