Altran buys Dutch IS specialist
French consulting firm Altran Technologies has bought a Dutch Intelligent Systems specialist TASS for an undisclosed amount.
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Sopra-Steria union creates new European giant
French integrator Sopra and European developer Steria have agreed on a merger, which will create a major player with a combined revenue of €3.1bn and operations in 24 countries, employing 35,000 in Europe and Asia.
Dell signs new partner in Germany
Dell has announced it has chosen Pironet NDH, provider of cloud computing, as one of its first partners under the Dell’s programme for Managed Service Providers in Germany, it says.
Venture capital fund ready to invest in European start-ups
London-based venture capital investor Balderton Capital has completed its fifth European fund and raised $305m (€222.6m), bringing its total funds to $2.2bn (€1.6bn), to invest in European technology start-ups.
New money service in Romania
Solutions vendor Huawei has announced its contribution into a new mobile money service in Romania as it has delivered a new platform for Vodafone’s new M-Pesa service.
Pluribus Networks expands to Europe
Pluribus Networks, specialist in open architecture, has announced its expansion plans across Europe with new deployments in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal.
Hard drives sales under pressure
With demand squeezed by PC weakness and SSD cannibalisation, Gartner forecasts global hard drive shipments will post a 2.9% CAGR from 2013-2018, growing from 552 million units to 635.1 million. High-capacity business-critical drives as used by Web/cloud service providers, are expected to fuel much of the industry's growth by delivering a 25.1% CAGR.
Dutch online firm buys Italian web printer
Netherlands-based Vistaprint NV, an online provider of marketing products and services to micro businesses and the home, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pixartprinting Srl for a base purchase price of approximately €127 million, resulting in Vistaprint ownership of 97% of Pixartprinting, and 3% retained ownership by Pixartprinting’s founder.
Capita buys UK network services specialist
Capita plc, BPO and integrated support service solutions specialist, has announced its acquisition of Updata Infrastructure, a UK-based IT network services provider, for a cash consideration of £80m (€96.4m).
European IT & Software Excellence Awards Winners
This year's European IT Excellence Awards shows just how diverse the IT supply industry has become with solutions ranging from construction site management to healthcare systems and government document control, and from all parts of Europe.