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Six pillars of a robust, modern network management system

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Six pillars of a robust network management system: Part I

Network management systems and processes are broken, which is bad timing for an industry undergoing such tremendous transformation. Innovations that address scale, automation, and intelligence are emerging, but they must be implemented with the big...

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Much ado about copper

While fiber is considered the future, copper is still very much a part of the present and will continue to play a key role in providing connectivity....

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Avoid fiber deployment roadblocks

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Avoiding fiber deployment roadblocks in the utility market

Fiber networks are the future for utility companies and co-ops to bring new services to their market. Getting these networks deployed with accurate...

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0919-MLAI-for-Layer-Zero

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ML/AI for the digitized physical layer

Why digitize the physical layer? Deploying new infrastructure - from fiber cable laterals to new active equipment - is fundamental for 5G network...

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Time for Change

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2024 will be here soon. Is your company ready for change?

End of an era In 2018, Ericsson (ERIC) announced the end-of-life for its physical network inventory system, a widely known GIS for managing...

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data lock out

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Don't lock yourself out of your data

Proprietary data structures and closed vendor ecosystems of yesteryear are out-of-date. Today’s enterprise applications are increasingly defined on...

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3-GIS CEO Tom Counts

3-GIS CEO Tom Counts is on set

3-GIS CEO Tom Counts was interviewed for a video series called GIS Cafe at the 2019 Esri User Conference. During the segment Tom gave his thoughts on...

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Esri puts the spotlight on 3-GIS

As winner of Esri’s Expanding to the Cloud award 3-GIS was featured in an Esri Spotlight video. Watch to hear CEO Tom Count’s take on how fiber will...

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digital transformation

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End-to-end economics of digitizing the outside plant

In the context of digital transformation, data management of conduits, strands, poles, manholes, and other elements of the outside plant have not...

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190404 Man & Robot Hands

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Automated Networks ≠ Autonomous Networks

To thrive in today’s hyper-competitive market, engineering companies need to transform their own work processes to the speed and data requirements of...

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