Walt Boyes' Blog

"In the recent Control weblog "ABB ships R&D to India," there were some conclusions made about our overall global R&D activity that were not accurate. ABB develops a lot of product technology in a lot places; it seems a bit sensational to take an announcement about an existing R&D center in India and decide that it means ABB closed the R&D lab in Cleveland. In … [Read more...] about ABB Responds…

ABB Automation Group is how committed to the US? After making a big deal about moving the Group headquarters to Connecticut, ABB's Group R&D Lab is inaugurated in India. What about putting it back where it used to be, in Cleveland? From WebIndia123.com: Switzerland Minister for Economic Affairs Joseph Deiss today inaugurated a new laboratory of Power major ABB India's … [Read more...] about ABB ships R&D to India

The Washington Post's maven of computer security, Brian Krebs, has been posting some interesting things lately. On January 10, he posted a scorecard on Microsoft's handling of patches and fixes. This scorecard was essentially complementary. In today's Security Fix blog, on www.washingtonpost.com, he posted some very interesting commentary on how Oracle is doing in the patch … [Read more...] about Another Setback for the Church of Kill Bill

I missed reminding you all of Ben Franklin's 300th birthday earlier this week, but for process control and automation, he's a significant figure--- remember the kite and the key? The other birthday, of great importance to process and manufacturing automation alike, is that of James Watt, born today in Greenock, Scotland, in 1736. Watt's improvements to the Newcomen steam engine … [Read more...] about Two Birthdays of Note…

Don't Press the Button Go on. Don't click the link. Then you'll never know why you shouldn't press the button. What kind of automation professional are you? The button is a big red one...NO! DO! NOT! PRESS! THE BUTTON! … [Read more...] about (no subject)