Had a chance for a nice chat with Sam Herb, who, like me and Don Clark and Bob Jones and Peter Martin and Wade Mattar and lots of other people in this industry qualify for membership in the bull elephant lodge...we've been around the industry for longer than we'd like to admit, and we've seen the elephant... Sam, who spent most of his career with Moore Products, is typical of … [Read more...] about From the department of "the bull elephant lodge…"
Walt Boyes' Blog
From the department of "The Yellow Brick Road…"
Today was Foxboro day for me in the morning. I sat in on the Foxboro General Session and listened to the details of the Foxboro upgrade path. You can tell when you sit in on a class devoted to migration paths when the blue smoke and mirrors come out. That's clearly not the case here at the 2006 Invensys Process Systems Customer Conference. In several discussions by Invensys … [Read more...] about From the department of "The Yellow Brick Road…"
A preview of January's Control magazine…
• In January’s CONTROL Magazine: Editorial Why End Users Choose Who They Do Process automation end users are very risk averse and they have very finely tuned superheterodyne *bleep* detectors. CONTROL’s Walt Boyes comments. Cover Story The Annual Readers' Choice Awards CONTROL’s Walt Boyes presents the annual report on the readership's selections for best products and service … [Read more...] about A preview of January's Control magazine…
…an evening with Ken Brown…
Well, sort of. In the wonderful weirdness of the automation business, my path and Ken's had never crossed before tonight. I am pleased that I finally got to meet him. One on one, he is as good as his speech this morning made me think he is. We talked about a lot of things, but I can say this, and I said it to him...Invensys didn't miss a beat when Mike Caliel left, which is a … [Read more...] about …an evening with Ken Brown…
For you serious readers here's a scoop…
In just a few minutes, the electronic show daily for today's Invensys Process Management Customer Conference will email. But as a special reader benefit of Sound Off!!, here's the URL so you can read it first: Click Here … [Read more...] about For you serious readers here's a scoop…
