Walt Boyes

Historically, Angola has been fought over, divided by civil and ethnic strife, and served as a place where one of the nastiest Cold War proxy fights was conducted, with Cuba and the previous government in South Africa standing in for the Soviet Union and the United States. Today, unemployment is unmeasurably high, education low, more than 70% of the population lives below any … [Read more...] about From the rising tide lifts all boats department…Honeywell moves into Angola

Here's a press release from the HART Communication Foundation: Leading process automation companies from around the world expressed support for the development of new wireless capabilities for HART® Communication during the HART Communication Foundation (HCF) press conference at ISA 2006 (17 Oct). In a display of a unified commitment for advancement of the technology, … [Read more...] about From the playing nice in the wireless sandbox department…

Following up on Rockwell's OSIsoft alliance announcement last week, Emerson had one of their own this morning: Process automation leader Emerson Process Management and OSIsoft, Inc. the leader in performance management software, today announced continuation of their global value added reseller agreement of the last three years. Emerson will continue to incorporate OSIsoft’s PI … [Read more...] about From the Tit for Tat department…A PI in every pot…

I received a press release from Emerson Process this morning, which sounded interesting, and was more so than usual... Emerson is pleased to announce the expansion of its vibration monitoring service through an alliance with RoMaDyn of Minden NV, engineering experts in rotating machinery. This alliance couples Emerson’s worldwide Machinery Health™ Management services … [Read more...] about Emerson gets married to Don Bently

From Rick Dolezal, A look at Rockwell's 2006 PSUG in Baltimore... … [Read more...] about Rockwell's PSUG goes to YouTube!