A key priority of the IQGeo engineering and product management team is to listen to the challenges faced by our customers and constantly enhance our products to meet their changing requirements. Given our focus, I am always pleased to share with you our latest releases and updates driven by customer input. Since our last product roundup, it’s been another busy few months for our product development team.
It’s our corporate mission to deliver geospatial transformation to telecommunications and utilities to meet their operational and business goals and the last 18 months has tested everyone’s skills and resourcefulness. What we have seen from our customers is that now, more than ever, it is critical to have a single source of network truth for everyone across the enterprise. Field and office teams must have the accurate, timely information they need to improve operational collaboration and efficiency as we face new businesses and environmental realities.
Below is a summary of the latest product releases and updates that we believe will help our customers address the challenges they face in this changing landscape.
The IQGeo Platform is the foundation for our award-winning, mobile-first software, transforming the ability of telecoms and utility network operators to design and manage complex and constantly evolving network assets.
Key updates for this release include improved security authentication, more advanced searching tools, and layer enhancements for 3rd party GIS support.
IQGeo’s award-winning Network Manager is setting new speed and optimization industry benchmarks for fiber network inventory design and management. Network Manager is open, flexible, and optimized for the mobility and workflow requirements of complex telecom network operations.
Key updates for this release are enhanced tools to accelerate the design process and extend mobile functionality that further empowers field teams.
Workflow Manager controls telecom and utility construction and maintenance activities from end-to-end, keeping teams informed of project, trouble, and maintenance ticket status. It gives all stakeholders the geospatial context and current operational information needed to improve process productivity and enhance team collaboration.
Key updates for this release include a product redesign and refresh that makes Workflow Manager easier to use and quicker to configure task sequences.
Cloud hosting of critical system infrastructure is a desirable deployment option for many organizations. It provides the ability to scale IT resources up and down with demand, reduce capital and operational costs and support rigorous compliance, security, and resilience standards. While not all our customers are planning cloud deployments in the short-term, it’s critical that these cloud capabilities are present as part of the core system architecture so they can cost-effectively adopt a cloud strategy in the future.
At the end of 2020, we announced the acquisition of OSPInsight. The OSPInsight fiber network design and documentation software for the telecoms market is highly complementary with IQGeo’s geospatial software that also supports telecoms network operations.
Since this acquisition and through team collaboration, we have extended the functionality of the OSPInsight software with several exciting new capabilities.
With more major product releases to be announced soon, 2021 remains a busy and exciting time ahead for IQGeo, customers, and partners. Be sure to join us at the IQGeo Virtual Meetup in October, where we will share insights from telecom and utility industry leaders, IQGeo customers and partners, as well as IQGeo’s vision on the changing business landscape and our technology roadmaps to meet future challenges.