April 2011 - Control Global
April 2011 - Control Global
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<strong>April</strong> <strong>2011</strong> • Volume XXIV • Number 4<br />
D E P A R T M E N T S<br />
9 / Editor’s Page<br />
It’s All About the Uptime! The elevator<br />
speech to sell spending for process control<br />
safety and security to the CEO.<br />
11 / On the Web<br />
Good Spring Reads. <strong>Control</strong><strong>Global</strong> links to<br />
must-reads for spring and beyond.<br />
13 / Feedback<br />
Another Look at the Fieldbus Jungle and<br />
Why Some Folks Don’t Tweet.<br />
16 / Security Spotlight<br />
Do Firms Expect Too Much Cyber-Threat<br />
Data? Insisting on too much detail about<br />
possible attacks may be just an excuse not<br />
to implement sound security plans.<br />
23 / On the Bus<br />
Attack of the Mutant Chicken Foot! Not<br />
a cheap horror flick, but a way to manage<br />
your fieldbus installation.<br />
24 / In Process<br />
Siemens challenges gamers to run a process<br />
plant, and other process news.<br />
52 / Ask the Expert<br />
Measuring Drift, Stability, Offset and Bias;<br />
Measuring Steam Quality<br />
54 / Roundup<br />
What’s new in process analyzers<br />
55 / New Products<br />
Things you need to do your job better.<br />
58 / Product Exclusive<br />
OPC/FDT collaborate on the new FDT 2<br />
standard.<br />
60 / <strong>Control</strong> Talk<br />
The Ultimate Limits of Performance. Mc-<br />
Millan and Weiner look at just how far we<br />
can go with control system performance.<br />
61 / Ad Index<br />
Check these pages.<br />
62 / <strong>Control</strong> Report<br />
Little company masters wireless and big<br />
data to help customers meet EPA rules.<br />
IN PROCESS<br />
Record attendance at the Fieldbus<br />
Foundation <strong>2011</strong> Annual Meeting in<br />
Mumbai.<br />
PRODUCT SHOWCASE<br />
Low-maintenance, high-accuracy<br />
pH/ORP sensors from Sensorex.<br />
31 / Resources<br />
Online help with your PLCs and PACs.<br />
Circulation aUdited JuNE 2010<br />
Chemicals & Allied Products................................................................................12,548<br />
Food & Kindred Products.....................................................................................12,638<br />
Paper & Allied Products.........................................................................................3,470<br />
Primary Metal Industries........................................................................................5,445<br />
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services............................................................................3,116<br />
System Integrators & Engineering Design Firms....................................................8,912<br />
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products...........................................................4,403<br />
Stone, Clay, Glass & Concrete products.................................................................2,057<br />
Textile Mill Products...............................................................................................1,361<br />
Petroleum Refining & Related Industries................................................................3,877<br />
Tobacco Products......................................................................................................115<br />
Total circulation....................................................................................................63,006<br />
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