In this episode I have a bit of a hardware and general state of biometrics discussion with Jim Schriver, Director of New Technologies at Black Box Network Services.

The topic of biometrics has been of interest to me and other in the industry as of late as I've begun to see a number of very successful implementations particularly around the military and law enforcement. I still belive the technology and direction is excellent - however the issue so far as I can tell remains getting the IT folks and the physical security folks to see eye to eye on who owns what and how it all operates.

That is part of what we discussed here - but moreover I plan on having further discussions on down the road hopefully with the practitioner behind one of the successful implementations I am suggesting are out there.

Authored by:

Peter Hayden, Director, Sustainable Power Services and Bill Scofield, Technical Project Engineering; Alcatel-Lucent

Explore new low-power, high-efficiency, eco-friendly cooling strategies that help data center operators improve costly, traditional cooling approaches.

In advance of the 2009 Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, we sat down with BlueClaws assistant GM Rich Mozingo for a ClawCast preview.

• What's the best part about the meetings?
• What do you hope to learn at the meetings?
• How will this year be different in Indy compared to last year in Las Vegas?

It's all in there, enjoy.

Authored by:

Jean-Luc Grèzes, Director Information Systems, SITA Ile de France.

French waste management company SITA uses a green business strategy to guide its supplier selection, as well as to achieve energy efficiency in telecom networks. They believe sustainable development is not just good marketing, it is good business.

Two concerts, seven days. How does it happen? We wanted to find out.

Greg Giombarrese sat down with the three people that make it all happen: BlueClaws groundskeeper Ryan Radcliffe and special events managers Steve Farago and Lisa Carone.

The BlueClaws hosted THUNDERFEST on Sunday 9/27 and will host Wingstock on Saturday 10/3, and we'll take you through the entire week leading into and out of one and then into and out of the next.

(Note: this was taped on Tuesday 9/29 between the two concerts)

In this episode I speak with Steven Elefant, newly appointed CIO of Heartland Payment Systems.

Steve and I covered a broad range of topics from innovation in the security industry, to the Heartland breach as well as some details of how his company has responded to this incident to greatly improve card processing security.

Heartland's CEO, Bob Carr will be presenting a keynote presentation on the topic of the breach on October 13 in NY at the SC World Congress

E-mail marketing is rapidly becoming an important part of every businesses lead generation strategies. However like everything else there is a "right" way to do it and a "wrong" way to do it. Listen in as The Coach, Chris Ruisi meets with Wendy Caplan-Carroll of Constant Contact to discuss this very important tool and how to use it properly.

Greg Giombarrese had a chance to sit down with BlueClaws catcher Travis d'Arnaud, one of the top prospects in the Phillies organization, before Saturday's ballgame at Charleston.

Topics include: d'Arnaud dealing with his slow start offensively and where he feels his game is today, staying sharp defensively, working with new pitchers and dealing with new hitters, and scouting reports on a few BlueClaws pitchers.

Cash is the most important aspect of every business and how it is managed in terms of receivables and collections is a critical task that all business owners need to focus attention on - consistently, persistently and systematically.

Karen Cooper, Senior Account Executive, for Transworld Systems, Inc gives some very valuable tips for all to use.