fINANCIALS
SAP still open to acquisitions
SOfTWARe cont... % month Mkt cap
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“LOGIX is a natural complement to our existing Enterprise Computing
Solutions business with its focus on the fast growing mid-market and its
Sun Microsystems 11.83 9 9375 20
best-in-class portfolio of solutions. This transaction will expand our pan-
Sybase 18.50 6 1659 17
European footprint and almost double our line card, as well as strengthen
existing relationships with key suppliers,” says Arrow CEO William Mitchell.
Symantec 12.21 18 10333 47
“We will gain an experienced management team and 350 highly talented sales,
Vignette 9.35 -9 249 15
marketing and design professionals, while LOGIX will obtain access to increased
financial and technical resources, and a more comprehensive suite of solutions
for its reseller partners.”
SAP boss Henning Kagermann has told the media he is still interested in
IT Services % month Mkt cap
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acquisitions - but won’t be looking to make any big buys in the wake of the
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€4.8bn Business Objects swoop. Speaking to German newspaper Handelsblatt,
Kagermann says: “‘We must first integrate the company reasonably and then
Beko 3.01 0 54 31
we will see further. Apart from that, we do not talk publicly about any major
S&T 22.18 -17 251 12
deals. Friendly acquisitions like Business Objects are internally prepared very
carefully so that it goes through smoothly. Only then would it be disclosed
publicly.” Basware 8.31 -8 95 23
Satama/Trainers’ House 1.32 3 99 -
Novell is buying privately owned Platespin, a 100% channel virtualisation
specialist that has figured in our pages quite a lot in the last year. When we
Solteq 1.50 -9 18 17
spoke with them a year ago, PlateSpin was targeting central and eastern Europe
SysOpen Digia 3.10 12 65 11
this year as it aims to treble sales and double resources in Europe, with the
aim of listing on a stock market. No need for that now. Novell will acquire
TietoEnator 12.50 -4 900 4
PlateSpin for $205m (€138m) using current cash.
TJ Group 0.06 20 8 -
Altran 4.55 23 538 -
Internet banking use in Norway is growing very strongly. eDb business
Partner’s annual statistics for 2007 show that the number of invoices paid
Atos Origin 34.40 10 2398 -
through Norwegian Internet banks increased by 21% in 2007, and is up more
Bull 2.93 0 284 -
than three-fold since 2003. Virtually every adult in Norway now uses Internet
banking. EDB has estimated total figures for Norway based on EDB’s market
Business & Decision 16.80 -14 147 14
share and the assumption that the remainder of the market has experienced
Capgemini 38.35 10 5577 14
the same trends as those seen for the transactions handled by EDB’s systems.
Cegedim 53.59 -8 500 13
“Internet banking is very definitely the dominant channel that Norwegians use Coheris Atix 3.00 -2 17 11
to manage their personal finances. Users are becoming ever more professional,
Devoteam 19.88 6 195 12
and we see increasing customer need and preference for new service
opportunities to be added to Internet banking”, explains Helge Moan, director
GFI Informatique 4.19 -10 227 9
for Solutions and Services Bank & Finance in EDB.
Sopra 44.99 7 525 11
EDB estimates that by the start of 2008 there were around four million
Steria 19.91 8 561 7
Internet banking accounts in Norway. This represents an increase of 10% from
Umanis 0.75 -7 18 -
the previous year. Total use of Internet banking, including payments, checking
Valtech 0.42 5 37 10
account balances, account history enquiries, transfers between accounts and
other services, grew by all of 20% in 2007. Over the period 2003 to 2007, the
Cenit 0.05 -38 1 -
number of transactions carried out through Internet banking increased by
GFT 0.00 -7 21 -
144%.
IDS Scheer 10.83 -8 347 16
2007 was the most successful year in bechtle‘s 25 year history. According to
Pixelpark 0.74 -2 12 25
preliminary figures, the service-orientated reseller achieved record results in
regard to both turnover and EBIT. In the last financial year, turnover rose by
Plaut 0.70 4 8 -
around €160m to approximately €1.38bn and is up 13% from the previous year Siemens 89.10 -3 81455 20
(2006: €1.22bn). Bechtle has dwarfed its own forecast as well as the overall
SinnerSchrader 1.55 3 18 17
market growth. The 2007 EBT growth was above average at around €59m, an
increase of 28% (previous year: €45.9m).
Synergon* 6.03 -6 58 31
The increase in profitability proves that Bechtle’s restructuring measures taken
in the last two years are a complete success. With these results, the group has
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ource: Thomson Financial Datastream
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