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cable management systems
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner () cluebyfour org>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:17:32 -0500 (EST)
I've been tasked with evaluating cable management software systems for my employer. I work for a large university with 30-35,000 phones and roughly as many computers spread across 100+ buildings in 5 campuses, with substantial copper, coax, and fiber plants.
That said, I'm much more interested in peoples' real-world experiences using CMS software packages in large multi-building environments than I am in vendor marketing materials. Feel free to respond to me off-list if you like. If you use some type of CMS package, did you buy it or built it in-house? Does it integrate with your existing workflow/trouble ticketing systems? Does it integrate with your existing network management/monitoring tools?What processes do you have in place to make sure moves/adds/changes (MACs) are processed through the CMS all the time, every time? There could be both technical and procedural/policy components to this. A CMS with stale data is often worse than having no CMS at all.
If you are a CMS software vendor, you may contact me off-list. jms
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