The OEM Conundrum

by Bill Fester on March 17, 2015

in DCS, Industries, Systems

Committing to an expansive strategy around data, information, and advice How much should OEMs concern themselves with the performance of the other guy’s machine, on which the performance of their machines might depend? Minding your own business is wisdom passed down from the ages, but it might not pay in the brave new world of […]

Overview: This white paper analyzes the Dragonfly cyber campaign, looking at its targets, its methods of attack, its impact and what it means for defending operations from similar attacks in the future. This paper is designed to help the owners and operators of manufacturing companies better understand the nature of advanced cyber security threats against […]

This demonstration shows how advanced features in DeltaV Virtual Studio provide for high availability and disaster recovery. Varying levels of availability protection in this demonstration show how DeltaV Virtual Studio ensures your system stays up and running or minimizes recovery time in a disaster event. Watch and learn more.  

DeltaV Virtual Studio Demonstration Part 1

by Bill Fester on March 17, 2015

in Uncategorized

From Control Magazine Submitted by Joe Weiss on Mon, 03/16/2015 – 15:01 There is still a significant gap in understanding of industrial control system (ICS) cyber security by many in the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) issued “Principles for Effective Cyber Security Insurance Regulatory Guidance”. The NAIC principles effectively focus on […]

What’s Your Story?

by Bill Fester on September 26, 2014

in Industries, Jobs, People, Uncategorized

In reading job description after job description and resume after resume for decades now,  I’ve come to the realization that most fall far short. The job descriptions in most cases have no relationship to what someone is going to be doing on any given Wednesday afternoon. There’s plenty of vague talk about teamwork and good […]

Current available opportunities

by Bill Fester on September 11, 2014

in DCS, Emerson DeltaV, Jobs, Pharmaceutical

Current needs for DeltaV applications and programming include: Three opportunities for a DeltaV programmer with experience in creating code for pharmaceutical processes. Requires someone familiar with batch code writing on a DeltaV system with a very strong preference for someone with previous pharmaceutical experience. This is a contract role and my last for six months […]

Automation and Control in the Plant of the Future

by Bill Fester on September 11, 2014

in DCS, Industries, Systems

Sept 11, 2014 “It’s an interesting time in our industry, and not an entirely happy one,” said Walt Boyes, principal, Spitzer & Boyes, to open his keynote speech today at the Yokogawa Users Group Conference and Exhibition in Houston. “Changes are coming; changes are here, and all at once. Our traditional slow movement in adopting […]

Remarks on Marc Andreesen’s Twitter Essay, and the New Yorker’s Disruption Article by Jill Lepore Mark Andreeson’s Twitter Storm/ Essay this morning has some unique insights. I’ve been thinking for some time now about the correlation between trends in Big Computing and Process Control Systems. Maybe it makes no sense, but as someone on the […]

C’mon Jack!!

by Bill Fester on May 29, 2014

in Jobs, People

I’m somewhat dismayed at the clumsiness of recruiters who seem to think spamming job opportunities to other recruiters (thinking they are candidates), is going to be fruitful. Here, I post first the “pitch” by Sr Recruiter Jack Anderson (is his name really Jack Anderson, or is this just a superhero disguise left over from Halloween?). […]