[EAS] Sage Update Available

[Sean Donelan]

Several cabletv, telcotv and at least one broadcast conglomerate have
centralized engineering models.  They manage and monitor systems 
nationwide.  The field service organizations are usually break&fix.

It requires different architecture and processes.  Different EAS 
vendors work better or worse in such an environment.  There is a reason 
why different manufacturers are popular in different industries.

I still remember the first time working on IPTV, and an EAS vendor told me
we had to tear off a paper tape on the front of the box and staple it in a 
book. WTF?  The National Operation Center was a 1,000 miles away, and 
no equipment in a central office was going to print on paper rolls outside 
of the toilets :-)

Automation is the key to scaling operations.

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Scott Cason wrote:
> If you've got one guy taking care of that many boxes, you got bigger 
> problems than updating firmware.
>
>>Now do 38 of them, or 900 of them in some cases. Its a much larger 
>>problem for bigger groups, or some as a contract guy doing 20 or 30 is 
>>still a pain.