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PRODUCT PROFILE
AUTHOR Eavan McGrath

Sensible Communication
Software
TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES in a fast-paced environment
that changes day-to-day in aviation. Airports are
struggling to keep critical functions operating
without interruption and meet the changing
demands of digital passengers. The key to both is
visibility.

FNT Software develops solutions for
integrated management of IT, data centers
and telecommunication infrastructures
which gives companies the required
visibility into network assets and enables
the provisioning of high-value IT and
telecommunications services.
Benefits achieved using the FNT
Command Platform are stable IT
operations, increased efficiency and
improved service quality.
Sean Graham, general manager of
North America, FNT Software, said,
"The FNT Command Platform is a
modular, standardized software product
for infrastructure management."
The platform can be used at an airport,
data center, in a telecommunication
environment or classic enterprise IT
or combination of all, because of the
modular structure.
"Based on the coherent data

model and a single database, the FNT
Command Platform performs tasks
involved in managing and planning
IT, telecommunications and network
infrastructures," Graham said.
"You will have an optimized use of
infrastructure capacities and reduction
of CAPEX, reduced OPEX, plus
optimized costs and process times,
comprehensive documentation with
complete transparency and reduction of
manual effort through automation and
workf lows," Graham said.
The following solutions are available,
and best adaptable, for airports: Enterprise
Connectiv it y Management both
- internal and external network -
Application Infrastructure Management,
Catalog Management and Workplace
Infrastructure Management.
The FNT Command Platform offers
Cable Management with comprehensive

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functionality, including tray management,
intelligent routing mechanisms, junction
box and splice planning, and capacity
planning up to the glass fiber layer,
for supporting the entire process from
planning and provisioning through to
documentation of cable and network
infrastructure, Graham noted.
Dat a C ent er I n f r a st r uc t u re
Management manages the building
i n f r a st r uct u re ( power, cool i ng,
f loorspace, etc.) and IT infrastructure
(net work, ser vers, storage, etc.)
down to the processes and services
(software, applications, services). The
FNT Command Platform enables
a comprehensive integrated view of
your valuable data center resources. IT
Infrastructure Management forms the
basis for comprehensive network, server,
workstation and software management,
providing a 360-degree view from both
the technological and business standpoint,
Graham said.
There are a few factors to consider
when selecting the FNT Command. First,
the capability to integrate with legacy
or third-party software (API availability
and standard interfaces) and second, easy
migration of data from existing systems
to the FNT Command Platform.
Graham also said there is a possibility
to extend the data model to store
additional information as well as a webbased user interface on state-of-the-art
technology (HTML 5).
"The software itself can be installed
on a physical server or virtual machine,"
Graham said.
Proper maintenance for these
conditions is to check on the hard disk
space, CPU performance, sufficient
RAM and internet connectivity. The
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