“More than 200 Schneider Electric employees (including CEO Dave Petratis, not shown) participate in a day of community service with Habitat for Humanity. Crews from across North America worked on three homes, a neighborhood pavilion and a playground in Gautier, Miss., on Jan. 30, 2007. Gautier was one of several Gulf Region communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.” Every … [Read more...] about from the "doing well by doing good…" department
Walt Boyes' Blog
Ah, from the "joys of new operating systems department…"
Bryan Singer, from ISA's SP99 committee, sends along this gem: This is a cute little "feature" in the newly released Vista operating system. For your reading enjoyment, it always seems that the most obvious things are the last we think about when it comes to security! http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2148 Article Text ----------------- Simon says: download backdoor.exe … [Read more...] about Ah, from the "joys of new operating systems department…"
from the department of "why you should join ISA…"
This just in... ISA Members now receive free ISA standards! Accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ISA has published more than 150 standards, recommended practices, and technical reports, through the dedicated efforts of a network of industry experts. Why wait? Take advantage of this new ISA Member benefit today! … [Read more...] about from the department of "why you should join ISA…"
from the department of "Control's Automation Minute"
Last week, I keynoted Citect's Americas Partners Meeting. The future of SCADA is the topic of this week's CONTROL Automation Minute. The accompanying ebook, "What Your Customers Want" is going up at SCADAeBook. It should be up sometime today or tomorrow, so if it isn't there when first you try; try, try again. … [Read more...] about from the department of "Control's Automation Minute"
from the department of "we need more automation professionals"
I received this last week, and I thought it was interesting enough that I asked for, and received, permission to reproduce it here: Rhett Bigham's New Year Letter to the Profession In January 1987, I started Rhett Bigham & Associates to conduct recruiting searches in the Process Automation field. My 20th year in business, 2006 proved to be my most successful year so far. … [Read more...] about from the department of "we need more automation professionals"
