You are never to old to learn. That seems to be the lesson from Datalex, the travel software company that unveiled a less than stellar set of results this week.

Amongst the measures being implemented to reduce the cash burn is the installation of a management information system to allow the company control costs on a group-wide basis.

You would have to wonder what took them so long to tumble to this brilliant idea given that their business is the development and sale of such systems - plus a lot more - to airlines and other travel businesses.

In the words of Homer Simpson: "Doh!"