Post Super Bowl Post

Hey Man!,

I hope you had a good weekend.

We had inventory at my office so I got my yearly inventory sinus infection. The count went really well as always. I stayed home form the party & lost the football pot as well. Oh well.

Electrically the most interesting part of this Super Bowl was not be the half time show by Beyonce, but who will get blamed for the power outage. There was some work done there recently, so improper medium voltage cable preparation could be a factor. If you need MV cable termination training let me know alan.powell@hdsupply.com. If you are in my area I can get you hooked up with some sharp factory reps for this with 3M or Raychem.

We have a new Siemens  V20 drive coming out for basic applications.
Sinamics V20 Drive
This has a simplified program set.

The Cloud and network security are hot topics this week in many of the news letters I see.
Here are a few of my thoughts.
The Cloud is a target for hackers, from a lone wolf to a state sponsored pro.
If you use The Cloud you may be hacked as collateral damage.
Do you want to be in The Cloud with others that are a target?
If you are a small tech firm with state owned competitors from overseas, The Cloud might be more secure than what you can afford on your own. However, it is a target rich environment.
Do your plant operators really need to control anything from off site on a smart phone?
I will give you four things to think about.
The iPhone 5 was said to be left in a bar prior to it's release.
Your young plant operator will be downloading iTunes and playing the juke box for his favorite bartender with the same phone that holds your secrets.
Your young, bright hard working, engineer gave her 4 year old a iPod Touch with a game that looks a lot like any process control screen.
The stuxnet virus came in on a flash drive.
Sweet dreams on security now.


cheers

The ElectricAlan