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Exploring SSP Productivity’s Underground Equipment Manager

November 15, 2023 By: Scott MacDonald

SSP Productivity, our comprehensive extension for ArcGIS Pro in the Utility Network, now includes Underground Equipment Manager, a visualization and management tool for underground electric facilities. Our goal is to…

SSP Vision integration with ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123

November 14, 2023 By: Peter Batty

SSP Vision is a revolutionary new field data capture application that uses AI to capture asset information much more quickly and accurately than traditional forms-based applications. Vision can run as…

Utility Network and Enterprise Asset Management Migration Strategies

Migrations are almost always complex and come with many different sets of requirements and considerations. Adding in an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) integration coupled with a Utility Network implementation in…

SSP Vision Update

October 9, 2023 By: Peter Batty

Our groundbreaking SSP Vision product was released on March 31. It makes previous approaches to field data capture obsolete with its simple and highly automated AI-based approach. Since the product…

2023 Esri User Conference Recap From a First Year Attendee

July 26, 2023 By: Payton Glasscock, 3-GIS

Overall, my first-time experience at ESRI UC was exciting and rewarding. I acquired knowledge that I know will continue to expand as I grow in my new role at 3-GIS.…

2023 SSP iLLUMINATE: Emerging Technologies Driving Utility Industry Innovations

By: Bill Emison, TrueNet Communications, Guest Author

To enhance my understanding of the current electric utility industry and gain insights into Esri’s ArcGIS Utility Network platform, I made the decision to participate in the 2023 SSP iLLUMINATE…

GIS for the Digital Utility: A Guide to the New Era of Dynamic Mapping

July 25, 2023 By: Scott MacDonald

By whatever name you call it – GIS, geospatial tech, location intelligence, or just mapping – Geographic Information Systems have been a critical tool for energy utilities for decades. You’d…

Promoting Innovation for Utilities

Every team needs to innovate. Lingering too long in your dated processes and technology will allow your competition to overtake you. Whether it is to reduce costs, optimize processes, enhance…

Managing Joint Use Assets in the Cloud

Joint use management was made for the cloud. While joint use does not provide a great revenue stream, mismanagement opens an organization up to reputational, regulatory and legal trouble. A…

Improve Your Utility Network Project ROI Using OCM

The purpose of Organizational Change Management (OCM) is to mitigate the risks of a project, including costs, schedule, and performance. OCM does this by facilitating greater business and financial value…

Why do IT and GIS projects Fail?

July 24, 2023 By: David Miller

IT projects typically fail or do not go to plan, and GIS falls into that bucket. The Project Management Institute (PMI) has found that only 26% of project succeed. They…

Data Migration Made Fun (and processed in minutes)

July 23, 2023 By: Aaron Leese

There are few people in the world that think data migration from an existing system to a new one is a thrilling activity (if you’re one of those people, you…