After the keynotes, all of us little presslings trooped next door to hear the ABB senior staff talk about the message they want us to present to our readership. First up was Dinesh Paliwal. Dinesh is Chairman and CEO of ABB North America, and he wears another hat too, that of President, Global Markets and Technology for ABB Ltd. Dinesh is the sparkplug that has fired the ABB … [Read more...] about ABB meets the press…
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Dr. Don Macmillan, vice president, technology, engineering and regional industrial development for the Alcan primary Metal Group (APMG), Alcan Inc. He is clearly the week's frontrunner for having the longest title on his business card, too. Dr. Macmillan spoke on Alcan's reengineering with Full Economic Cost Reduction. This program is based on the use … [Read more...] about from the department of (we now return you to your program in process…)
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For the many members of the Church of Kill Bill and the Apple Choir from PC Magazine: Security Watch: Apple Takes Over Patch Tuesday With Massive Update Many Mac OS Fixes Last Tuesday Apple released an enormous package of security updates for a variety of components and programs in Mac OS X. The Mac Software Update program presents the updates as one consolidated package … [Read more...] about from the department of "we interrupt this ABB Automation World…"
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IBM's Nick Donofrio Keynotes ABB Automation World "Everybody can be an innovator," said Nick Donofrio, executive vice president, innovation and technology, for IBM, "but not everybody can be an inventor, an explorer or a discoverer." With that conundrum, Donofrio launched his audience on a mind-expanding journey through 21st century technology and culture from transistors to … [Read more...] about from the department of "look what you can do with money…"
More from Fred Kindle…
In the late 90s, Kindle reminded his audience, the big deal was Internet auctions. This, he said, was supposed to revolutionize the way suppliers and end users did business by separating the transaction from all that messy interaction between people. Dryly, he noted that this didn't happen. "You need," he said, "to interact and buiild up a basis of trust and understanding. The … [Read more...] about More from Fred Kindle…
