Corporate Leadership HP Version
I've devoted much of my adult life studying (and sometimes practicing) leadership. I have a library of over 20 books in my office right now that I've read. So, the unfolding drama at HP has captured a bit of my attention. Mark Hurd, former CEO who was at NCR in Dayton...
A Rose By Any Other Name
Apologies to Shakespeare, but I bet you'll find the same great group of people in Scottsdale today that you did last month even though the organization is now PI North America. Carl Henning has a post about the metamorphosis of the name here. Goes to show the...
Lies, Statistics and Analysis
I sort of remember a quote from somewhere that included the phrase, "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics." Just like you should only believe things on the Web from trusted sources, be careful of statistics. Especially as repored in the general press. They leave too much...
Observations, Stuxnet, Manufacturing, Soccer, Spam
A bunch of items on spam, soccer, manufacturing news, motivation and MEMS Spam I see the spammers have discovered this site. For those of you who subscribe to comments, I'm sorry. If the volume picks up, I'll have to moderate comments to eliminate them. Soccer The...
NI Week 2010 Recap
NI senior executive team in panel discussion with media. (I also caught the Austin staple--Shiner Bock.) NI Week is always a busy and exhausting time. But always very informative. The co-founders of National Instruments--James Truchard and Jeff Kodosky--are forward...
Byres Updates Stuxnet Security on SCADA
Eric Byres has updated his recommendations for security of SCADA systems from the Stuxnet worm as a result of the Microsoft patch. His revised white paper “Siemens PCS7 WinCC Malware” is available for download by all Tofinosecurity.com members now....
Video Essay about NI Week
Here's a video essay from NI Week. Day 3 keynotes feature students and a noted guest. This year's keynote was not a disappointment. Three groups of college students accepted various challenges including building an electric car (and driving it cross-country), building...
NI Week 2010 About Innovation
I'm at the Day 3 keynotes of NI Week. This day is dedicated to students of all ages doing cool engineering projects. Right now they're talking electric car development. Now it's ecocar challenge with students from Virginia Tech. James Truchard's (Dr. T) keynote...
NI Releases LabView 2010
In preparation for its annual user conference, NI Week, National Instruments today announced LabView 2010, the latest version of the graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications. The latest version offers new features such...
Microsoft Plans Fix
According to this article in Computerworld over the weekend, Microsoft plans to release a fix today for the shortcut hole that led to the problems with the Stuxnet worm and Siemens HMI/SCADA.
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