Impressions of ISA...

I've really had very little time to "walk the show" but I've formed some impressions: + Despite the predictions, the doom and gloom scenario did not happen. The conference is busy, the show (although tiny in comparison to other ISA shows) is active. One vendor told me that they'd gotten over 200 sales leads in just the first day. That, if you aren't a veteran of counting sales leads, is outstanding traffic. Vendor traffic on Wednesday (the traditional "busy day" for the show) will really tell if the show is successful. + The panel discussion I was on yesterday (New Trends in System Integration, or some such title) was not only well attended, the panelists (self included) said interesting things. I recorded the panel, and I will be putting together some highlights. The recording quality isn't good enough to do a podcast, so it will be a very large blog entry as soon as I have time to write it. + This is really the process sensors show. Very few of the vendors were showing MES, asset management solutions, or ERP-to-plant integration strategies. There were quite a few new names exhibiting at ISA...including sensors companies from outside North America entering the US market for the first time. ...more later.. Walt