Dale Vile

iPad: First impressions of a sceptic

Anyone who has followed my jottings over the years will know that I am an[...]

Putting ’I’ back in ’CIO’

Nice sound bite, but does the spirit make sense? On a few occasions recently I[...]

Resurrecting old jargon. BI versus decision support?

No one disputes the fact that there’s a lot of data kicking around in most[...]

The pre-integration balancing act

For as long as I have been in IT, the ‘right’ way to drive things[...]

Understanding the market for elastic cloud services

By Dale Vile The idea of utility computing has been around for a long time,[...]

Evolution of Hosted Server Computing

by Dale Vile There has been much talk and activity in the industry recently around[...]

BI versus Decision Support

As an old timer in the industry, I remember the days when the term ‘decision[...]

Enhancing performance with supply chain management

Organisations in sectors such as manufacturing, distribution and retail have got better over the years[...]

But is that really cloud? Check out this survey

Some have accused me of being a cloud computing sceptic, and it’s true that I[...]

But is that really cloud computing?

By Dale Vile The term ‘cloud computing’ is in routine use within the IT industry.[...]

Does your IT universe revolve around ERP?

There are a couple of major pivot points for activity within the IT landscape. The[...]

Business Communications in Context

by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile The proliferation of communications channels has set expectations around[...]

ERP sans frontières. Access for all

There was a time when the terms ‘ERP’ and ‘back office systems’ were almost synonymous,[...]

Reg reader tips for ERP success

When we asked Reg readers to tell us about the factors that impacted the success[...]

How not to screw up an ERP implementation

OK, so perhaps we were a bit ambitious with the title of this article. With[...]

Choosing an ERP implementation partner. Avoiding getting shafted.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been around for a long time, yet there is no[...]

ERP deniers their own worst enemy

As new ideas and technologies emerge and develop in IT, we typically go through a[...]

High Performance for All

by Jon Collins, Tony Lock and Dale Vile Most medium and large organisations need to[...]

Selecting an ERP supplier – the pitfalls and practicalities

The selection of an ERP system is a pretty strategic decision for most companies. Software[...]

Challenging accepted ERP wisdom

So you’ve been through an ERP implementation before and you know how it’s all done?[...]

ROI in context

By Dale Vile The consideration of Return on Investment (ROI) understandably increased during the downturn.[...]

IT trends: Don’t get distracted by the spaniel

For better or for worse, we are the owners of a mad Welsh Springer spaniel[...]

Mid-market management software

By Jon Collins, Tony Lock and Dale Vile IT management tools are finally, after many[...]

Desktop Modernisation

by Dale Vile and Tony Lock The personal computer is one of the few parts[...]