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The Automation Conference is over but we have video of the 1st ever Ind. #Ethernet Roundtable, bit.ly/awvids083. #TAC2012 #pauto about 16 hours ago via TweetDeck
Bryan Griffen, Nestle: At #TAC2012, "We lose if we don't get Pack ML into the manufacturing mainstream." #mfg 8:11 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
David Acheson: Food brands have their food safety house in order, however supply chain control is the great unknown. #tac2012 #food #mfg 8:08 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
"How do food manufacturers get their arms around food safety, how can automation strategies keep ops safe?" David Acheson. #TAC2012 7:32 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
Keynote kickoff with Boeing's Sid Venkatesh in 15 minutes, explains how supply chain standardization affects automation. #TAC2012 #mfg -gg 5:46 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
RT @boschrexrothus: Scott Hibbard, #Rexroth VP Tech, represents SERCOS NA at The Automation Conf., Wed 1pm. #TAC2012 ow.ly/b0m0j 12:00 PM May 21st via HootSuite
From Russia with Love....John #Deere style, how to #export to Russia and central Europe. #mfg bit.ly/JVUDe3 11:55 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
Upcoming webinar on machine #control with case app. examples from MTS Medication Tech & Cross-Core Tech, May 24. bit.ly/Kqb6Zd 7:52 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Innovation Conf: At the FluidTrans event and K. Haeusgen points to energy mandates in Germany as big drivers of innovation. #italiamachines 6:54 AM May 9th via TweetDeck
Video - Visited the #csia2012 show in Phoenix and caught up with Eric Byres on Deep Packet Inspection . #security bit.ly/awvids070 7:26 AM May 6th via TweetDeck
RT @ProfPenurious: #Auto. Ind. continues...Ford adding 3rd shift in Ohio engine plant for EcoBoost bit.ly/IyIf1M #DAuto #mfg -gerke 5:40 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
CSIA sees growth in their future...Americas and Global. See what happened at the recent CSIA conf. #csia2012 bit.ly/awnews188 -gerke 2:23 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
Free E-courses from #Harvard and #MIT, may be a boon for Google Plus's hangouts. 1st course is Circuits and Elect. nyti.ms/In8uHf 11:56 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
@catevz Seems like a missed opportunity in terms of marketing/advertising. #Tesla downplays the #EV part and focuses on the sweet design! 3:18 PM Apr 30th via TweetDeck in reply to catevz
#security solutions: trigger an alarm when an attack happens and Deep Packet Inspection, just read-only messages, no write. csia2012 -gerke 9:57 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
Stuxnet legacy: It's been a training course for hackers. ICSs were built to control systems, not to be secure. #CSIA2012 #mfg - gerke 9:34 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
How stuxnet & worms start: Typcial worm behavior, gets a beachead and then moves forward. #csia2012 #stuxnet -gerke 9:19 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
Eric Byres, "SCADA & CIP Security," ...I understand control systems, I'm not an IT guy." - #csi2012, #stuxnet 9:18 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
Ashtad: "Customers do not want to go into a full-blown MES, they want a handle on their assets before a capital expenditure." #csia2012 8:19 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
Execution matters: "The '90s saw a design & build era for supply chain & #mfg, now it's about execution." #csia2012 -gerke 8:11 AM Apr 27th via TweetDeck

Name Grant Gerke
Location Chicago, IL
Bio New Media Strategy, content curator and an editor for manufacturing magazine, EV enthusiast, father and BIG music fan (about 215 lbs). Views are mine.