The role of the physical network inventory in a software defined network world
SpatialNinja
Let me start by stating that I’m a solutions engineer for Esri, a geographic information systems (GIS) software vendor. In our world, physical geography and location matter. Esri has offered physical network inventory (PNI) solutions to the communications industry for many years. Which makes sense, because GIS is all about managing the geographic location of assets and spatially analyzing location information, so it’s the perfect technology for PNI. But as communication networks evolve, what d