Webinar description
In most electric utility substations, SCADA and teleprotection are dependent on TDM networks with SONET/SHD as their core transport networks. Carriers have announced end-of-life for many of these technologies. The physical components of SONET circuit packs are no longer manufactured, and accessing the spares is increasingly difficult. Dealing with carriers as they already planned to discontinue support for legacy TDM services would be another growing concern.
The knowledge and expertise required to maintain and manage legacy technologies are fading away as many experienced workers near retirement. One way to address this is migration from TDM to IP and packet networks. Such a migration needs extra caution by an electric utility. It should not disrupt the current operation and should occur in isolation to prevent propagating any fault to the entire grid and causing a mass outage. The inability of legacy tools to visualize communications network components and conditions is an essential impediment for dealing with such concerns.
Watch this webinar where Enghouse Networks explain how an advanced Network Inventory Management solution will pave the road and support a smooth migration at mission-critical networks such as electric utilities.
Presenters
Tom Carroll
Director, Solutions Engineering
Tom Carroll has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and has worked in information technology for 27 years. He specializes in presales for Telecommunications, Service Assurance and Information Security systems,. He has worked at Enghouse since 2016 as the Director of Solutions Engineering for the Americas.
James Watt
Product Manager
James is the Product Manager for our Network Inventory Management solution at Enghouse Networks. After completing studies at Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand James started working for Vodafone New Zealand as a graduate member of the network information system team in the in the Engineering department. This began his journey in Telecoms and OSS. In 2007 James moved to Norway, joining CellVision AS a local company specializing in network visualisation software for telecoms and acquired by Enghouse in 2016 where he was later tapped to be the Product Manager for Network Inventory Management alongside CellVision.
James brings a wide breadth of knowledge on the challenges of network transformation and digitalization of processes.
