Alex Gyr and Zack Rosenberg are back, this time previewing next week’s FanFest, the newest promotions and, of course, counting down the days until Opening Day. Listen in for an exclusive chance to win two tickets to Opening Day.

Authored by:

Mark Shannon, Director of Industry and Public Sector Solutions Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

Governments and local authorities rely heavily upon communications systems to prevent crime or injury, detect threats and respond to man-made and natural disasters. Carrier-grade and interoperable solutions ensure that all agencies receive critical multimedia communications and support the evolving first responders' mission.

In this episode Jim interviews Fran Kirschner of Frantasy Enterprises. Listen as Jim and Fran discuss the importance of Public Relations for businesses.

Fran Kirschner Video Introduction

Anywhere, Anytime Communications

Authored by: Dr. Kenneth Budka, Director of the Network Performance and Reliability - Alcatel-Lucent

In about 3 minutes, learn how new technologies and initiatives enhance the ability of public safety networks to communicate smoothly in times of crisis.

I spent a number of days at the FOSE / GovSec show in DC put on by the 1105 Media Group and had some good conversations with a number of folks over there. The show itself like all others has clearly shrunk in size but there seemed to still be quite a bit of energy on the show floor and in the sessions.

Secure credentialing came to the forefront of all of our minds imediately after the horror of 9/11, although subsequent disasters not the least of which was hurricane Katrina kept the focus on this issue. Keeping track of who we admit to secure locations and sites becomes as important as knowing who is currently at certain secure locations and disaster sites.

There are myriad Federal regulations and standards in this space but at the heart of them all is that 'c' word...convergence. Credentialing is a classic example of the connection between physical and logical security. Now who in the agency or enterprise controls this hardware and technology, well that is a bigger debate.

Here I speak with Chris Broderick, the CEO of CoreStreet and an individual who has a great deal of experience and knowledge in this space.