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Jan 2, 2015 10:46:00 AM
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  • Telecom technologies

1996 called - it wants its network management system back

Over the past year I’ve come across several old cell phones and made a little museum of them in my office. It’s fascinating to think of how far we’ve come technologically over the past 20 years. From the bag phone to Motorola’s famed StarTAC, Blackberry, and now Apple - phones have changed a tremendous amount since the early 90’s. So what would you think of a company who asked their employees use StarTAC phones as their main method of communication with clients? No voicemail, texts, or emails, just good old 1996 technology.

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Jan 2, 2015 10:31:00 AM
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  • Fiber network management

AGOL and 3-GIS

Sharing information has become much easier. Gone are the days of mailing a letter or sending a post card. Frankly I’m glad for it. I prefer much faster turnaround on conversations and the increased productivity that results from it. In the GIS world, sharing of information and maps has been a little behind the curve. Many companies still email kmz or shape files back and forth with address, pole, route, or other network information because it’s about the most efficient way to share such data. Thankfully Esri has been investing in a solution to this problem called ArcGIS Online (AGOL).

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