Comments on Unsustainable Software

October 23, 2019 Michael Schwartz 0

I recently visited one of my largest customers. They have a huge internal self-maintainer calibration program and years ago they decided they wanted to get all their calibration system on a single platform. They went […]

Software is Cheaper Labor

January 25, 2019 Michael Schwartz 0

Over the years I have watched several labs go through the decision process to purchase new hardware. Most labs have the same process: look at the work load requiring the new hardware, and calculate the […]

No Faking Automation

November 5, 2018 Office 0

by Michael Schwartz Automation has its own quality system automatically built in. When software performs the same test, the same way over and over again, it can’t be wrong. There is no fake it till […]

AI, the Cloud, & IoT

April 3, 2018 Office 0

by Michael Schwartz The next three technologies that will change the world as we know it will be artificial intelligence (AI) running in the cloud, working with the Internet of Things (IoT). Yes, that is […]

Modular vs. Monolithic Automation

December 14, 2017 Office 0

by Michael Schwartz Over the past 30 years of my software and automation career, I have migrated to a modular approach to software design. I come from an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) background and I […]

Thoughts on Database Design

September 11, 2017 Michael Schwartz 0

I am most known in the industry for my abilities related to writing automated calibration procedures.  I have created projects in VB, Lab View, MET/CAL®, MUDCATS, C#, C++, and RMB, just to name a few.  […]

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