Magpies & Ostriches – which are you ?

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on an article published by CBI entitled “From Ostrich to Magpie”

The CBI have printed a report which highlights a problem that we see all the time. failure to adopt, failure to move, paralysis in fear of the unknown. Some organisations seem to think that a bad “known” is better than a complete “unknown” . What about the “unknown unknowns” (per Donald Rumsfeld)?

Of course with technology now available as a service the old adages of “2 years and $2 million” on software projects do not apply (if organisations have any sense) – so organisations can now simply turn off the tap marked “Cost” if apps or tech do not function correctly .

I have always found huge parts of industry to be like an Ostrich – and a pretty frightened Ostrich at that . Tech solutions and apps can revolutionize the way we do things, we see that from Tesco deliveries to mobile banking to flight tickets. Of course the Ostrich is a flightless bird…..

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mpro5 Case Study – St James’s Hospital

17th April 2018

See how mpro5 saves St James’s millions in medication and helps patients with haemophilia safely medicate from home. Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) is the developer of mpro5 – an enterprise class mobile business solution available on

Crimson Tide plc Preliminary Results to 31 December 2017

13th April 2018

Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE), a leading service provider of mobility solutions for business, has today announced its unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Financial Highlights · Turnover up 22% to £2.28m (2016: £1.86m)

Crimson Tide PLC Appointment of new CEO

28th March 2018

Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) has today announced that Mr. Luke Anthony Jeffrey has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with immediate effect. Barrie Whipp, founder of Crimson Tide plc, will continue as Executive

Using “second hand” medicines

28th February 2018

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on a video published by BBC entitled “World Hacks: Putting your leftover pills back to work” I read today that

Crimson Tide are very encouraged by growth at approx 23%

27th February 2018

Barrie Whipp, Executive Chairman of Crimson Tide, commented: “The Directors are very encouraged by our growth and believe that we should continue to pursue aggressively the opportunities we have developed. The Board has targeted growth at

mpro5 from Crimson Tide: Case Study – St James’ Hospital

25th January 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qerYx1DnXgE See how mpro5 saves St James’ millions in medication and helps patients with haemophilia safely medicate from home. mpro5 is a powerful business process management solution that empowers staff in the field and informs

Mobile enterprise apps – a capital problem?

18th December 2017

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on an article published by Enterprise Mobility Exchange entitled “Where Is Enterprise Mobility Headed In 2018?” According to research conducted

Internet of Things: You must learn how to walk before you can run

11th December 2017

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on an article published by Forbes entitled “Enterprise Mobility May Be The Simplest Step Toward Digital Transformation” I came across

Crimson Tide Plc Investor Presentation Dec 2017

5th December 2017

Crimson Tide Plc (LON:TIDE) Investor Presentation Dec 2017 presented by Barrie Whipp. The company was founded by Barrie Whipp in 1996, originally specialising in telecoms and the development of CRM solutions. It was in 2004 that

The Smiling Eskimo

28th November 2017

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on an article published by Enterprise Mobility Exchange entitled “Alaska Air Uses iPhones, iPads For Rapid Mobile Transformation” In this article published

Crimson Tide PLC Notice of GM

23rd November 2017

Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE), the provider of mpro5 – smart mobility as a service, has today announced that a General Meeting (“GM”) of the Company will be held at 11 a.m on 8 December 2017 at

Ready made apps?

17th November 2017

DirectorsTalk caught up with Barrie Whipp CEO of Crimson Tide plc (LON:TIDE) for his thoughts on an article published by Enterprise Mobility Exchange entitled “Here’s Why Ready-Made Apps Are The Future” I read with interest this

INTERVIEW: Crimson Tide Recent contract wins

26th October 2017

Crimson Tide Plc (LON:TIDE) Executive Chairman Barrie Whipp talks to DirectorsTalk about it’s recent contract wins. Barry gives us an overview of the mpro5 product and which sectors it’s used in, how the contracts work, more

A series of longterm contract wins for Crimson Tide Plc

24th October 2017

Crimson Tide plc LON:TIDE , the leading developer of enterprise smartphone and tablet apps in the cloud, has won a series of long term contracts in the UK & Ireland. The value of the contracts is

Crimson Tide plc “beef up” international sales and marketing

17th October 2017

Crimson Tide plc LON:TIDE announced that Mr Tobias ‘Toby’ James Turness Hawkins (aged 37) has been appointed to the Board of the Company as Group Sales and Marketing Director. Mr Hawkins has held numerous sales and

Fake Drugs – A worldwide problem of significant scale

6th October 2017

While the concept of “fake news” continues to trigger Twitter followers and grab headlines, the trade in counterfeit drugs is a worldwide problem of significant scale. The article in the link discusses the problem and talks

I want IoT in my business! But where do I start?

25th September 2017

“We need IoT!”, “Tell us more about your IoT offering”, “When can we have IoT?” These are some of the soundbites that I get asked a lot from our clients. From my experience, the technology is

Crimson Tide Plc – Government should remedy lack of investment in UK Tech

19th September 2017

The Centre for Social Justice an independent think-tank which studies the root causes of Britain’s social problems and provides practical solutions yesterday published an article entitled ‘The Great British Break Through’ which aims to counter the

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