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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!

Shark Tank – Season 1 Recap
December 13, 2021 By: Aaron Leese

I introduced a new initiative here at SSP back in June called Shark Tank. Here’s a link to my original article if you missed it . In short, when we’re…

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Partnering with an R&D Leader
November 9, 2021 By: Skye Perry

2021 has been an exceptionally busy year at SSP Innovations. We kicked off the year by announcing our acquisition of 3-GIS which expanded our utility products and services into the…

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Updating Data in an Enterprise GIS with Python and Pandas
November 8, 2021 By: Aaron Leese

Towards the beginning of the year, I wanted to play with the new selection-based display in the ArcGIS Dashboard beta (which is now out of beta!). I had been hoping…

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Utility Network Change Management
October 11, 2021 | By: SSP Innovations

Being an electric utility that has adopted Esri for your GIS need, you are likely considering what a transition to the Utility Network (UN) will require. It is important to…

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Looking back on “How’s Your Utility Network Data Going to Look?”
By: Jake Bell

There are many questions to be answered before understanding how your data will look in the UN. Below are a just few examples: How is your data structured now? What…

no comments | ArcGIS Pro / Electric / SSP Blogs / Utility Network

What Does Esri’s Network Management Release Mean for You?
October 5, 2021 By: Adam Tonkin

If you've been reading SSP's blog for any length of time - you know how deeply involved and committed SSP is to Esri's Utility Network solution, through the original pre-release…

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SSP Innovations Builds a New Support Team!
September 13, 2021 By: Matthew Stuart

We have seen a lot of positive changes as a result of this growth. One of those changes is that we can hire more specialized resources. A small organization can’t…

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Leveraging FME to Support Data Migrations
By: Frank London

How many times have you been given multiple sources of data and been tasked to compile them into a single GIS product? Yeah, probably too many to count. I can…

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Feature Reports Using ArcGIS and Python
September 8, 2021 By: Aaron Leese

Here at SSP, we are in the business of GIS for utilities. A lot of times we’re asked about generating standardized reports from data in a client’s GIS. We call…

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Comfort and Disease; The Glorious Quest for a Supremely Useful Mosquito Map
August 3, 2021 By: Stephen Hudak

Maybe it’s a dumb ask, but shouldn’t there be a map that shows how bad mosquitos are? I can’t find one anywhere. Every map hits some specific data point like…

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Selling Organizational Change Management Internally
June 30, 2021 By: Chris Spencer

When discussing Organizational Change Management (OCM), an organization leader may vocalize concern regarding what value the business will receive from adding OCM to their project scope. This conversation most likely…

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A Case for User Acceptance Testing
By: Jason Brewington

SAT also known as Site Acceptance Testing (and often used interchangeably with System Acceptance Testing), can often be a repeat of Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) test cases. Often enough, it’s…

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