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They just don't stop, do they? Someone actually paid a PR firm good money to distribute this. Tell me if you can figure out what the product is and what it does. Another industry innovation by [name withheld to spare the humiliation] Please publish this product release. Thank you in advance for your immediate attention and please contact me if you have any questions or require … [Read more...] about From the "PR Wall of Shame…"

I've decided that it is time to stop pillorying PR firms for sending me really bad press releases. Instead, I'm going to try to teach you all (and in your hearts of hearts, you know who you are) how to do it properly. This will benefit your clients, the automation vendors. But more importantly, it will benefit my readers, the automation system end users and integrators. If I … [Read more...] about The PR Wall of Shame

Smar Rumored for Sale...Possibly to Roxboro Rumors have surfaced that Carlos Liboni has sold his interest in Smar, and his erstwhile partners, Gorini and Lorenzato are selling the company. Other rumors propose that English company, Roxboro, is hot on the scent. Roxboro has just sold off part of its previous instrumentation group (Solartron-Mobrey) to Emerson and the rest … [Read more...] about More from Rumor Mill Central: Smar on the block?

I spent quite some time talking to Steve Apple and Chris Wilson from TiPS Inc. (self-billed as "The Alarm Management Company"). We discussed the fact that there is a real paradigm shift (yes, there's that awful word again) in operations management and that alarm management is the tip of the iceberg. Apple believes that Ian Nimmo is right when he says that a control room with … [Read more...] about A few TiPS on Alarm Management…

I want to take this opportunity to ask for your prayers, good thoughts, and contributions for the sake of our friends and colleagues in the New Orleans to Pensacola area. The unthinkable has happened, and many people employed in process automation are in the thick of it. Whether you believe in God, the Hairy Muffin, or nobody, these brothers and sisters in the art of process … [Read more...] about Katrina and process automation