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The Simple Thing You Can Do Right Now to Prepare for the Utility Network
October 20, 2017 By: Dean Perry

SSP's Custom Code Review & Roadmap lets you prepare for the utility network today, by proactively assessing your customizations & integrations with experts.

no comments | As-Builting / Consulting / Customization / SSP Blogs / Utility Network

First Experiences with Migrating to Esri’s Utility Network
October 9, 2017 By: Jesper Vinther Christensen, SIMILIX, Guest Author Signe Bramming Andersen, DONG Energy, Guest Author

Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) reveals the Utility Network data model its team is pioneering to help European utilities move to the Utility Network.

no comments | Data / SSP Blogs / Utility Network

Customizing ArcGIS Pro with WPF, Part 1: Configurations
October 5, 2017 By: Gray Bohnen

Gray covers the basics of Esri's ArcGIS Pro Configurations framework. Configurations can help you build an entirely custom streamlined GIS experience in the existing Pro SDK.

no comments | Customization / SSP Blogs / Utility Network

Implementing PostgreSQL for ArcGIS Part III: Backup and Restore
September 19, 2017 By: Brian Higgins

In Part I of the series, we introduced PostgreSQL as a viable Enterprise Geodatabase alternative. When we left off, we had a connection to an ArcGIS 10.2.1 database, and were…

no comments | Data / Esri GIS / SQL.Server / SSP Blogs

Using GIS to Manage Ethernet Virtual Circuits and the Network they are Provisioned On
September 6, 2017 By: Ryan Potts

For years GIS has been used to document and manage the assets and related connectivity representing the physical network model of a communications network. Lately, SSP has seen greater interest…

no comments | Esri GIS / Fiber Manager™ / SSP Blogs / Telecommunications

HCA and Risk Analysis for Liquids Operators: An Overview
By: Clarke Wiley Corey Staley, Integrity EPC, Guest Author

Facing increasing regulations around pipeline safety, some organizations refine their HCA and risk analysis for liquids operators with advanced technology.

no comments | Esri GIS / Gas / PHMSA / Pipeline / SSP Blogs

How to Build a Web API with .Net Core
September 4, 2017 By: Sung Bae

This article explains step by step instructions on setting up a web API using RESTful practice with Visual Studio Code, .net core, and IIS.

no comments | Automation / SSP Blogs

Esri Utility Network – Reinventing Your GIS in the Utility Network
August 6, 2017 By: Joaquin Madrid, Ph.D.

Adopting Esri's Utility Network offers a unique opportunity to re-examine the role of GIS in your company. What should the GIS do for my department, and for the Enterprise as…

2 comments | Data / Esri GIS / Integrations / SSP Blogs / Utility Network

Roadmap for Community Broadband in the Digital Transformation
August 4, 2017 By: Ryan Potts

As technological innovations lead to increasing bandwidth demands, communities need to make sure they are providing their residents and local businesses with the broadband services necessary to participate in the…

no comments | SSP Blogs / Telecommunications

SSP Team Building: A Paintball Adventure
August 3, 2017 By: John Sieben

SSP took a trip to Paintball Adventures for a day of bonding and shenanigans. After changing up our quarterly SSP team building event, we learned that change is hard, paintball…

no comments | SSP Blogs

Meter Panels and MTEMC
July 20, 2017 By: Matthew Stuart

Our long-running relationship with MTEMC has allowed us to design and develop some really cool new tools. This article will talk about the first of many.

no comments | Designer™ / Electric / Esri GIS / SSP Blogs

Integrating GIS and CIS: Handling Versioned and Unversioned Data
July 6, 2017 | By: SSP Innovations

While working on a Designer™ integration project for MTEMC, we developed a solution to create a GIS relationship between a versioned feature class (a service location) and an unversioned object…

no comments | Data / Enterprise GIS / Integrations / SSP Blogs / Version Management