Walt Boyes

Managing director Stephan Neuberger was the breakfast keynote speaker for the MCAA. :His topic was the future and how Krohne meets it. " Global growth means staying close to the customer," he proclaimed. ...More later........ Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about KROHNE: globalization is both a risk and a challenge

I got to the MCAA breakfast a little late and found a record crowd. We ate while we listened to an impassioned plea by ISA president, Don Zee, for certification and training as the best way for both vendors and end-user companies to strengthen the market for process automation. I believe Don is right and if you are a vendor in process automation, I want you to look at what you … [Read more...] about MCAA Resurgent

Thanks to McCormick Hall's antique features, if I want to blog from the ISA show, I will need to use one of the livejournal features I've not played with before. I'm posting this from my faithful blackberry. Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about McCormick Hall collides with new technologies…

've really had very little time to "walk the show" but I've formed some impressions: + Despite the predictions, the doom and gloom scenario did not happen. The conference is busy, the show (although tiny in comparison to other ISA shows) is active. One vendor told me that they'd gotten over 200 sales leads in just the first day. That, if you aren't a veteran of counting sales … [Read more...] about Impressions of ISA…

Kevin Roach and the Rockwell Software Vision I had not seen Kevin Roach since he left GE to become Vice President of Rockwell Software. In fact, as I reminded him, I had a long-arranged phone interview with him the day he resigned at GE, and he blew me off. Kevin is one of the very smart people in automation, and it is always good to hear him talk about his vision, which has … [Read more...] about Same Song, Latest Verse