Last week, I went to Cleveland, and visited ControlSoft. ControlSoft has been around for well over a decade, now, producing loop tuning and process optimization products. I had a discussion with Paul Botzman, Claude Flandro, and Dr. Alireza Valizadeh, the technical development manager. We talked about the need for more and more smart tools, like those that ControlSoft makes. … [Read more...] about Process Optimization…Has Its Time Finally Come?
Another new benefit from ISA…free access to the technical library!
Finally, ISA Releases Their Technical Paper Library! Another Reason Why You Should Join ISA! From Dale Lee, at ISA HQ: Full dues paying ISA Members now receive free access to over 2,500 papers from past ISA EXPO conferences and Division symposia. Download them as PDF files from ISA's Web site at no cost during the term of your membership. New papers are added each year … [Read more...] about Another new benefit from ISA…free access to the technical library!
Feedback is healthy…
What Our Readers Say About CONTROL From a recent survey of Control's readership... Tell us how useful CONTROL is to you and how you use it in your job. Gives me a good base of available technological advancements in control management and the likes. My use is educational to keep up with the industries and tools. Gives us ideas and other sources. Control is easily one of my … [Read more...] about Feedback is healthy…
Windows Source Code Available
Microsoft today announced that they will license the Windows operating system source code...or at least major parts of it, in order to comply with the European Union court order instructing them to do so. It had been speculated that Microsoft might not comply with the order and continue to pay the enormous fines the EU has been levying. Why I bring this up is that this has … [Read more...] about Windows Source Code Available
Young Jonathan Pollet makes good!
A few years ago, a young man who was already the President of his own system integration firm in his 20s started coming to ISA President's meetings and to CSIA meetings. His name was Jonathan Pollet and his company was PlantData Technologies, in Houston. Jonathan and I did a program together for CSIA, and I found him energetic, smart, and knowledgeable beyond his years. In … [Read more...] about Young Jonathan Pollet makes good!
