That's the overarching message of the 5th Annual Yokogawa Middle East User Group Meeting, being held today and tomorrow in Bahrain. The morning session opened with Ms. Namrata Merchant (who appears to actually run Yokogawa Middle East, and who is extremely efficient and quite self-effacing) introducing Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, who, she noted, had once appeared on the cover of Intech … [Read more...] about from the "global leadership, local partnership" department…
Walt Boyes' Blog
from the department of "wow, that's a long trip!"….
It doesn't feel like it, or look like it on the map, but London to Bahrain is a long trip. Sleep, eat, watch movie, sleep, eat. By the time I got to Bahrain, I was looking for Pepto-Bismol, because I can't eat and sleep...there has to be movement, exercise, between sleep and eat. Not much of that, even in Business Class on a 777. So I had a nice walk around Manama looking for a … [Read more...] about from the department of "wow, that's a long trip!"….
from the department of "taking over the world one standard at a time"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTROLNET ADOPTED AS CHINESE STANDARD Announcement expands adoption of CIP Networks in new markets and applications Ann Arbor, Michigan USA -- November 16, 2006 - ControlNet International announced today that ControlNet has been adopted by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China as part of a machinery … [Read more...] about from the department of "taking over the world one standard at a time"
from the department of "let's get on the stick…"
The Star of Mysore newspaper reports: World class training centre in automation technology in city Mysore, Nov. 16 (DN&RR)- The city of Mysore, which is on the fast track of transforming itself into a major industrial hub in this part of the country, has received a shot in the arm with the setting up of a state-of-the-art Centre of Competence in Automation Technology in … [Read more...] about from the department of "let's get on the stick…"
from the "what does a system integrator do?" department…
Prosys is here, as a sponsor. Honeywell doesn't always play nice with system integrators-- partly they don't understand how to work with them, and partly, they think system integrators compete with their own services arm. It isn't true, of course. Honeywell can't take a $250,000 integration project...they couldn't handle the cost burden of just overhead... Which is too bad, … [Read more...] about from the "what does a system integrator do?" department…
