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TURNING VISION INTO REALIT Y
The benefits of the intelligent build solution can be real-
ized through a variety of opportunities across the ICT
industry with applications ranging from massive data
center builds to outside plant and enterprise connectivity
projects, as well as outdoor small cell, macro fronthaul,
and backhaul deployments. The following are detailed
examples of ICT deployment use case scenarios:
• Data centers have become the foundation of the digital
economy and are critical to our ever more digitized
way of life. Moreover, ICT companies deploying data
center infrastructure are all too familiar with the chal-
lenges that come with deploying thousands of fiber
strands and massive amounts of network infrastructure
components on vast construction sites that could
have over a thousand workers employed during peak
activity. Managing the stresses that come with the
complexities of speed to deployment while balancing
this with the unprecedented demands on the
availability of a scalable workforce skilled in splicing
and testing is a daunting prospect. The ability to scan,
inventory, track, and organize materials based on
a prebuilt workflow alone could avoid countless hours
searching for the right materials to deploy. Fiber splic-
ing and testing are the most time-consuming efforts
of an ICT data center deployment project. They are
also the most critical and prone to rework and ineffi-
ciencies. For the project manager and other stake-
holders to have visibility into these critical activities
as they are occurring is a game changer. Imagine
having the ability to forecast milestone completions
based on real data, not on an installer's optimistic best
guess. Other benefits, such as effective scope change
management, detailed workflows for each installation
team member, the automatic organization of test data
as it is captured, as well as the visibility across the
entire project, serve to drive significant increases
in efficiency in deploying data center infrastructure,
while minimizing rework and project delays.
