High-growth tech niches still exist

By Peter McCready Telecoms and IT shares may have taken a hammering since the bullish ratings enj...

By Peter McCready Telecoms and IT shares may have taken a hammering since the bullish ratings enjoyed a year ago, but David Harbage, an investment manager at Barclays Stockbrokers, told the conference he believed there were still high-growth and niche areas worth considering by investors. There are five main areas of business, which can loosely be described as those that encompass "unique technologies and intellectual property". They are IT protocol routing, dense wave and optical switching (fibre-optic) software equipment, personal digital assistants, and anything involving security and...