Innovation and leadership, the Yokogawa North American Users Conference. Technology and performance management.

Pack Expo observations; variable frequency drives; Schneider Electric changes; having great panel discussions.

News from Automation Fair including new products and important announcements on software direction.

News from the ISA Expo in Houston. Developments in wireless sensor networks.

News from the Emerson Exchange on wireless and from MESA International on Metrics Matter.

Gary interviews Carter Johnson, vice president of Visiprise and conference chair of the MESA International Plant2Enterprise conference that will be held October 9-12 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando.

Production performance management and manufacturing intelligence. Empower operators to operate a plant profitably. Organize for the 21st century. Adobe version 8 3D and Connect.

eMvoy, a new company that offers nationwide rating of manufacturers searchable by location or category. OMAC comments and questions. New book "Thinking for a Living" about managing knowledge workers.

Trip reports on Profibus (PTO) annual meeting in Phoenix, National Instruments' NI Week and trip to Emerson Process. News from Automation Federation, HMS and general fieldbus thoughts.

Interview with John Ross of CitectDealing with DarwinGuns, Germs and SteelIAONA disbandsSee you at Profibus Annual Meeting in PhoenixControl cover story on Fighting the Fieldbus Wars -- really it's no longer war, just competition