Autonomy Corp (LON:AU.) , the group that sells infrastructure software to businesses, this morning announced that a major global bank based out of the US had placed a multi-million dollar order for Autonomy compliance solutions. The agreement has an expected value of in excess of $15m over the next few years. Nevertheless, shares in Autonomy dipped by nearly 3% to 1811p

Elsewhere, Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC), the group that designs and manufactures high-end embedded computer products, said that it was set to miss its financial targets this year, triggering a 16.2% fall in its share price to 37.5p. Concurrent had been expecting to pull in a new contract worth around £1m this year but it now seems that the deal will not be closed until 2011. In May, Concurrent reported on a positive environment for its products aimed at the defence sector and noted that sales growth in that sector was likely to remain modest in the current financial year. Today, it said it was confident that the result of its investment in new defence related products would be seen beyond 2010.

Playtech (LON:PTEC), the software and content provider to the online and land-based gaming industry, announced the recent launch of its exclusive French iPoker network. This follows the recent regulation of the French online gaming industry and the authorisation of online poker and initial operator licenses. The French iPoker network commenced with Chilipoker, which will be joined by a number of additional licensees in the coming months. Mor Weizer, Playtech's CEO, said: “As the market expands in its regulated form, France has the potential to become a very substantial local market.” Shares in the company fell by 2% to 444p.

Meanwhile, Synchronica Plc (LON:SYNC), the mobile email and synchronisation specialist, announced plans to buy iseemedia Inc (TSX-Venture:IEE) in an all-share deal worth £5.3m. Synchronica said the move would extend its contracted addressable market of 40 mobile operators (representing 660m subscribers) by a further 193m from four contracts with large operators in India and South-East Asia, resulting in a total addressable market of 853m subscribers. Shares in Synchronica fell by 8.5% to 1.6p on the news.

Finally, Xaar (LON:XAR), the inkjet printing technology group, reported that trading during the first half of the year had been in line with…

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