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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!

What is the Difference Between an Inside Plant Cable and a Card?

June 2, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

Given Schneider Electric's support flexible data model, this post describes for Fiber Manager™ users the difference between an inside plant cable and a patch panel card.

ArcFM™ and Feeder Manager 2.0 – Release Preview

May 7, 2014 By: SSP Innovations

Here we preview the next release of the ArcFM™ Solution.

Python Best Practices – Part 2

May 2, 2014 By: Jeff Buturff

Recently, SSP had a chance to write a rather complex python program for use by one of our outstanding clients. Due to the complexity of the processing involved, we learned…

Managing Colors for the “Little Lighty Things”

May 1, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

In this post we describe how to manage the colors of the symbology within the Schneider Electric Fiber Manager™ application.

A High-Level View of ArcGIS Image Extension for Server Implementation

April 28, 2014 By: SSP Innovations

With the release of ArcGIS 10.X, the stand-alone ArcGIS Image Server product has been replaced with the ArcGIS Image Extension for Server. The ArcGIS Image Extension can be optionally licensed…

Python Best Practices – Part 1

April 7, 2014 By: Jeff Buturff

Recently, SSP had a chance to write a rather complex python program for use by one of our outstanding clients. Due to the complexity of the processing involved, we learned…

Utility Network Coloring Tool – New and Free!

April 4, 2014 By: John Coleman

Here we describe the results of our plot to develop a simple Add-in to automatically color layers on a map based on Feeder ID. The best part is, you can…

Fiber Splices – Another Way to Accommodate Length

April 1, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

This post explores how to represent length of a fiber cable in a sensible yet less-known manner. Click through to see how...

How to Find SSP at Link

March 3, 2014 By: Dean Perry

The Schneider Electric Link Conference starts today. With so many of our clients, colleagues and friends in the industry attending, we thought we’d publish a quick guide as to what…

Fiber Attenuation – It Isn’t a Breakfast Cereal

February 24, 2014 By: Brian Higgins

This post describes some of the most common issues found when using the Schneider Electric Fiber Manager™ Attenuation Values, plus our recommended solutions!

ArcFM™ and the Amazing Technicolor Feeders

February 10, 2014 By: John Coleman

This post describes a new bit of functionality SSP developed utilizing color-coded symbology to help differentiate values of certain "signature" ArcFM™ fields. Click through to find out how it works!

Fiber Manager™ Device Modeling

February 5, 2014 By: Skye Perry

Many devices and patch panels can be modeled using the standard product data model - we decided to post many that we've modeled which will provide some ideas and a…