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Wonderware adds talent

Wonderware has appointed Rick Bullotta vice president and chief technology officer. He most recently was a vice president with SAP, coming to that company through its acquisition of Lighthammer. He was a co-founder and chief technology officer of Lighthammer. He was a co-founder and chief technology officer of Lighthammer. He also represented SAP on various industry standards organizations including ISA-95, the Manufacturing Interoperability Guideline Working Group and OPC... Read more

Education for technicians

I thought I'd be done with my September Automation World writing by Friday, so I made an appointment to visit the robot lab at Ohio Northern University (see my previous post). Got a tour with Adam Stienecker (turns out I know his family through soccer). Every time I see these programs (same as hearing NI's Ray Almgren talk about education through experience), I wish they'd have had more of this in the mid-60s when I was in engineering school... Read more

Trips

I didn't post Wednesday partly because it was a long day. Got up at 4 am to catch a flight to Greenville - Spartanburg airport in South Carolina. Spent the afternoon at the US offices of SEW Eurodrive followed by a delightful dinner at Justin's in Greer... Read more

NI Week Recap

National Instruments is a technology company first and then a products company. If you ever want a feel for where the cutting edge of usable computing technology is, the keynote addresses during NI Week is a great place to start. This year's edition, held August 7 through 9 at the Austin Convention Center before a record crowd, was no exception... Read more

Marketing 101

A couple of interesting things crossed my desk so far this week. One was an editorial in a magazine in the automation area wherein the editorial director railed against PR people sending press releases looking for free publicity. In the other, I saw a blog where the marketing person was bragging about placing an article written by the company in another prominent trade magazine in our market... Read more

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ISA’s Second Annual Marketing & Sales Summit

Sponsored by the ISA Management Division, ISA's Marketing and Sales Summit will help marketing and sales executives in the automation markets meet the strategic and tactical challenges of the 21st century. September 5-7, Chicago, IL.
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