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PS0901_01_Cover.indd 1 WWW.PLANTSERVICES.COM p.33 p.21 p.41 1/13/09 11:30:38 AM Putman media, inc. 555 W. Pierce Rd., Ste. 301, Itasca, IL 60143 Phone: (630) 467-1300, Fax: (630) 467-1120 mike brenner, Group Publisher mbrenner@putman.net ediTOriAL sTAff paul studeBAKer, cmrp Editor in Chief pstudebaker@putman.net russeLL l. krATOWicz, p.e. CMrp Executive Editor russk@putman.net lisa towers Managing Digital Editor ltowers@putman.net stePHen c. herner Group Art Director sherner@putman.net jennifer dakas Art Director jdakas@putman.net DAvid berger, p.eng. Contributing Editor peter garforTH Contributing Editor sheiLA kennedy Contributing Editor joel leonard Contributing Editor BOB sperber Editor at Large puBLiCATion services carmeLA kappel Assistant to the Publisher ckappel@putman.net jerry clark V.P., Circulation jclark@putman.net jACK jones Circulation Director jjones@putman.net riTA fitzgerALD Production Manager rfitzgerald@putman.net CLAudia stachowiAK Reprints Marketing Manager Foster Reprints (866) 879-9144 ext. 121 claudia@fostereprints.com administrATive sTAff jOHn m. cappeLLeTTi President/CEO julie cappeLLeTTi-LAnge Vice President keiTH larson V.P., Content rose souTHArd IT Director Has ALTernative ReALity BACKTALK In response to your article (“Invest in Reality,” January, p. 7, www.plantservices.com/ articles/2009/003.html), where do I start “Never invest in something you don’t understand” is a good idea. Maybe you can help me understand how mortgaging our children’s future to the tune of more than $1 trillion is going to be good for them. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the stimulus package will cost every man, woman and child in the United States $298,000 each when the whole bill is paid. Of course, the package contains hundreds of billions in tax cuts and infrastructure projects that are basically good ideas. But what is the value of the “new” infrastructure if INSIDE, there are no businesses producing goods that need to be Contracting strategies for a new economy shipped across country The capital gains tax has a stranglehold on business in this country and is a major reason most manufacturing jobs have headed out of country. Repairing classrooms and fixing leaking pipes isn’t the way to stimulate a sluggish economy. Across-the-board tax cuts to all segments of society and cutting the capital gains tax in half, if not eliminating it for the next five years, are. There is bipartisan support for a smart infrastructure investment as you stated, and there is a widespread willingness to pay for smart investments that create wealth (not a dirty word) and well-paying jobs, but there is only partisan support for a giant spending bill. “Invest in Reality … ” The reality is, this is not a good investment. Doug Penning, vibration analyst Georgia Pacific Corp. Wauna Mill Clatskanie, Ore. DeTAined by Security I enjoyed a recent issue of <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Services</strong> and agree with your views on the importance of keeping maintenance up at all times. As a vendor representative, I am struggling to convince our customers of the cost-effectiveness of remote diagnostics of our systems over the Web. The customer engineers who are responsible for operation generally agree, though the customer IT is usually the barrier that is nearly impossible to overcome because of the cybersecurity concerns that are both valid and increasingly popular in publications. Remote diagnostics promises huge traveling cost-savings, but customers have no option but to request our field service visits even for issues that could be effectively resolved remotely given Web access to our computers in the customer plant. I would be interested in your opinion on the issue. Iouri Pereltsvaig, director of customer support Compressor Controls Corp., Des Moines, Iowa Asset management expert David Berger, P.Eng, replies: I agree that remote diagnostics is a superb technology that saves considerable time and money. However, it will take time for the security fears to subside. This is what happened 20 years ago, when it became possible for a vendor to access someone’s server or mainframe remotely, and later, when software became available, to take over control of a remote PC. The pattern is the same – when the technology emerges, it’s raved about, becomes popular, security is breached, the security fears flourish and sales drop for vendors. Then, safeguards are put in place, the media calm the masses, some other issue steals the headlines, and vendors are back in business. J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 9 PERFORMANCE | RELIABILIT Y | EFFICIENCY | ASSE T MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE | RELIABILIT Y | EFFICIENCY | ASSE T MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE | RELIABILIT Y | EFFICIENCY | ASSE T MANAGEMENT www.PLANTSERVICES.com APRIL 2009 9 Compressors: When Rules of Thumb Are Dumb New Expert on Human Capital Buying and Selling Preowned-Equipment
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