ISA's SP99, formed at the same time as the SP100 Wireless Committee, has just issued preliminary standards for Cybersecurity in process automation for ballot. It is Amazing! to me how easily and fast a standard can be written that has as its end result getting the Department of Homeland Security off our backs, while it takes enormous effort to even bring the wireless world to … [Read more...] about Compared to Wireless?
Oh, God, another Troll Alert!
No sooner has Blackberry maker RIM managed to pay enough blackmail to escape its first set of patent trolls, another, potentially more serious troll has come down the pike. Visto Networks, set up long after RIM, now claims its patents are being infringed by Blackberry. Visto was set up in 1996, and is RIM's only real competitor in the mobile email category. Having failed to … [Read more...] about Oh, God, another Troll Alert!
Back to the wild and wooly world of wireless…
On the same day that "everybody but Emerson" announced they were going to play nice in the SP100 sandbox (Emerson has already said that, several times, over the last few months) ProSoft sent out a press release on HART Wireless: ProSoft Technology Introduces Wireless HART Multidrop Communication Gateways Connect HART smart field instrumentation devices wirelessly with ProSoft … [Read more...] about Back to the wild and wooly world of wireless…
More from OSI
One of the most interesting discussions I've had today was with Roland Heersink, CEO of PAS. He handed me a prepublication copy of a new book, The Alarm Management Handbook by Bill Hollifield and the famous Eddie Habibi, the founder of PAS. With a foreword by Ian Nimmo, this looks to be an extremely useful book. Bedtime reading for the next few days. Roland tells me they'll be … [Read more...] about More from OSI
Oh, my, OSI!
Well, today I got to meet (somehow for the very first time) one of my automation industry heroes. Pat Kennedy, CEO of OSIsoft and I spent a half hour together talking about information, data, coding, why OSIsoft is still a startup company at $100 million a year in revenue, and lots of other stuff. I hope to get Pat to sit still for a podcast in the next few weeks. The first … [Read more...] about Oh, my, OSI!
