Company Info


IS Solutions was formed in 1985 and was initially involved in hardware sales and facilities management. In 1989, we expanded the company with the creation of a software development division, which facilitated our movement into the growing area of application development, and this evolution continued with our entry into the Internet market in 1994.

Since then, we have further broadened our expertise through acquisition. These have included:
•a team of graphic designers from Visual Assets to provide user interface, information architecture and marketing services;
•datafeeds provider AXL Performance Solutions for content delivery services and application development skills;
•support firm Candric to enhance the delivery of our range of IT services;
•content management consultancy Chapter26 to reinforce our web and enterprise content management capabilities.

Our differentiator is flexibility. We are agile and responsive and form long-term partnerships with our clients that facilitate growth in their technology needs as their businesses change. All of our solutions are underpinned by a full range of managed services including hosting, SaaS, infrastructure management and training and our employees undergo certification in all our product and service areas. We have also achieved ISO27001 accreditation to demonstrate that clients can entrust their most sensitive data to our care.

In addition, we have also forged strong partnerships with industry-leading hardware and software vendors. These include Adobe, CallMiner, EMC, EPiServer, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAS, Celebrus Technologies and WebTrends and cover solutions around web analytics, online risk management, web and enterprise content management, security and web meetings and training.

IS Solutions is a long-standing, established company with a strong balance sheet and stable financials. IS Solutions has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1997. Our stock code is ISL.


https://www.issolutions.co.uk/

IS Solutions delivered a highly positive trading update that’s seen its share price soar. More to go for?

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Trading Statement
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RNS Number : 0520Y
IS Solutions PLC
04 September 2015













IS Solutions Plc

("IS Solutions" or the "Group" or "Company")



"New contract wins and increasing underlying strong demand for Group services"



Introduction

The market for business intelligence and analytics is one of the fastest growing software markets and the Group is in a very good situation to build on its current market positioning. The integration of the IS Solutions business and Celebrus, which was acquired at the start of this calendar year, has gone well. Combining both these established and well respected brands has opened up a number of cross-selling opportunities whilst also creating a much more balanced business with stronger higher margin license sales and progressively greater project and recurring revenue.



Trading

In the first five months of the current financial year (April - August), the business has successfully continued to build on its compelling finish to last year.



The traditional IS Solutions business is experiencing much stronger underlying demand for its Analytics offering with sales currently well ahead of management budget. With financial organisations being the largest investors in big data solutions, the Board is very pleased to announce that this divisions' business team has secured two major contracts with new customers from within the financial services sector. One of these contract wins will initially be for a three-year period, the second will be completed in this year but we expect additional work upon successful completion of the first phase. It is anticipated that they will add contracted revenue in excess of £4 million over the current financial year and in excess of £350,000 per annum of recurring revenue in subsequent years.



It is pleasing to report that sales within Celebrus are also ahead of plan as it benefits from being part of a larger organisation and thus able to capitalise on its increasing pipeline of opportunities. Recent wins in the retail and airlines sectors have been added to the continuing success in the financial sector putting it ahead by 64% of sales for the same time last year.



Overall, we are making excellent progress and the above success gives us the opportunity to invest in our future. Over the coming twelve months the Company will establish a US office to provide real time customer service and pre-sales support to its already substantial US business and further enable future growth. IS Solutions will also expand its UK direct salesforce to take the collective portfolio to a broader customer base. Combine these initiatives with current project sales opportunities with both new and existing customers and we have an exciting future to look forward to.



As a result of this excellent start, the Board is confident that the Company will deliver a strong performance for the year ending 31 March 2016. Revenue will be ahead of market expectations and profitability will significantly exceed current market expectations.



We look forward to updating shareholders as we progress through the year.



Dividend policy

As a Board, we are committed to a progressive dividend policy whilst balancing our investments for future growth. We therefore expect that we will resume our progressive dividend policy and return to paying an interim dividend and a full year dividend based on the overall performance in the financial year ending 31 March 2016.

4 Sep finnCap 115.00 Corporate

IS Solutions PLC (ISL.GB:ISD) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 77.00. Over this period, the share price is up 42.31%.

IS Solutions PLC (ISL:LSE) set a new 52-week high during Wednesday's trading session when it reached 80.00. Over this period, the share price is up 76.09%.

Half year report

24 Nov finnCap 115.00 Corporate

Director's Dealing
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RNS Number : 8499G
IS Solutions PLC
25 November 2015

IS Solutions Plc

("IS Solutions", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director's Dealing

The Company was notified on 24 November 2015 that on that date Peter Simmonds, Chairman of the Company, bought 50,000 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 97.75 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following this transaction, Mr. Simmonds is interested in 141,500 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.39 per cent. of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.

Broker Forecast - finnCap issues a broker note on IS Solutions PLC
finnCap today reaffirms its corporate investment rating on IS Solutions PLC (LON:ISL) and raised its price target to 130p (from 115p). Story provided by StockMarketWire.com

Trading Update
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RNS Number : 5407N
IS Solutions PLC
01 February 2016

IS Solutions Plc

"all about the data"



Monday, 1 February 2016





IS Solutions Plc

(the "Company" or "IS Solutions")

Trading Update



Further contract wins will result in profitability significantly ahead of market expectations





As we indicated at the time of our Half-year financial results released in November 2015, our business is driven totally by data and, we operate in a market where business intelligence and analytics is one of the fastest growing software markets.



Over 70% of our business is generated by our Analytics capability. The combination of the established and well respected brands of IS Solutions and Celebrus continues to open up a number of cross-selling opportunities and, at the same time, it has created a much more balanced business with stronger higher margin license sales and progressively greater project and recurring revenue.



Since our Half-year financial results we have successfully continued to build on our current market position within the data solutions arena both in our domestic market and internationally, utilising our extensive technical 'know-how' and skills base.



In 2016, we continue to witness stronger demand resulting in sales for both the IS Solutions business and Celebrus now well ahead of management budget. We are delighted to announce that the Company has secured a further two major projects with new and existing customers operating within the retail and financial services sectors. It is anticipated that these will add contracted revenue of up to £2 million in the current financial year and in excess of £250,000 per annum of recurring revenue in subsequent years. We have a number of other exciting opportunities in the pipeline with the potential to convert these in the first half of this calendar year.



We remain on track to establish a US office which will focus on providing real time customer service and pre-sales support to our already substantial US business and to support further future growth. IS Solutions is in the process of expanding its European direct salesforce to enable it to take our collective portfolio to a broader customer profile. Combine these initiatives with current project sales opportunities with both new and existing customers and we have an exciting future to look forward to.



Conclusion

The Board is confident that the business will deliver a strong performance for the year ending 31 March 2016 with both revenue ahead and profitability significantly ahead of current market expectations. Trading for the 2016/17 financial year is also expected to be significantly ahead of current market expectations.



We look forward to updating shareholders as we progress through the year and at the time of the Annual results which will be announced in June 2016.



Dividend policy

As we have previously indicated the Board remain committed to a progressive dividend policy whilst balancing the Company's investments for future growth. We therefore anticipate that, barring any unforeseen situation, we will pay a progressive final dividend based on the overall performance for the financial year ending 31 March 2016.

1 Feb finnCap 140.00 Corporate
6 Jan finnCap 130.00 Corporate

ST of IC today - So, having assessed the key drivers of IS Solutions' business, prospects for further contract wins, and potential for earnings upgrades, I feel comfortable initiating coverage and have an initial target price of 150p a share, or 25 per cent above the current share price. Buy.

On Tuesday, IS Solutions PLC (ISL:LSE) closed at 152.50, 3.04% below its 52-week high of 148.00, set on Mar 14, 2016.

ST of IC today - In the circumstances, I would strongly recommend that you run your healthy paper profits ahead of the full-year results and next trading update in June and I have raised my fair value target price to 175p. Run profits.

IS Solutions establishes new Data Insight Practice

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RNS Number : 2841W

IS Solutions PLC

26 April 2016








PRESS RELEASE





IS Solutions Plc

(Group or Company)



New Data Insight Practice





Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Sunbury-on-Thames, UK: IS Solutions Plc (AiM: ISL), a leading data solutions provider, has established its new Data Insight Practice and appointed digital data expert Matthew Tod to lead this specialist team.

The Group's Data Insight Practice is tightly aligned with IS Solutions' recent business repositioning and will create value from data by identifying areas where clients can do things differently - this will focus on issues like automation of data delivery, democratisation of data and driving insight for better strategic decision-making. The Data Insight Practice will follow a proven framework in the pursuit of data advantage and, by combining this framework with IS Solutions' established focus on Data Collection, Data Management and Data Analysis, the Data Insight Practice will deliver a unified approach to the treatment of data, helping clients to monetise their information and better react to changing market conditions.

Peter Kear, CEO of IS Solutions Plc comments:

"Data Insight has been the missing piece in our data solutions offering so, we are very pleased to establish this Practice as it completes our ability to offer an end-to-end service spanning the entire data lifecycle. We are delighted also to welcome Matthew to IS Solutions to head up the Data Insight Practice. The new team will ensure that our clients continually drive value from their data - their ability to spot opportunities for clients, and place them at the forefront of their industry sectors, will be a huge benefit to our long-term relationships and drive growth in our own business too."



Matthew Tod who joined this month as Director of Data Insight will work with clients to overcome the "data everywhere" problem, enabling them to gain competitive advantage from their information assets. Matthew has a wealth of sector experience gained over a 25-year career; having formerly worked with MathSoft and Publicis Groupe, he went on to co-establish digital analytics consultancy Logan Tod and Co. in 2002 which was then acquired by PwC in 2012; he became a Partner and later led the Customer Consulting Group, successfully building up PwC's digital transformation strategy capabilities.

Matthew Tod added:

"Driving tangible value from data is the biggest challenge faced by organisations in our field. Data advantage, through the delivery of better data into the hands of those who can best create value from it, will be the key differentiator for companies as the threat grows from increasingly disruptive competitors. Our focus at IS Solutions will be to empower the users of data, to provide them with the tools that prompt them to conduct certain actions in response to situations, to help them meet the goals of their business and open up opportunities for them to maximise the value of their data."



The Company's Data Insight Practice is already engaged on a number of client initiatives: to find out more about this team, visit https://www.issolutions.co.uk/data-analysis/data-insight/.

IS Solutions Partnership with ThoughtSpot

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RNS Number : 3523A

IS Solutions PLC

07 June 2016






PRESS RELEASE



IS Solutions Plc

("IS Solutions")





IS Solutions Enhances Data Analytics Expertise

Through

Partnership with Search-Driven Analytics Leader ThoughtSpot





London: Tuesday 7 June 2016 IS Solutions Plc, a leading AIM-listed data solutions provider, (AiM: ISL) has announced that it has become a channel partner for ThoughtSpot, a leader in search-driven analytics in enterprise. ThoughtSpot's relational search technology, which provides instant answers to business questions through search-driven analytics, is complementary to IS Solutions' stated aim of placing data in the hands of the users that can best drive value from it. This partnership with ThoughtSpot enhances IS Solutions' Data Analysis capabilities and will allow clients to democratise data across their organisations, speed-up their ability to deliver data insights and expand the reach and value of that data to larger numbers of non-technical business users.

Peter Kear, CEO of IS Solutions Plc, commented:

"ThoughtSpot's Relational Search technology is a game-changing approach to analytics and will help us make data access radically easier for non-technical business people. IS Solutions combines the best of people skills with leading technology to create an unrivalled data advantage and we are delighted to be reinforcing that capability by adding ThoughtSpot to our channel partner portfolio. Reselling ThoughtSpot will help continue our momentum in the area of data analysis and further assist our clients in driving value from their information assets."



Ajeet Singh, CEO of ThoughtSpot added:

"ThoughtSpot's arrival in Europe earlier this year has been met with unprecedented excitement from customers and the broader BI industry," "We are thrilled to be partnering with IS Solutions to meet this growing demand and expand the reach of our revolutionary search-driven analytics throughout the UK."

Final results

ST of IC - So, with the board positive on trading prospects, and the directors buying, I rate IS Solutions’ shares a decent buy on a bid-offer spread of 115p to 117p and have a target price of 145p. Buy.

29 Jun finnCap 140.00 Corporate

Naked Trader today - IS Solutions (LON:ISL) put out a great statement this week and bought some on the back of that - starting to rise again now and looks worth a lot more. So should get back the loss I made on the original buy (see below) and more I hope. Some good upside to come.