Leveraging Land Intelligence in Telecommunications for Enhanced Decision-Making and Workflow SimplificationLeveraging Land Intelligence in Telecommunications for Enhanced Decision-Making and Workflow Simplification

Jack Dangermond, president and founder of Esri, highlights a fundamental challenge: "A lack of understanding, as well as the failure to collaborate, is a fundamental problem that we’re facing."

Building on this insight, this webinar explores how integrating land intelligence capabilities within a Digital Twin, using Esri’s ArcGIS, can revolutionize the telecommunications industry and transform decision-making processes and operational efficiencies.

Jim Hodges, Chief Analyst - Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading

August 27, 2024

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Date: Aug 27, 2024

Duration: 1 Hr

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Key Topics:

Understanding Land Intelligence Systems: Discover the transformative power of land intelligence in GIS, which overlays various datasets to address industry-specific challenges.

Comprehensive Data Utilization: Explore the critical datasets used in ArcGIS for land intelligence, including parcel data, geology and soil data, topography, land cover, and demographic and socioeconomic data.

Integrating OSS and BSS with ArcGIS: Learn how successful organizations unify their Operational Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS) with ArcGIS to create a single source of truth.

Empowering Teams Across Departments: Understand how a land intelligence GIS supports optimal site selection, network design optimization, environmental risk assessment, and efficient incident management.

Strategic Operations and Disaster Preparedness: Gain insights into how GIS aids in comprehensive asset management, market analysis, strategic expansion, and disaster preparedness and recovery. Learn how telecom providers can ensure rapid restoration of services and minimize the impact on customers and infrastructure.

Moderator:
Jim Hodges

Speakers:

Randall RenéIndustry Solutions Director, Telecommunications

Randall René is the Industry Solutions Director for Telecommunications at Esri, where he helps communication service providers leverage geographic information system (GIS) technology to transform workflows and improve communication, collaboration, and productivity across the entire telecom project life cycle. Randall is a proud US Army veteran with 25 years of experience in the telecommunications and cable industries working in the field, guiding GIS teams, and supporting infrastructure planning. Prior to joining Esri, he spent 18 years at Comcast. Randall earned a Master of Business Administration in Strategy and Organizational Development at George Fox University in Oregon and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from Virginia’s Liberty University. He is a passionate advocate within the GIS community and committed to helping public and private sector organizations nationwide bridge the digital divide.

Patrick Huls, Solution Engineer Team Lead
In my current role, I lead a team of solution engineers who help organizations with their geospatial strategy, implementation, and support. I also ensure customer success with GIS by demonstrating the value and potential of Esri's products and services, such as ArcGIS, the most powerful mapping and spatial analytics software. Some of my achievements include leading and contributing to several award-winning projects that showcased the use of GIS for smart energy, IoT, and digital transformation in the telecom sector. I am passionate about empowering telecom customers with the best geospatial tools and insights to achieve their goals and optimize their operations.

About the Author

Jim Hodges

Chief Analyst - Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading

Jim leads Heavy Reading's research on the impact of NFV on the control plane and application layers at the core and edge. This includes the evolution path of SIP applications, unified communications (UC), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), session border controllers (SBCs), Diameter signaling controllers (DSCs), policy controllers and WebRTC. Jim is also focused on the network and subscriber impact of Big Data and Analytics. He authors Heavy Reading's NFV and SDN Market Trackers. Other areas of research coverage include Subscriber Data Management (SDM) and fixed-line TDM replacement. Jim joined Heavy Reading from Nortel Networks, where he tracked the VoIP and application server market landscape and was a key contributor to the development of Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) standards. Additional technical experience was gained with Bell Canada, where he performed IN and SS7 network planning, numbering administration, technical model forecast creation and definition of regulatory-based interconnection models. Jim is based in Ottawa, Canada.

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