Walt Boyes' Blog

If you've been following the discussions at PCSF (the Process Control Systems Forum) and in the ISA SP99 Standards Committee, you know the answer. If the answer doesn't scare you, you are seriously asleep. So, instead of attending the Sensors Show this week, and attending the SP100 meeting at the Sensors show, I decided to attend the security forum instead. Glad I did. The … [Read more...] about How Secure Is Your Control System?

I had a fine long weekend, and now I'm playing catchup. I have three podcasts to edit, one to do tomorrow, and one to do on Friday. That means that the Process Automation Radio Network will have a plethora of new podcasts in the next couple of weeks. I also have to finish the reporting from the MCAA meeting. Two of the talks especially were hits: Steve Sonnenberg, from … [Read more...] about Catching up with things…

I had done a huge data entry job earlier this afternoon, and my blog software ate it all. I will re-do it and re-post it tomorrow and Wednesday. Sorry...technical difficulties... Walt … [Read more...] about More MCAA blog later this week

Shari Worthington, who happens to be an old friend and colleague, talked about what end users want and how they want vendors to interact with them. Walt Boyes BlackBerry service provided by Nextel … [Read more...] about The changing landscape of marketing

Emerson's Management Process The process is used to identify synergies, eliminate surprises, know what to do when things go south in a hurry. The six key elements of the system are: 1. Keep it simple. Chuck Knight would sit at meetings, Sonnenberg said, and say, "I don't get it!" This was not an admission of a problem from Knight but rather a demand for the hapless manager to … [Read more...] about More from Sonnenberg…