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