Declaring peace in their decade-old fieldbus war, Emerson Process Management and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) have announced their expansion of system interfaces to enable both companies to expand support of global fieldbus standards. The companies will exchange technology and engineering support to add the interfaces that extend their systems and software to offer … [Read more...] about Is the Fieldbus War over?
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Take the poll: Is the ISA Iceberg Melting?
Take the poll. Click here: Poll #771744 IS the ISA iceberg melting? Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 3 Are YOU an ISA member? View Answers Yes 3(100.0%) No 0(0.0%) I used to be 0(0.0%) Never joined 0(0.0%) Don't want to join 0(0.0%) IS ISA relevant to today's automation professional? View Answers Yes, … [Read more...] about Take the poll: Is the ISA Iceberg Melting?
Is ISA's iceberg melting?…and should we care?
Jim Pinto recently wrote an article called The Melting Iceberg Continues to Melt. In it he discusses his thesis that ISA is not making the kinds of radical change necessary to reverse the decline in membership (over 50% decline in the past decade) that the association is suffering. I've pointed out similar things over the years. Nobody at ISA appears to be listening. It is as … [Read more...] about Is ISA's iceberg melting?…and should we care?
The "Solution" Speaks Out Again…
This was a comment posted to my original post about Teachers' Space Camp that I thought I'd repeat on the mail blog: I too was one of the teachers who attended the Honeywell program and it blew me away in how much money Honeywell paid out for me to experience one of the greatest things I have ever done. Never before have I enjoyed a professional development program and I … [Read more...] about The "Solution" Speaks Out Again…
Finally ISA speaks to the vendor half of its membership…
Shari Worthington and I have been trying to put this together for the past ten years: a conference for automation marketing, taught by automation marketers. Be there, or be square. ISA NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Infantino (919) 990-9287 jinfantino@isa.org ISA Announces First Annual Marketing and Sales Summit: Industry Executives Address Changing Role of Senior Marketing … [Read more...] about Finally ISA speaks to the vendor half of its membership…