Jim Montague

Executive Editor

Come together

March 30, 2007
Integration of plant-floor, building, physical security, and enterprise network means more changes for unathorized access and more need for intelligent security, cooperation, ...

NeSSI taxis for takeoff

March 3, 2007
Though acceptance and networking hurdles remain, the New Sampling/Sensor Initiative (NeSSI) is starting to emerge in real-world, standardized, modular process control applications...

The DCS spirit lives on everywhere

Feb. 9, 2007
Classic distributed control systems typically remain only in high-availability refining and power applications, but their strategies and capabilities persist in descendants and...

NeSSI tames the communications monster

Sept. 15, 2006
The new sampling/sensor initiative (NeSSI) is moving steadily to fulfill its original promise of increased efficiencies, costs-savings, and micro-analytic capabilities despite...