Walt Boyes

Yesterday, Bill Lydon, from InTech and Automation.com, and I attended the Siemens Process Analyzer Customer Event across the road from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake, Texas. Siemens is justifiably proud of the fact that their engineering design software was used to create the Mars Rover Curiosity that has successfully increased our knowledge of the nearest planet … [Read more...] about @Siemens Process Analyzer Customer Event #siemensprocessanalyzers #pauto

Wed, 17:10: ENISA just doesn't get ICS cyber security #pauto #automation #cyber http://t.co/9ORrz72UxO Wed, 17:20: RT @JimCahill: Dan Daugherty and Jonas Berge share insights on HART and @FOUNDATIONField (bus) digital comms http://t.co/fs6wXVoykn #PAuto Wed, 18:16: Ray Almgren can't say STEM any better! #pauto #ISA #Intech #NationalInstruments #NI #STEM #FIRST … [Read more...] about My tweets

Many years ago, I met one of the most amazing people-- his name is Ray Almgren, and his job is to take the wildest ideas of Dr. James Truchard, CEO of National Instruments, turn them into marketable ideas and share them with the world. His title is VP Marketing. But Almgren's real job is to be one of the most important spark plugs in the STEM movement. He was one of the people … [Read more...] about Ray Almgren can't say STEM any better! #pauto #ISA #Intech #NationalInstruments #NI #STEM #FIRST

Joe Weiss has written a blog post about the new ENISA report “Window of exposure … a real problem for SCADA systems? Recommendations for Europe on SCADA patching” dated December 2013. ENISA (ttp://www.enisa.europa.eu) is the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security, so this is a governmental organization speaking. Joe says: "Is security patching important? I … [Read more...] about ENISA just doesn't get ICS cyber security #pauto #automation #cyber

Tue, 15:05: RT @ISA_Interchange: ISA accepting apps for >$65,000 in 2014 educational #scholarships. Deadline Feb-15-14 http://t.co/fwe9OFtUcD #ISAuto #… Tue, 15:28: RT @sierraflow: [New Blog Post] In Search of the Perfect Sensor: Thermal Flow Meter History & Trends http://t.co/O4KZatYrfb Tue, 15:36: RT @isssource: A dust explosion hurt 3 people at a baking products … [Read more...] about My tweets