Models and Intelligent Databases A key concept that characterizes next generation design tools is model-driven design. First generation CAD tools were designed to produce pieces of paper, called construction drawings in the case of telco, […]
Up until a year ago the only handheld alternatives that utilities and telcos had for their field staff were either PDAs or notebooks such as Panasonic Toughbooks. PDAs PDAs, while fine for tabular information, simply […]
2005 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publishes a biennial report card on the condition of US infrastructure including roads. In 2001 ASCE assigned a grade of D+ to […]
At the recent Eastern Utility Forum one of the critical areas that was identified by participants, which included power, gas, and railroad companies, is the aging workforce. This is a bigger problem for utilities than […]
I have talked to quite a few people in IT about open source and there are some common misconceptions that I run into. 1. The first is that open source is only a small part […]
Earlier this week Autodesk hosted a forum for large organizations responsible for managing infrastructure networks. Participants included power, gas, municipal, and railway companies. The aspect of the forum that I found most interesting was the […]
One of the things that I find fascinating are the different ways human society benefits from sharing information. Let me give you an example in the geospatial arena. GITA conducts an annual survey of its […]
Managing network infrastructure (often called outside plant) in the telecom industry is challenging. I’ll explain why. For many years I have used a rule of thumb to estimate the complexity of modeling network infrastructure for […]