Planet® IRM's suite of solutions are proven to enhance an organization's infrastructure managment capabilities in the areas of:

• Disaster Recovery
• Security Management
• IT Asset Management
• Network Operations Management
• User Management
• Service and Circuit Management
• Change and Configuration Management
• Physical Plant Management
• Data Center Management

The populated Planet® IRM system can encompass Inside Plant, Outside Plant, Data Center, and Wide Area Network facilities. It provides a graphical view of fixed and modular walls, telecom closets, and riser, pathway, cable and equipment locations and streamlines the manual documentation and testing process by generating relationship maps. This includes drawings that show outlet locations with identifying text; cable and pathway routing information; equipment and cable dependencies; and reports describing cable pulls from each telecommunications closet. All connecting hardware, termination and patching, horizontal, riser, and outside plant cabling are included. Planet® IRM even generates labels for all related elements.

Planet Associates offers a full range of design, inventory, project management, implementation, and systems administration professional services in all these solution areas. Our Professional Services utilizes proven methodologies for the design and implementation of the Planet® IRM solutions. It is a systematic approach starting with the initial requirement specifications for the solution. Critical items are reviewed such as identification schemes, operations support processes, testing, compliance, labeling, equipment and cable installation procedures, management reports, vendor service agreements, cost accounting, etc. Our implementation specialists interface with the client project team to understand the internal work processes for change management, end user, and operations support management.

Implementing the Planet® IRM solution involves documenting and verifying every element in the infrastructure. This includes the IT and telecommunications hardware and software systems, the physical building, walls, power distribution systems, etc. Planet's Professional Services team works with the customer to define and document a customized implementation plan that meets their needs, including:

• Creation or Importation of CAD Drawings (DWG or DXF)
• Site Surveys
• Documentation of Horizontal Cabling
• Documentation of Riser Cabling
• Documentation of Outside Plant Cabling and Pathways
• Wall Field Documentation
• Documentation of Intermediate Cross Connects
• Documentation of Equipment Cross Connects
• Documentation of Station, Network, Fire Safety, Environmental, and Security Equipment
• Documentation of Connecting Hardware
• Documentation of Circuits (Services)
• User Documentation
• Vendor Documentation
• Preparation of Labeling for Cable, Connecting Hardware, Equipment, Pathways, and Spaces
• Labeling the Infrastructure
• Preparation of Documentation Books
• Preparation of "As-built drawings"
• Cable Testing and Documentation of Cable Test Data