Re: Inventory and workflow management systems

[Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>]

Beware of Metasolv license costs..

Beware of Metasolv in general.



On 5/21/13 10:28 AM, "Siegel, David" <David.Siegel () Level3 com> wrote:

> Off the shelf stuff?  There are lots of options, but it seems like the
> general opinion of the IT groups I've worked with is that it's just as
> much work to customize and integrate them as it is to write from scratch
> so we tend to get further way from COTS all the time.
>
> You should take a look at Metasolv (now part of Oracle, I believe).  We
> used it in one of our P&L regions for some regional products for over a
> decade and I was always impressed by how quickly they could roll out new
> workflows and products in it since much of the customization work could
> be done by a business process architect rather than having to be coded by
> a developer.
>
> We've also used Granite, which is from Telcordia, but I don't have enough
> direct or indirect experience to have an opinion on whether or not it's
> any good.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vijay gill [mailto:vgill () vijaygill com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:22 AM
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Inventory and workflow management systems
>
> Resurrecting this thread. Anyone?
> What software solution do people use for inventory management for things
> like riser/conduit drawdown, fiber inventory, physical topology store,
> CLR/DLR, x-connect, contracts, port inventory, etc.
> Any experiences in integrating workflow into those packages for work
> orders, modeling, drawdown levels, etc.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:16 PM, vijay gill <vgill () vijaygill com> wrote:
>
> > What software solution do people use for inventory management for
> > things like riser/conduit drawdown, fiber inventory, physical topology
> > store, CLR/DLR, x-connect, contracts, port inventory, etc.
> > Any experiences in integrating workflow into those packages for work
> > orders, modeling, drawdown levels, etc.
> >
> > /vijay