Customer Success Story ZEISS: Seamless IT documentation as basis for fault-free IT and business processes

Carl Zeiss AG is an international leader in the development and manufacture of optics and optoelectronics. Flawless IT infrastructure is business-critical for the company; production operations in its factories must be totally reliable. To achieve this, IT staff require a comprehensive overview of the infrastructure at all times and across all sites, enabling them to locate and rectify any faults without delay. Seamless documentation of … Continue reading Customer Success Story ZEISS: Seamless IT documentation as basis for fault-free IT and business processes

Written interview Branimir Madzarevic: “I am delighted to have such a talented, creative and professional team”

Branimir Madzarevic is the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Managing Director at FNT. We sat down with him to explore what interests him most about his new role, where he wants to take the FNT Command Platform over the next five years, and what he enjoys outside of work. Andreas Thieme: Branimir, you joined FNT as Chief Technology Officer at the beginning of the … Continue reading Written interview Branimir Madzarevic: “I am delighted to have such a talented, creative and professional team”

Industry Expertise: How to Accelerate Fiber-Optic Network Expansions Through Geospatial Intelligence

Fiber-optic network expansions are necessary to support customer demands for faster Internet connections and higher bandwidths. To avoid common challenges that could arise during this expansion, it’s crucial to utilize a uniform data solution that supports georeferenced data about the existing and planned infrastructure throughout the entire cycle, from the high-level design phase through final operations. Through spatial reference, data from different sources can be … Continue reading Industry Expertise: How to Accelerate Fiber-Optic Network Expansions Through Geospatial Intelligence

How Utilities Can Build a Reliable Asset Database

How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 2

The Value of a Digital Twin To ensure a successful asset database synchronization, careful planning during the design of the asset database is required. The ideal asset management technology will have the ability to reflect infrastructure changes in its database as soon as they are made. Change control methodologies must include scheduled reconciliation, as well as immediate update of configuration databases, in real-time. Timing is … Continue reading How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 2

How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 1

Utilities are comprised of diverse technologies overlaid upon increasingly complex telecommunications infrastructure. While the management of assets and their relationships seems like a daunting task, it can be achieved with a strong automated asset management solution in place. In this three-part blog post series, we’ll discuss how a single, unified, and reliable asset and resource database can enable faster deployments, quicker error resolution, and a … Continue reading How Utility Telecoms Can Build a Reliable Asset Database: Part 1

FNT Software Efficiently Manages Hybrid Infrastructures: A Look Inside DataVita and Colt DCS’ Success Stories

As a leading provider of software solutions for the integrated management of telecommunications, IT and data center infrastructure, FNT enables more than 500 companies and public authorities to plan, document and manage their passive and active physical, logical and virtual IT, telecommunications and data center infrastructures, from the physical level to business services. FNT’s unified resource management capabilities store this information in a vendor-agnostic uniform … Continue reading FNT Software Efficiently Manages Hybrid Infrastructures: A Look Inside DataVita and Colt DCS’ Success Stories

Industry Expertise: Unified Resource Management for 5G Network Deployments

Industry Expertise: Unified Resource Management for 5G Network Deployments

To successfully plan, build, and deploy new 5G services, mobile network operators must have a holistic view of active and passive assets and maintain an accurate and up-to-date inventory of all physical, logical, and virtual network resources. Unified resource management is the common foundation on which an end-to-end 5G network is built and plays a make-or-break role in activities such as cell site acquisition, merger … Continue reading Industry Expertise: Unified Resource Management for 5G Network Deployments

Written interview Carsten Wreth: “When it comes to important decisions, we are simply faster”

In January 2022, FNT saw a significant change at the top of the company: FNT’s long-time CEO and founder, Nikolaus Albrecht, retired from operational management. His successor, Carsten Wreth, was previously responsible for the user experience area as CIO of several international companies. He has already identified areas for improvement and initiated various processes to further develop the steadily growing company. We sat down with … Continue reading Written interview Carsten Wreth: “When it comes to important decisions, we are simply faster”