Author Archives: Dale Vile

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?[...]

Just how does IT spend its time looking after ERP?

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages providing functionality to support core business processes in an integrated[...]

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[...]

New Lotus?

If you were in the market for collaboration software, what would your reaction be if[...]

Unified Communications in Context

By Dale Vile We here at Freeform Dynamics have been tracking developments in the unified[...]

The strategic upside of power accountability

By Dale Vile Research conducted by Freeform Dynamics a year ago suggested that the majority[...]

Collaboration – get it together

By Dale Vile Getting your people collaborating more effectively is a laudable goal. If you[...]

BT and Cloud

By Dale Vile While the cloud computing market is in its infancy at the moment,[...]

SOA and Growth Markets

by Jon Collins and Dale Vile KEY FINDINGS SOA is as relevant in growth economies[...]

Clarity on Cloud

By Dale Vile A senior exec from a major IT vendor recently commented in a[...]

Challenging the cloud revolution

By Dale Vile Some niche and emerging enterprise IT suppliers, such as Salesforce.com, Google and[...]