Taylor drives in two as Lakewood clips Lake County

Julian Sampson continued to improve, producing his best outing of the season to help the BlueClaws to a 5-3 victory over Lake County on Tuesday afternoon at Classic Park.

Mets affiliate wins first meeting with BlueClaws since 2004

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - A late Savannah rally spoiled one of the best starts of Walter Tejeda's career, as the Sand Gnats took a 7-2 win on Monday night at FirstEnergy Park in their first visit to Lakewood since 2004.

Savannah scored four runs in the eighth inning to blow open a previously tightly contested ballgame to keep the BlueClaws two games behind first-place West Virginia in the second half standings. Chris Kissock, who entered with a 23 2/3 inning scoreless streak going, allowed five straight to reach base to start the inning, including a two-RBI double from Carlos Guzman.

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.

The first conversation I decided to put on the show was centered around machine to machine wireless communication. This was of particular interest to me given some of the vast changes and updates to smart meter technologies in the electric sector, as well as a major government and private sector move to minimize costs associated with doing business - which includes for instance economizing car and truck fleets among other things. GPS tracking was a key part of this discussion.

To that end, I was pleased to discuss this with Tony Tarsia, Director, Public Sector - KORE Telematics Inc.

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Carlos Solari, VP responsible for Quality, Reliability and Security at Alcatel-Lucent about his new book, Security in a Web 2.0+ World. The book’s premise is that computer systems are not being protected adequately and building Web 2.0 applications on top of a shaky foundation creates a bigger problem. Using the ITU x.805 standard is one of the recommended approaches to help address security issues systemically. By building security in instead of bolting it on, organizations can achieve the proper level of security consistently.

Authored by:

Alan Marcus, Director and Head of IT and Telecommunications Industries, World Economic Forum

Smart applications and services are being factored into urban planning. ICT companies can lead the opportunity.

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.

Greg Giombarrese had  a chance to sit down with Phillies Assistant General Manager Benny Looper. They talk generally about organizational philosophy, young players, Looper's time in the Mariners organization where he had Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez, and more.

Rizzotti drives in BlueClaws lone run

The Captains controlled every aspect of the game on Wednesday night at FirstEnergy Park, as Lake County notched a 12-1 victory over the BlueClaws.  Lakewood committed six errors on the night, including five in the third inning and four in four consecutive plays. The defensive miscues led to six unearned runs, all charged to starter Jacob Diekman.

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guests Ulf Lindqvist and Zach Tudor, Program Directors in Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International, and Sean McBride, Co-founder, Critical Intelligence on the recent moves by the Obama administration to provide funding for the implementation of SMART grid technology. 

Experts speak on the current state of affairs, research currently being conducted, and the security implications with respect to the modernization of the electric grid and critical infrastructure.