"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." --Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist … [Read more...]
Siemon to showcase data centre solutions at Data Centre World
February 21, 2011 By
Siemon, the network infrastructure specialists, will exhibit its data centre solutions portfolio at Data Centre World Expo at London Olympia on 2nd and 3rd March 2011 (Stand B32) The key focus will be Siemon’s range of data centre cabinet solutions, designed to help clients save valuable space in their data centre, minimise installation time and maximise thermal management and efficiency without sacrificing density. Amongst the products on display will be Siemon’s new adjustable VersaPOD 4-post rack for high density applications, featuring Siemon’s “Zero U” space saving patch … [Read more...]
Wireless Confuses Birds
December 14, 2010 By
I simply had to share this! It was discovered by "Turtle Down-Under" Jackie Thomas in a New Zealand newspaper. (with aplologies to Morton Ingemann if I've infringed his copyright - and congratulations for a fantastic cartoon.) … [Read more...]
Phil Turtle to speak online about “Protecting your brand image in the Web 2.0 jungle” Thursday 8Oct09 at 3pm
October 5, 2009 By
Date: 8 October 2009, 3:00pm BST (not GMT as it says on the InfoSecurity website (that's being amended)) Duration: 1 hours Organised by InfoSecurity.com Click Here to Register for the Webinar Now Webinar: - Protecting your brand image in the Web 2.0 jungle Web 2.0 services, including wikis, social networking portals and blogs, are powerful drivers in the B2B and B2C communications channel - for many companies, they open up new doors as never before. But these same Web 2.0 services also create more than a few branding and security headaches. not least in reputational … [Read more...]
The importance of good public relations in a recession.
September 26, 2009 By
The world economy is in recession: and most industry has been forced to take stock and tighten its belt. So why not join the tide of lemmings and commit corporate suicide by making your company invisible too? When hard times hit and the industry is fighting for fewer customers with smaller orders, advertising and PR budgets are often slashed first in the fallout. Of course it doesn’t make sense, but that’s the knee jerk reaction of every accountant and 90 percent of MDs. You can see their point – especially when they’ve just announced 12,000 redundancies – they’ve got … [Read more...]
Lynd Morley RIP
September 25, 2009 By
It was with very great sorrow that we heard yesterday of the death of Journalist and Editor Lynd Morley. In recent years, Lynd had been a recent contact of several of the Turtle PR team as Editor at European Communications Magazine. Lynd was a highly professional journalist and Editor and her untimely death brings a very sad loss to the telecoms industry. Rest in Peace. Phil Turtle Very sad to hear this. I met Lynd a couple of times back in the 1980s/early 1990s - a very pleasant lady. I worked with her remotely on a great number of articles and she was a pleasure to deal … [Read more...]
Solving the Hotel IT Nightmare
September 17, 2009 By
Released: October 2008 “I’m sorry our system is down at the moment.” Not what you want to hear when you’re in a rush trying to book out of your hotel in the morning. Yet the hotel industry has some of the most unreliable IT systems known to man – particularly in the medium to small sized hotels and smaller groups. Why? We talked to Richard Kwiecien at Manchester’s Eclectic Hotels Collection – hotels used by stars like, Manchester United, Victoria Beckham, and Take That - but whose IT troubles used to cost them in excess of £30,000 a year and to Mike Hall, md of LYNDOS … [Read more...]
BBC Dragons Den Product infringes patents, UK patent office announces
September 14, 2009 By
Released: March 2009 Mille-Tie Plant and Cable Tie patents are infringed The Rapstrap reusable tie strip product featured on the BBC’s Dragons Den program in August 2008 which received a £150,000 investment by Dragons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne infringes Millepede’s patent, the UK Intellectual Property Office has announced in an opinion issued this week. The UK Intellectual Property Office under took at the request of Millepede a full technical review of the Rapstrap product made by Andrew Harsley, an ex-employee of Millepede, and concluded that it infringes Millepede’s … [Read more...]
CELLFLEX Lite – new additions complete RFS’ proven aluminum transmission line technology range
September 11, 2009 By
Released: February 2009 RFS (Radio Frequency Systems), the wireless infrastructure specialist, has boosted its range of cable solutions with the addition of several new CELLFLEX® Lite corrugated aluminum coaxial transmission line products including the ½ inch LCF12-50JL, the 1¼ inch LCFS114-50JL and the ultra flexible 1¼ inch UCF114-50JL. The extension to this advanced range means that the industry leading series of lightweight corrugated aluminum cables is now complete with all popular sizes and applications being covered. This latest set of additions to the family has been … [Read more...]
LTE – “Ready when you are” says RFS
September 11, 2009 By
Released: February 2009 RFS (Radio Frequency Systems), the wireless infrastructure specialist, is ready for the next great switchover in the wireless business - the migration to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. “More than any other wireless technology, LTE has the capability to change the face of communications as we know it. That’s why our research and development teams have expended considerable effort in the last few years preparing for this point in LTE’s development, when the first carriers are preparing for technology trials later this year,” said David Kiesling, … [Read more...]
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September 4, 2009 By
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About
August 5, 2009 By
About Turtle Turtle Consulting Group provides high-level value-adding consultancy and related services to a wide range of clients in Industry, Business-to-Business, Technology, Internet and e-Business as well as specialist consumer areas. Our Services We are a network of highly skilled professionals with a wide range of expertise and experience to give you extra thinking, planning and execution power when you need it most. This Website Please use this site to gain a feel for our capabilities and track record. See the clients we have advised and are advising. Or without … [Read more...]
Why do MOST small businesses fail?
What is a small business? A good definition would be … less than 20 employees for non-manufacturing industries, and less than 100 employees for manufacturing industries. Key features of small business Independent from outside control Smallness compared with other firms in their industry which inevitably means that many have major resource problems at two critical points – in the first few months (and even the first year or so) after start-up, and as they start to grow at more than a casual rate. Owner managed whereas larger organisations are managed by professional executives who … [Read more...]