Role and proximity-based management of networks

A method for managing computing networks, the method comprising:

• obtaining, from one or more trans-vendor services, a set of network management data associated with one or more users, wherein the set of network management at least comprises electronic event scheduling information associated with the one or more users, the electronic event scheduling information having been collected across a plurality of disparate electronic event scheduling services by the one or more trans-vendor services, where the electronic event scheduling information for each user of the one or more users comprises event scheduling data associated with at least one of a set of scheduled events associated with the user;
• analyzing the set of network management data;
• identifying, based on the set of network management data, a role associated with at least one of the one or more users;
• determining a role type associated with the role from a plurality of role types, wherein each role type is associated with a weight;
• predicting, based on the analyzing and the electronic event scheduling information associated with the one or more users, a concentration of users for a given location corresponding to a location associated with the electronic event scheduling information, wherein the predicting further comprises increasing the concentration of users based on the weight of the role type corresponding to the role associated with the at least one of the one or more users;
• and
• configuring at least one network characteristic associated with the given location based on at least the predicted concentration of users for the given location.