Walt Boyes

New logo, new membership structure, many new members... CSIA is growing and becoming more and more the voice of system integration in North America, and globally as well. Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about More CSIA

I'm blogging live from the Control System Integrators Association meeting in Panama City, Fla. CSIA chairman, Ray Batchelor is explaining the new membership status. Originally, CSIA was going to rquire all their members to pass the audit and be "registered" in three years, or drop out. Instead, they've done something very smart. They've renamed the vendor members "Partners" … [Read more...] about CSIA

I received the following email from Brian Smith of Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. I am printing it unedited because it presents a powerful point of view. Disclaimer: the white paper Brian talks about was produced as a Sponsored White Paper and sent out by ControlGlobal.com in a White Paper Alert, for which Triconex supplied the white paper. I permitted Triconex to send out the … [Read more...] about (no subject)

I've attended a number of seminars this week, many of them quite good. There were three that really stood out, though, and I'd like to tell you a little about them. First was the story of what it is like to be an early adopter. In 2004 and 2005, Dow Chemical's Angus Chemical subsidiary decided to re-instrument their boiler house, using the new ABB System 800xA. Almost … [Read more...] about More from ABB Automation World

A Missouri state appeals court on Tuesday determined that diversified manufacturer Rockwell Automation Inc. was liable for $97.6 million in damages for a 1999 gas explosion that destroyed a Kansas City Power & Light Co. plant. Kansas City Power & Light, a unit of Great Plains Energy (GXP.N: Quote, Profile, Research), in 2001 filed suit against Rockwell charging that … [Read more...] about From the department of "Oops!"