Emerson just announced that they've purchased Bristol Babcock for $121 Million. Bristol Babcock makes one of the best SCADA hardware systems around, yet their absolute insistence that they don't need marketing has really damaged them in the marketplace. Emerson now acquires a huge presence in the water, wastewater and power SCADA market. This is good for end-users who get to … [Read more...] about Emerson Strikes Again!
Walt Boyes' Blog
Coming to their senses department…
From CONTROL columnist and Process Automation Hall of Fame inductee, Dick Morley: Industry Expert Dick Morley to Serve as Formal Advisor to ISA (Research Triangle Park, NC) - ISA has announced that industry expert Dick Morley will be working with ISA in a formal advisory capacity throughout 2006. Dick Morley is best known as the father of the programmable controller. He … [Read more...] about Coming to their senses department…
square pegs in round holes…
This came in today, and while it isn't quite suitable for the magazine, and I'm publishing something quite like it in April, I thought it deserved a hearing. Enterprise HMI Systems: Is the cost too high? by Steven A. Hechtman President, Calmetrics Company Modern Manufacturing One hears so much about Enterprise HMI and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) that it's easy … [Read more...] about square pegs in round holes…
Another Geek Pride Day!
TUESDAY MARCH 14 (03.14) IS PI DAY -- When Math Geeks, Students & Quants Can Have Their Pi and Eat It Too NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2006--It's Pi Day because the date is 3/14 -- the first three digits of Pi. It's celebrated across the United States by Math nerds, students, teachers and professors, from elementary school to university, and even die-hard … [Read more...] about Another Geek Pride Day!
Caught in an endless loop…the ISA Umbrella Organization
Fifteen Years Later, It's Deja Vu All Over Again! Walt, I thought I got hit in the head and woke up repeating my life from 15 years ago when I read your blog. Luckily, the web has lots of good content so I used it to confirm that we were repeating life from 15 years ago. I'm refering to the minutes of the May 13, 1991 ISA Board meeting (shortly after my 26th … [Read more...] about Caught in an endless loop…the ISA Umbrella Organization
