Category Archives: 5. Application Modernisation
Choosing an ERP implementation partner. Avoiding getting shafted.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been around for a long time, yet there is no[...]
What personality is your IT department?
Over the years I’ve spent quite a lot of time thinking about the idea of[...]
ERP deniers their own worst enemy
As new ideas and technologies emerge and develop in IT, we typically go through a[...]
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.[...]
Can IT Financing and Management Models Survive IT Change?
By Tony Lock In a nutshell: The models used for businesses to create IT budgets[...]
Sensible business process management (BPM) for sensible times
By Martin Atherton By most accepted standards somewhere north of two thirds/70% of IT budgets[...]
Establishing the Business Case for SOA enabled BPM
When it comes to business process modelling and optimisation, it’s easy to get bogged down[...]
Scoping SOA enabled transformation – Getting Started
Short video clip from Q&A session on scoping SOA initiatives, and why not to be[...]
Evolution of Dynamic IT
by Dale Vile and Tony Lock Against the backdrop of an increasingly fast moving and[...]
Perception versus reality in IT
By Tony Lock In the world of information technology there is the impression that everything[...]
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[...]
Software Development Snapshot
By Jon Collins Software development is alive and kicking. Indeed, we say this every year[...]
Does Agile development have a place in your organisation?
by Jon Collins ‘Agile’ is such an uplifting, positive word, its no wonder everybody wants[...]
Application Platforms
by Jon Collins and Martin Atherton KEY FINDINGS The principle of application platforms is clear,[...]
CRM Promise and Practicality for the Smaller Business
by Dale Vile The term Customer Relationship Management (CRM) may have its roots in the[...]
Mobile Marketing Imperatives
by Josie Sephton and Dale Vile The mobile service provider market is increasingly characterised by[...]
BPM: lessons from the real world
by Martin Atherton, Jon Collins and Dale Vile Is business process management a cure-all for[...]
Agile Development – Is it Right For You?
by Jon Collins and Dale Vile The software community has always been a communicative one,[...]
Taking cloud to the mainstream
by Dale Vile The hype around cloud computing is pretty intensive. The IT industry and[...]
Service Orientation in Business
by Jon Collins KEY FINDINGS While change is a certainty in business, some still struggle[...]
Is Oracle really the next Microsoft?
by Dale Vile The gobbling up by Oracle of BEA, the last significantly sized independent[...]