TelUC Bits & Bytes Newsletter - June 2024
News & Updates
New Recycle Bin Apart of ArcGIS Online
We are thrilled to introduce the highly anticipated recycle bin as a key feature of the June 2024 release. This long-awaited feature empowers you to recover accidentally deleted items, ensuring that no valuable data is lost. Moreover, administrators can now restore items for the entire organization, as well as individual members, further enhancing data management capabilities. This addition to our software exemplifies our commitment to providing an effortless and agile user experience. Learn more.
New Communications Pole Audit Solution
Newly released is a Communications Pole Audit solution. Communications Pole Audit can be used to streamline the pole audit process and help ensure accurate information for attachment billing.
Impact of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge 127 updates on ArcGIS Enterprise
If Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge is your browser of choice to access ArcGIS Enterprise, read this blog – there are some changes on the horizon that will likely affect you, your colleagues, and even your end users.
Key Highlights
- The upcoming Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge 127 updates will negatively impact the ArcGIS Enterprise portal experience in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 and earlier.
- Esri will be releasing a series of patches, beginning in June 2024, to resolve this issue.
- All ArcGIS Enterprise deployments whose users interact with the ArcGIS Enterprise portal and ArcGIS Enterprise-based web applications at affected versions must install these patches to avoid service interruptions.
An update is coming to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge in July 2024 that will negatively impact and break key parts of the ArcGIS Enterprise portal experience for versions prior to ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2 and earlier versions. This affects ArcGIS Enterprise deployments on Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes.
New ArcGIS Web Editor - Your Data Maintenance New Best Friend
ArcGIS Web Editor is available now. It is included in the June 2024 update to ArcGIS Online and coming soon to ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 (Aug 2024). Watch the 2 minute overview video here.
Web Editor’s goal is to make GIS data editing easy for you and your team members. For ArcGIS Pro users, Web Editor can supplement editing workflows. With it, GIS professionals can empower others to do their own data editing work themselves, instead of doing the editing work for them. Web Editor enforces data rules when data is captured, so less QA work is needed.
UC Is Just Around The Corner.
The annual UC Flier for telecom is now available. Check out all the great telecom specific sessions this year.
Product Updates:
What's New in ArcGIS Online (June 2024)
What’s New in Calcite Design System (June 2024)
What's new in ArcGIS Survey123 (June 2024)
What's new in ArcGIS Insights 2024.1
What's New In ArcGIS Dashboards (June 2024)
What’s new in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 on Kubernetes
What’s New in Map Viewer (June 2024)
What's New in ArcGIS Experience Builder (June 2024)
What's new in ArcGIS Field Maps (June 2024)
What's new in ArcGIS for Microsoft 365 (June 2024)
What's New in ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript (4.30)
What's new in ArcGIS Velocity (June 2024)
What's new in ArcGIS Workflow Manager (June 2024)
What's New in ArcGIS Data Pipelines (June 2024)
Recent TGI5s
Meetups & Events
Upcoming
Join Esri and the Telecom User Community for a community meetup! This time we'll be getting together at a bar in the Gaslamp San Diego during the Esri UC. Join us for a casual meetup afterparty following the Esri telecom social. Nothing formal, just a few like minded geogeeks in the telecom industry hanging out.
GIS Heroes
Please join us in celebrating one of our newest Esri GIS Heroes in Telecommunications: Adam Barra with HTC. We are thrilled to recognize Adam Barrs for his remarkable contributions to HTC's GIS implementation! Adam has helped transform site selection through innovative automation scripts that maximize construction investments.
His ability to collaborate with teams throughout the organization has expanded GIS's impact at HTC. By mastering Esri software and using advanced tools such as Python scripting and spatial statistics, Adam has significantly enhanced GIS capabilities company-wide.
We have no doubt that Adam's enthusiasm for GIS, willingness to share knowledge, and dedication to innovative problem-solving make him an invaluable asset to the HTC team.
Please join us in celebrating Adam's outstanding achievements and dedication, and the brilliant work taking place at HTC!
Telecom Insights
TM Forum Awards Esri for Catalyst Project
When an emergency or disaster puts lives at risk, resilient communications channels are among humanity’s most critical assets. Telecommunications networks can be used to coordinate rescue and relief efforts, and provide a lifeline to those affected - but natural disasters can also cause major disruption to telecoms infrastructure.
This Catalyst, now in its fifth phase, is developing a disaster-handling virtual command center (VCC) - a virtual environment that increases operational efficiency and situational awareness and enhances decision-making for emergency services. It combines AI with autonomous networks (AN) and digital twins (DT) in a single interface to provide a comprehensive real-time view of operations, assets, and infrastructure. The VCC can be used to monitor and manage critical infrastructure and resources such as power grids, transportation, networks, and healthcare facilities, from a central location. Real-time situational awareness and mass alerting capabilities integrated into the VCC will also play a crucial role in ensuring timely responses and minimizing the impact of emergencies on communities. As part of its overarching mission as a tech for good initiative, the development of this disaster-handling virtual command center (VCC) not only enhances operational efficiency and decision-making but also contributes to societal resilience.
Where the previous phases of this Catalyst developed the reference architecture to combine AN, DT, and AI, the development of a VCC will showcase a reference implementation of this architecture. To develop the VCC, the Catalyst will integrate real-time data from multiple sources, and implement predictive analytics and decision intelligence based on AI. The VCC will also employ adaptive and resilient networks, intent-based automation, and virtual simulation and planning, with the help of digital twins. Once the project is completed, the VCC should enable emergency management teams to access critical data at any time, regardless of their location. It will also provide a 360-degree view of unfolding situations and the remaining assets, and help managers gather real-time data to inform the allocation of emergency services in the field. The effectiveness of the Catalyst’s VCC will be measured by key performance indicators related to the operational efficiency of the emergency services, such as activation time, response time, communication effectiveness, resource allocation, predictive analysis, and consistency of response. Its successes can be introduced by the wider emergency services sector and the benefits felt by citizens across the globe. As VCCs become established and AI systems become capable of supporting predictive analysis, emergency services won’t need to start from scratch every time an incident occurs. Over time, the VCC will enable standardization of emergency response procedures, leading to efficient, well-executed responses, and saving numerous lives in the process. Learn more.
Paper to Polys – Transforming Telecom Infrastructure Records
The transformative potential of GIS technology in telecommunications is immense, and Esri is at the forefront of this innovation. If you’re interested in discovering how Esri can help your telecom company enhance operational efficiency, optimize network planning, and drive growth, we invite you to reach out and learn more. Additionally, the groundbreaking work being done by Whitestar, as discussed in my interview with Ed Perry, showcases the significant advantages of transitioning from traditional records to digital polygon maps. Connect with us to explore how these cutting-edge solutions can benefit your organization and propel you into the future of telecommunications. Continue reading.
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