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Craneware

March 2012

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Craneware has disappointed the market with its half year update noting that while revenues increased 12%, adjusted EBITDA will be in line with last year (H1 2011: US$4.6m). However if the recent acquisition, Craneware Insight, had not been included, adjusted EBITDA would have risen over 15%. Craneware noted that despite continued growth in the sales pipeline, sales cycles have extended for all the group's product families. This is due to â€œan unexpectedly high percentage of healthcare providers focusing on achieving the 31 December 2011 deadline for the First Electronic Health Records Incentive payments.â€ Apparently now that this deadline has passed and with far fewer US hospitals remaining to apply in 2012, management expects s ...

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