Granite Telecommunications, which provides communications and technology solutions to businesses and government entities, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new patent for its groundbreaking Greenix technology. This low-code workflow editor is designed to streamline and automate complex network deployments.
The patent – which was issued on Dec. 3 – is Granite’s second received this year for solutions from the Granite Labs innovation center. In May, Granite was awarded a patent for edgeboot, an AI-driven network management device that detects issues and autonomously executes actions such as automatic rebooting to eliminate need for human intervention.
“Granite Labs’ latest patent win is yet another testament to Granite’s commitment to innovation designed to meet customers’ needs,” said Granite president and CEO, Rob Hale. “Greenix has already helped our customers drive measurable results by making network deployment smarter, faster and more cost-effective.”
Greenix was created to deliver on a client’s request to activate 6,000 on-premise devices within five months. The tool helped Granite deliver the project both on time and with precision, deploying up to 150 devices per day during the project’s most-demanding phases. Since this initial win, Granite’s deployment teams have used Greenix to activate over 75 percent of the solutions that it sells and supports. This first-time-right activation success rate, it noted, increased by over 30 percent, with on-site technician time down by over 50 percent.
In the field, Greenix empowers on-site technicians to launch the application on their smartphones and follow intuitive prompts to secure and rack equipment, activate services, run speed tests and perform diagnostics, all in real-time.
“Greenix has been a game-changer for our deployment process,” said Adam Weiner, Granite VP of technology, Granite and Greenix’s developer. “With this patent, Granite is strengthening its leadership in orchestration technology, giving customers the ability to scale deployments like never before. Our clients have seen dramatic improvements in activation times and first-pass success rates, which directly translates to reduced costs and accelerated project timelines.”
Key features include:
- Low-code workflow design that empowers engineers to create and customize workflows without coding.
- Real-time support to guide on-site technicians through each step with detailed prompts and visual aids.
Data-driven insight that is derived from tracking trending issues and activation times, providing data for continuous improvement in deployment processes.
