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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Dave Smith, ObjectAutomation
Abstract
The promise of Object Oriented Technology has long been that of reusable,
portable software components. Contemporary computing technologies, like COM
and CORBA, coupled with those that accompany the evolution of personal
computing ... the PC itself, plus networking and internetworking, have
provided an environment where this promis has become a reality. The
benefits that derive from the reality of truly reusable software components
are enormous, even though much of that benefit is yet to be realized. We
will explore some of the benefits and why they are important, in particular
as they spur the fourth industrial revolution.
Dave Smith is the founder of ObjectAutomation, a three year old start-up in
Southern California, that has developed an "object-based" universal,
industrial automation system. Mr. Smith has been in the automation sector
for over 30 years, in product development and marketing roles at
ComputerAutomation, Triconex, Wonderware and now, founder of
ObjectAutomation. He holds a BA in Math/Computer Science from the
University of California and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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