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Bob Karshnia, from Emerson, speaks out on wireless

Feb. 27, 2006

A week ago, John Berra, CEO of Emerson Process Management, said interesting and arousing things (like "Emerson has solved ALL those problems.") about Emerson's Wireless Initiative, which he announced. You can read all about it here. Because of the huge interest and the questions raised by Berra's announcement, I met with a group of Emerson executives that afternoon, to discuss some of the FUD already raised by the Wireless initia...

A week ago, John Berra, CEO of Emerson Process Management, said interesting and arousing things (like "Emerson has solved ALL those problems.") about Emerson's Wireless Initiative, which he announced. You can read all about it here. Because of the huge interest and the questions raised by Berra's announcement, I met with a group of Emerson executives that afternoon, to discuss some of the FUD already raised by the Wireless initiative. Included in the meeting were Bob Karshnia, director of technology, Gabe Sierra, the product manager for wireless, and Paul Schmeling and Bill Morrison. Go here to listen to:

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