2004 'will be a buyers' market'
News Companies are no longer prepared to be the guinea pigs for immature technology and have realised the glut of vendors vying for their business means they can afford to be patient, according to analysts Richard Kramer and Richard Holway, speaking at...
[January 21, 2004, 16:20]
Fiorina predicts steep growth for IT sector
News Fiorina is predicting twice the growth rate as Richard Holway, influential industry analyst at Ovum Holway, who is expected tonight to reiterate his stance that tech is like other mature industries which mirror GDP growth.
[November 30, 2004, 17:10]
Micro Focus appoints Waters as CEO
News We were really chuffed to read that the departure was "by mutual agreement" because it reflected the intention of the group to shift its emphasis from products to supplying services," said Richard Holway, software and services analyst and...
[July 18, 1997, 11:57]
Sage shares surge from Peachtree buyout
News It's the usual Sage 'stick to the knitting'," said Richard Holway, independent IT financial analyst and author of The Holway Report. Shares in Sage, the Newcastle-based accounting software company rocketed on the London Stock Exchange this morning...
[February 4, 1999, 12:16]
Lockheed pulls out of NHS IT bidding
News But Richard Holway, analyst at Ovum Holway, said there is concern from those involved in the bidding both at the speed of the process and the levels of fines and penalties for missing performance targets.
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
European ICT market 'has turned the corner'
News The UK is the most robust market, because it has already taken the medicine," said Ovum director Richard Holway. The UK has also put out the welcome mat to offshoring, in contrast to France which has put up the barriers," Holway added.
[March 5, 2004, 12:40]
iSoft accounts under investigation
News The investigation will involve past directors such as Whiston and his predecessor, Patrick Cryne, according to Ovum analyst Richard Holway. This should be taken as yet another cautionary lesson to anyone who takes on a non-executive directorship...
[July 21, 2006, 12:35]
Corporate IT 'will follow the consumer market'
News Richard Holway, a technology analyst, told the UK Technology Innovation & Growth Forum that the IT world is increasingly being driven forward by consumers. It was very much consumers who drove mobile and text messaging," said Holway, adding that...
[February 21, 2006, 14:45]
UK software industry thriving
Blog However, the research firm's chairman, Richard Holway, has warned that more needs to be done if the UK wants to create its own Microsoft or Google. According to Holway, the lack of funding for British software developers often means many of the...
[October 26, 2009, 11:43]
Recession will see boom in open source, cloud tech
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 difficult to remain relevant as businesses...
[February 12, 2009, 8:02]
Quotes of the Week, October 6-10
News Richard Holway, author and director of the Holway Report. "It makes sense, although Alpha has not had spectacular success in terms of volume. It could be a win-win for both sides. The technology would be fairly attractive to Intel and coupling that...
[October 13, 1997, 10:39]
Security firms leading the way for UK IT
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 in terms of growth have all been related to...
[March 16, 2005, 10:00]
Economic woes could cost IT sector £100bn
News Richard Holway, director of Ovum -- the analyst firm that publishes the Holway Report -- claimed that IT spending would stay low because there was no exciting new technology that would boost demand on the horizon.
[July 2, 2001, 12:10]
Vote for your UK tech titans
News Richard Holway, director, OvumHolway Holway has become one of the most respected industry analysts, building up his own brand of realism independently then as part of the consultancy Ovum. The 10 finalists were selected from names nominated by...
[September 8, 2004, 17:45]
NPfIT future in question as BT reviews contract
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 Holway.
[January 23, 2009, 8:21]
BT deal quashes rumours of NHS IT pull-out
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 open-ended that there was talk of BT...
[April 7, 2009, 9:33]
UK urged to give up low-cost software market
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 $60bn behind China this...
[May 14, 2008, 8:10]
Norwich Union moves 2,500 jobs to India
News Georgina O'Toole, analyst at Ovum Holway, said the proportion of back-office functions being moved offshore by Norwich Union reflects a wider growing trend, especially in the financial-services sector, for firms to keep the customer-facing...
[December 3, 2003, 10:25]
Bad times here to stay for IT sector
News Richard Holway, director at Ovum, told the Financial Times that spending on IT would be relatively low until at least 2004. According to the 2001 Holway Report, last year saw the lowest revenue growth for Britain's IT service and software companies...
[June 4, 2001, 16:31]
IT group pushes for results-based contracts
News Richard Holway, director of analyst house TechMarketView, said in January that the NHS's results-based contracts did not provide sufficient guarantee of profits to its suppliers and that this was one factor behind the departure of contractors such...
[May 13, 2009, 14:42]
