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SSP Innovations offers a variety of blog posts that break down trending industry topics, including how to use the latest tools, what new releases to look for, and development tips specific to the systems you use. Browse for updates on the Esri roadmap, enterprise strategies, and how to get more out of your technology investments. Is there a topic you want to know more about or a question you want our team to answer in depth? Leave us a message in the comment form!

Pre-Posting and Partial Energization at CoServ

April 29, 2017 By: Joaquin Madrid, Ph.D.

SSP helps CoServ implement their Pre-Posting and Partial Energization workflow. As a derived benefit, their SDE versioning tree gets a trim. The project met the primary objective of having design…

Waterfall or Agile — Which One’s Better for My Golf Putt?

April 13, 2017 By: Brian Higgins

I needed to improve my golf game. What I realized by watching a truly great putter was he was using a different method to putt. Was it waterfall or agile?

Utility Network: Users Provide First Impression

April 10, 2017 By: Keith Freeman

Don't miss Esri's, IREA's, and SSP's Free Webinar on the Utility Network

How Easy Is Establishing Cloud Infrastructure? One Guy Finds Out

April 7, 2017 By: Brian Higgins

How easy is establishing cloud infrastructure? Learn what it takes the average person to create a virtual machine and determine your associated costs.

Esri APR Implementation: Our Lessons Learned

April 6, 2017 By: Clarke Wiley

With the release Esri's new ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing tools in 2017, we got to work deploying them for clients. What happens during an Esri APR implementation? Here are our biggest…

Esri Utility Network – Adding New Services to Your Network

April 4, 2017 By: Joaquin Madrid, Ph.D.

This is another post in the series of articles that SSP is publishing with the goal of informing and educating our readers on technical aspects of the new Utility Network from Esri. In…

GISP Certification – What Is It and Do You Need It?

March 28, 2017 By: Brian Higgins

What is GISP certification, and is it necessary? Explore who grants GISP certification, what it means and why you might need it.

GIS Tablets: 7 Questions You Were too Embarrassed to Ask

March 15, 2017 By: Diane Causey

Wondering how tablets fit into the world of going mobile but were too afraid to ask? This article is for you. See how GIS tablets work!

SSP Utility Network Jumpstart: How Did It Go at IREA?

March 8, 2017 By: Corey Blakeborough Duane Holt, IREA, Guest Author

Last month, SSP kicked off its first SSP Utility Network Jumpstart program with Intermountain REA (IREA). See what IREA's GIS team thought about ArcGIS Pro and the Utility Network. Here's…

Why Lansing BWL Made the Move to Esri

March 7, 2017 By: Matthew Stuart

SSP Innovation’s Matthew Stuart sits down to talk with our partners at a large utility in the Midwest about their switch from GE Smallworld to Esri. 1. What were the…

Advanced Python Development: Setting Up Your Environment

March 2, 2017 By: Brice Childers

Why set up an advanced Python development environment? As Python projects grow larger, older, and more complex, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage them with the tools provided with a…

Oracle to SQL Server: What to Watch for When Migrating a GDB

March 1, 2017 | By: SSP Innovations

Are you migrating a GDB from Oracle to SQL Server? Our GIS consultant tells you what to expect including preventing common pitfalls with field migrations.