Supercomputing for the Exascale Era
Cray, an HPE company, held a panel discussion webinar on October 18 to discuss Exascale (10^18, get it?) supercomputing. This is definitely not in my area of expertise, but it is certainly interesting. Following is information I gleaned from links they sent to me....
Schneider Electric Foxboro and Triconex Innovation Days 2019
I’ve followed Foxboro and Triconex for many years now in my coverage of the process automation business. A great company that, not unlike too many others, suffered now and again with very poor management. The company has now settled in nicely at its home in Schneider...
Inductive Automation Announces Ignition Firebrand Awards
Inductive Automation has selected the recipients of its Ignition Firebrand Awards for 2019. The announcements were made at the Ignition Community Conference (ICC), which took place September 17-19. I get to see the poster displays and chat with the companies at ICC. I...
How To Avoid Pilot Purgatory For Your Projects
This is still more followup from Emerson Global Users Exchange relative to sessions on Projects Pilot Purgatory. I thought I had already written this, but just discovered it languishing in my drafts folder. While in Nashville, I ran into Jonas Berge, senior director,...
Automotive Cybersecurity Threats–Broader Than You Think
If I would offer you an opportunity to spend $300 and make $50,000 right away with more to come and no additional expense, would you take it? What about downloading a cybersecurity hack for that much off the Dark Web and using it to steal a $50,000 car? Such a...
Integrating Engineering and Project Execution
The design engineering function originates data. It includes data about the structure of the plant or factory, data about the equipment and processes used to make the product, and data about the product(s) itself. In my early career, I embodied the movement of the...
Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
This is a post about education, personal development, and why you should be a generalist. Tiger Woods was trained almost from the cradle for one thing--to be the greatest golfer. Roger Federer tried many sports. He loved soccer. Even though his mother was a tennis...
Hitachi Vantara NEXT 2019–All About Data
[Updated] Hitachi, a large industrial conglomerate, brought together several businesses it owned and acquisitions of Pentaho and Lumada into a wholly owned enterprise called Hitachi Vantara in 2017. NEXT 2019, its third customer conference attracted a large attendance...
Planning, Perseverance, Achievement
I am at the Las Vegas airport United Club on my way home after an the Hitachi Vantara customer conference. I learned a lot about the company, people I knew, and the technology. But I'm not here to talk about technology. That will be the next post. I'm here today to...
Use The Right Kind of Analytics
I am still talking about Emerson Exchange, and have a few more to go. This post is about analytics. Jonas Berge, Senior Director, Applied Technology, Plantweb, Emerson Automation Solutions, has often supplied me with great insight usually about networks in the past....
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