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Pinto Keynote Speech - ThinManager Technology Expo, Las Vegas, NV.Automation Control Products (ACP) is hosting the "ThinManager Training and Technology Expo" at The Venetian Hotel, in Las Vegas, NV. 24-26 October, 2011.ACP ThinManager offers advanced technology for better security and Configuration of thin client networks. The ACP MultiSession core technology allows multiple sessions running anywhere on the ThinManager network to be viewed through one thin client. At this Conference, every presentation will include analysis of the economic benefits associated with server based thin client computing and more specifically the increases in return that can be directly attributed to ThinManager. Takeaways from this Expo will provide attendees with detailed documentation and quantitative results culled from 12 years of experience in the industrial thin client computing market. Terms like lower total cost of ownership and return on investment will be paired with real world case studies that demonstrate how using ThinManager can save your business real dollars both in the near term and over the long haul. Jim Pinto's keynote speech will be on "The Expanding Future of Thin": He will discus how the pervasive Internet will spread in factories and industrial plants. Industrial automation is primarily I/O processing. I/O products will become increasingly more autonomous in functionality, with vastly more robust operation in systems which include literally millions of I/O points. As the future unfolds, "thin" hardware and software will permeate the industrial landscape. The technology of thin-clients and thin-manager will encroach on conventional architectures. Software that orchestrates how, when and where these devices operate will be the key to managing the complex systems of the future. ACP is at the vortex of these fast-moving and far-reaching developments. If you can make it to Las Vegas, come learn about the latest and greatest in thin client technology. ACP is committed to make this a significant, value proposition for all those who attend. And hey, let's meet and talk.
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Pinto Keynote Speech - International Field Networking Conference, South AfricaThe International Field Networking Conference will be held in Johannesburg, S. Africa, 8-9 November 2011. The conference will be at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg, close to the airport for national or international visitors.This conference is being organized by Southern African Regional Profibus Association (SARPA) and the Fieldbus Foundation Southern Africa Marketing Committee (FFSAMC), cooperating with The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC). This will be the first time this type of Conference is held outside of Europe. Said Rob MacKenzie, chairman of SARPA, "It is far more important for users and potential users of field networking technology in southern Africa to know why and how to use field networks for instrumentation and control than it is to know which technology to choose. Which technology to use often depends on the process and environmental requirements of the solution but the true benefits of using digital communication are seldom realized". Five international and five local speakers, including two large field network users have confirmed their participation. About 200 delegates are expected. Keynote speaker Jim Pinto's topic is "Whither Fieldbus?": How effective are industrial networks? Who is really using them and in what types of applications? What are the real benefits other than simple reduction of cabling? What are the standards? Who is really demanding standards? Who is promoting them? How do Ethernet and Wireless change the game? Jim Pinto will discuss these questions and provide some international perspectives on the progress and applications, trends and practices in the implementation of industrial field networking technologies. And Jim will also deliver whimsical relief with some of his poems on the Fieldbus and Wireless Wars. I've spoken at a conference in Johannesburg before; several South Africans are on the JimPinto.com eNews list and are regular e-correspondents. While I am in J'burg, this gives us a chance to meet and chat awhile.
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iPads in Industrial AutomationO v e r t h e p a s t c o u p l e o f y e a r s s i n c e I g o t m y f i r s t i P a d , I h a v e b e c o m e v e r y a c c u s t o m e d t o u s i n g i t f o r a v a r i e t y o f d i f f e r e n t t h i n g s .I r e a d a l l m y m a g a z i n e s - T I M E , E c o n o m i s t , W i r e d a n d o t h e r s - o n t h e i P a d . T h e y a r e a v a i l a b l e a t l e a s t a c o u p l e o f d a y s b e f o r e t h e y a r r i v e b y m a i l . I t s e e m s l i k e w a s t e t o g e t t h e s n a i l - m a i l e d i t i o n . W h e n I t r a v e l , I d o n ' t l u g a r o u n d m y l a p t o p a n y m o r e - j u s t m y i P a d . M o s t h o t e l s a n d a i r p o r t s h a v e w i r e l e s s a n d i t ' s e a s y t o c o n n e c t t o c h e c k e m a i l , a n d b r o w s e t h e w e b . W h e n I ' m o n l o n g f l i g h t s , I r e a d m a g a z i n e s , o r p l a y a n y o n e o f t h e i P a d g a m e s , o r e v e n w a t c h a m o v i e . I c h e c k m y b a n k s t a t e m e n t s o n i P a d , l o o k f o r a c h o i c e o f f l i g h t s , b o o k a n d c h e c k f l i g h t s t a t u s , w a t c h m o v i e s , o r a n y o n e o f t h e m a n y T V c h a n n e l s - a l l f r o m m y c o u c h , o r w h i l e I ' m s t i l l i n b e d i n t h e m o r n i n g . H o w a b o u t t h e i P a d i n b u s i n e s s , a n d m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e I n d u s t r i a l a u t o m a t i o n b u s i n e s s ? I t t u r n s o u t t h a t t h e r e a r e a l l k i n d s o f a u t o m a t i o n u s e s a n d a p p s t h a t a r e s t a r t i n g t o e m e r g e f o r t h i s h a n d y t a b l e t . A u t o m a t i o n W o r l d c o n d u c t e d r e s e a r c h e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r t o f i n d o u t w h a t p e o p l e t h o u g h t a b o u t t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t a b l e t P C s i n i n d u s t r y . A c c o r d i n g t o r e s p o n d e n t s , 4 9 % o f t h e m a l r e a d y o w n a n i P a d , B l a c k b e r r y , A n d r o i d o r o t h e r k i n d o f t a b l e t P C , a n d 7 8 % p l a n n e d t o p u r c h a s e . 7 2 % s a i d t h a t t h e y r e a d w o r k - r e l a t e d d i g i t a l p u b l i c a t i o n s , a n d m o r e t h a n 5 0 % s a i d t h e y r e a d w o r k - r e l a t e d n e w s l e t t e r s a n d b r o w s e d W e b s i t e s o n t h e i r t a b l e t s s e v e r a l t i m e s e a c h w e e k . R e a l a u t o m a t i o n - w o r l d a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r t a b l e t - P C s i n c l u d e :
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" A t t h e r i s k o f b e i n g l a b e l e d a p e s s i m i s t ( y o u k n o w I a m n o t ! ) , t r a d i t i o n a l m a n u f a c t u r i n g j o b s a r e s i m p l y N O T c o m i n g b a c k . S o m e b o d y n e e d s t o s a y t h a t , a n d w e n e e d t o m o v e o n . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , e v e n w i t h s t a l w a r t a t t e m p t s t o c r o s s - t r a i n a n d r e - e d u c a t e o u r w o r k f o r c e , m o s t o f t h a t w i l l c o m e t o f r u i t i o n f a r t o o l a t e t o h e l p t h e m a s s i v e g r o u p s o f u n e m p l o y e d t h a t c o m p r i s e t h e l i o n ' s s h a r e o f o u r 9 % + u n e m p l o y m e n t r a t e . " T h e c o l d h a r d f a c t i s t h a t t h e s e p e o p l e a r e n o t j u s t u n e m p l o y e d ; t h e y a r e , f o r t h e m o s t p a r t , u n e m p l o y a b l e . W e n e e d a d i f f e r e n t b r e e d o f w o r k e r s n o w , a n d I ' m a f r a i d i t d o e s n ' t i n c l u d e m a n y p e o p l e r i v e t i n g m e t a l p a r t s t o g e t h e r a t $ 5 0 a n h o u r . I t a l s o d o e s n ' t r e q u i r e l e g i o n s o f M B A s t h a t d o n ' t k n o w h o w t o d o a n y t h i n g b e y o n d m i n d i n g s o m e o n e e l s e ' s b u s i n e s s . ( N O T E : I ' m n o t d o w n o n a l l M B A s - j u s t t h e o n e s t h a t d o n ' t k n o w a n y t h i n g b e y o n d w h a t N O T t o d o ! ) " B l a m e i t o n w h o m e v e r y o u l i k e p o l i t i c a l l y , b u t t h i s s i t u a t i o n r e a l l y h a s v e r y l i t t l e t o d o w i t h p o l i t i c s . W h e t h e r a p o l i t i c i a n i s p r o - w o r k e r o r n o t , I b e l i e v e t h a t a f e w y e a r s f r o m n o w w e ' l l l o o k b a c k o n t h i s p e r i o d a n d s a y : W o w , t h a t w a s a g u t - w r e n c h i n g t i m e ‹ t a n t a m o u n t t o w h a t I ' d c a l l a r e v e r s e I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n - a t l e a s t f o r d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r i e s . " B o t t o m l i n e : T h i s I S t h e n e w w o r l d o r d e r , a n d w e ' l l j u s t h a v e t o g e t u s e d t o i t . A s A m e r i c a n s , w e U S E D t o t h r i v e o n t h i s s o r t o f c h a l l e n g e . L e t ' s s t o p m a k i n g l a m e e x c u s e s , a v o i d i n g t h e i n e v i t a b l e a n d l o o k i n g f o r s c a p e g o a t s . I n s t e a d , g e t o n w i t h c r e a t i n g a n d i n n o v a t i n g p r o v i d e d w e s t i l l r e m e m b e r h o w t o d o t h a t ! " P e k k a P i h l a j a s a a r i [ p e k k a @ d a t a . c o . z a ] c o m m e n t s o n p r e v i o u s c o m m e n t s r e g a r d i n g c o m p u l s o r y v o t i n g :
" T h e A u s t r a l i a n l e g i s l a t i o n t h a t r e q u i r e s t h o s e o n t h e e l e c t o r a l r o l l t o v o t e d o e s n o t a f f e c t t h e i r r i g h t t o f r e e s p e e c h ( o r n o n - s p e e c h a s i t m a y b e ) a s t h e y a r e f r e e t o s p o i l t h e i r v o t e s t o p r e v e n t t h e m f r o m b e i n g c o u n t e d . W h a t i t r e q u i r e s i n s t e a d i s , s u b j e c t t o m i n o r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p e n a l t y i n t h e c a s e o f n o n - o b s e r v a n c e , t h a t v o t e r s p r e s e n t t h e m s e l v e s t o p e r f o r m a c i v i c d u t y i n t h e s a m e w a y a s t h e c o u r t c a n d e m a n d c i t i z e n s t o f o r m p a r t o f a j u r y . " W h i l e t h i s c o u l d b e s e e n a s a n i n f r i n g e m e n t o n f r e e d o m s , i t i s c o m m o n l y a c c e p t e d t h a t o b l i g a t i o n s o r d u t i e s a r e a t r a d e - o f f a g a i n s t t h e f r e e d o m s t h a t a r e e n j o y e d i n s o c i e t y . " M y o l d f r i e n d C u l l e n L a n g f o r d [ C u l l e n L @ a o l . c o m ] g i v e s u s s o m e R E A L h i s t o r y a b o u t t h e h i s t o r y o f a u t o m a t i o n :
" T h e e a r l y u s e o f d i g i t a l e l e c t r o n i c s i n t h e ' 7 0 s g a v e u s f a r m o r e a c c u r a t e s e n s o r s a n d l e d " b i t b y b i t " t o d i g i t a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n s t o c o m p l e m e n t t h e D C S c a p a b i l i t i e s . T h e ' 8 0 s g a v e u s t h e i n c r e a s e d a t t e n t i o n t o p r o c e s s s a f e t y . T h i s l a s t d e v e l o p m e n t h a s n o t b e e n f u l l y i m p l e m e n t e d i n f a c t . I t i s m o r e " p a p e r s a f e t y " t h a n ' r e a l s a f e t y ' . " W i t h t h e p r e s e n t t r e n d s i n W a s h i n g t o n ' s p o l i c i e s I a m c o n c e r n e d t h a t b u s i n e s s i n t h e U S w i l l f l e e t o m o r e b u s i n e s s f r i e n d l y r e g i o n s . W e h a v e s e r i o u s i n f l a t i o n e v e n i f W a s h i n g t o n w i l l n o t a d m i t i t . T h o s e o f u s o n f i x e d , a c t u a l l y d e c l i n i n g , i n c o m e s w i l l h a v e t o a d j u s t o u r s t a n d a r d s o f l i v i n g t o s u i t . " JimPinto.com eNews - on the webIf you've missed a couple of issues of eNews, or wish to refer to earlier items, please note : You can see ALL past issues online at :
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