White Paper:
Integrated Inventory Unifies Network Management
The traditional, stovepipe approach to network creation and network operations has lasted for decades. A pivotal reason involves the way network inventory data is created and used. When there is a strict distinction between engineering and provisioning systems, such that inventory data is not automatically shared and synchronized, each function must perform its work in a precisely ordered sequence, and resulting inefficiencies are inevitable. This white paper argues that integrating inventory data, and establishing one, shared network view, can transform network management and its costs, thus opening the door to innovative, unified modes of operation.