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| DiamondCluster Q3 profit increases five-fold |
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| | DiamondCluster
International reported
profits of $5.4m for the
third quarter of fiscal
2005, compared with
$1.0m for the year ago
period and $4.1m for the
prior quarter, as the
company concentrated on | |
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| | developing non-cyclical
business.
Net revenue for the
quarter ended December
31, 2004 was $50.2m,
compared with $39.5m for
the year-ago period and
$46.1m for the prior
quarter, ahead of | |
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| | analysts' expectations
for revenue of $49.3m.
"We demonstrated
progress toward our goal
of creating more
predictability in our
business through
exposure to non-cyclical
industries, and we're | |
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| | pursuing growth
opportunities in new
geographies," said Mel
Bergstein, chairman and
CEO of DiamondCluster
International.
DiamondCluster
expects net revenue for
the March quarter to be | |
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| | between $51m and $54m,
and it raised its fourth
quarter earnings
guidance to $0.15 or
$0.16 per diluted
share.
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HP wins seven-year Foreign Office
contract |
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| | The UK Foreign and
Commonwealth Office
(FCO) has signed a
GBP180 million IT
outsourcing contract
with Hewlett-Packard to
upgrade the Office's
secure global IT desktop
infrastructure, known as
"Firecrest."
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| | create a single online
organisation for all FCO
locations in the UK and
overseas.
"This has been a
ground-breaking
procurement, which
represents a genuine
partnership as opposed
to a more traditional | |
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| | outsourcing
arrangement," said FCO
Permanent Under
Secretary Sir Michael
Jay.
Under the terms of
the contract, Hewlett
Packard and FCO's
in-house IT providers
will form a Joint | |
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under joint management.
The contract also
represents a significant
achievement for HP who
beat off competition to
secure the deal after a
two-year rigorous
procurement process.
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Under the seven year
deal, the largest
contract the FCO has
ever signed, HP is to | |
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| Axon to exceed market expectations |
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| | Axon, the business
transformation services
company, has announced
that 2004 trading
results will exceed
current market
expectations.
The company expects
to report year-on-year | |
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| | £7.1 million on turnover
of approximately £60
million.
"We have already made
an excellent start to
2005 and we are
confident we will
deliver both revenue and
profit ahead of current | |
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| | market expectations,"
said Mark Hunter, Axon's
CEO.
"As we announced in
2004, our growth
strategy is taking us
into new countries, new
sectors and new
partnerships, but our | |
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| | proposition and values
are unchanged," Hunter
added.
The company said
further information on
their progress and plans
will be available when
they present their full
results.
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| | PBTA and revenue growth
of around 40% and 20%
respectively, showing
PBTA of not less than | |
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| Top-Consultant.com launches new blog for Management Consultants |
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| | Having just announced
record visitor numbers
for the month of January
2005, Top-Consultant
managers have been
turning their attention
to the next wave of
innovations that could
serve consulting | |
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| | professionals.
The first new service
of the year was launched
with the unveiling of a
new blog specifically
for Management
Consultants
(see:
http://top-consultant.bl | |
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| | ogspot.com).
Readers are being
asked to post comments
on the blog regarding
the topics and content
that they would most
like to see covered in
this new part of the
site, which will also be | |
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| | used as a medium for the
Top-Consultant team to
communicate any breaking
news or developments
that hit the market or
affect the consulting
community.
Your feedback would
be warmly welcomed - | |
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| | simply post your
thoughts on the
Management Consultants'
Blog.
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| Deloitte Madrid office destroyed in building fire |
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| | The Madrid office of
Deloitte Spain was
destroyed in a massive
fire that engulfed the
32-story building, 20
floors of which housed
the firm's offices.
Deloitte was quick to
issue a statement says
that its operations in
Madrid and in the rest
of the country will
continue as normal. The
firm said most of the
about 1000 Madrid
employees will resume
work on the Monday | |
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| | following the weekend
fire from other
locations.
Deloitte expects to
select a new
headquarters in a "few
days." The fire has been
extinguished but the
Windsor Building is
structurally unstable
and Madrid authorities
have decided to demolish
it.
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BearingPoint donates $600,000 to tsunami relief
efforts |
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| | BearingPoint said it is
matching the nearly
$300,000 pledged by its
employees towards relief
efforts for victims of
the earthquake and
tsunamis in Southeast
Asia.
Most of the $600,000
collected through this
BearingPoint program are
being directed to the
International Response
Fund of the American Red
Cross, which
BearingPoint chose to | |
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| | relief agencies, is
providing emergency
disaster relief services
to all the areas hit by
the disaster.
The BearingPoint
Charitable Foundation,
established in 2001 to
facilitate financial
contributions from the
company and its
employees, is directing
the company's relief
fundraising efforts.
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| | channel support and
employee donations to
the countries affected
by the recent tsunamis.
The International
Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent
Societies, through its
local affiliates and
partnering with other | |
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