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Mapcom Systems Announces Roundtable Topics for Annual M4 User’s Conference

Conference will showcase new features and train users on best practices associated the M4 Solutions Suite.

June 30, 2009 – RICHMOND, VA – Mapcom Systems, developers of the M4 Solutions Software Suite, holds its annual M4 User’s Conference at the Sheraton Park South in Richmond, Virginia, from October 6 – October 8. The Conference location is adjacent to Mapcom’s new office headquarters, purchased in October 2008. 

The final conference agenda features a comprehensive lineup of technical learning sessions across the main two days of the event. Interactive roundtable sessions will focus on educating users on best practices associated with using key components of the M4 software. Topics include:  

  • Making M4 Simple for Others - Create and use SQL statements, floating menus and Report Writer 
  • Getting What you Want out of Work Order and CPR - Simplify the design, staking and CPR process in M4 and become audit ready
  • FTTH in M4 - Design and manage "shovel ready" FTTH projects using M4 Fiber and M4 Network Equipment Manager 
  • Improving Efficiency and Customer Service through Workforce Management - Maximize the new features in Dispatch Manager with GPS truck tracking and cable locate integrations 
  • Getting the Most out of Network Equipment Manager in an IP World - Getting started with Template Builder 
  • Moving from the Physical to the Logical within M4 - Connecting equipment and managing circuits 

“We are excited to offer our clients a variety of interactive roundtable sessions, which touch on nearly every M4 module,” states company President, John Granger. “The M4 User’s Conference is a great opportunity to learn and network with other telecoms, industry partners and Mapcom staff. We look forward to a conference location close to our new office, which allows us to share our new facilities with clients at this year’s conference.”  

About Mapcom Systems 

Mapcom Systems is the developer of M4 Solutions – a map-based Geographical Operations System (GOS) software suite that allows telecommunications providers to enhance their information flow by displaying data in a geographic view. The open-system approach enables users to integrate and correlate data from existing billing, accounting, GPS tracking and network monitoring applications with a geographically-correct land base map of all network elements in M4. Since 1971, Mapcom has developed one of the strongest reputations in the industry working with independents, cooperatives, fiber communities, and campus telecommunications providers of all sizes across North America and the Caribbean. For more information, visit the Mapcom website at www.mapcom.com. 

Media Contact 

Scott Combs
Mapcom Systems
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