Rick Talbot, my colleague, and I attended the Nokia Conference 14 to 15 September 2022 in Orlando, FL, that featured the Nokia routing and switching (SReXp ...

Prior to the TM Forum Digital Transformation World (#DTW22) on 18 September 2022, I attended a day-long analyst event sponsored by the relatively new Nokia ...

Practitioners in a variety of industries have been adopting real-time digital twins in their operations at an increasing rate over the past several years. ...

I attended the TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 20−22 September 2022. Approximately 3,000 people attended, in ...

To excel in a cloud-native world our data center fabrics should be, well, cloud-native too, top to bottom, end to end As an industry we’ve had a g ...

My recent report Digital ecosystems: setting new standards for integration describes the standards work being carried out by TM Forum and MEF for orde ...

Private 5G allows the deployment of private wireless networks at facilities where coverage, speed, and security capabilities are needed beyond those offere ...

A business case for technology is different than any other case. It requires significantly more research and planning and should be based on a detailed stu ...

Digital transformation is a big topic. It’s so big, in fact, that it’s hard to grasp what it means and what it’s all about. So the best w ...

The first step in starting up a new IT project is figuring out what needs to be done. In addition to a plan, and to get the most from your IT investments, ...

1st quarter 2022 showed the impact of supply chain constraints on deliveries and recognizable revenue, though demand (indicated by vendor backlogs) rema ...

Many vendors and CSPs have bought into the Autonomous Networks vision, as articulated by the TM Forum. Now, some of these have committed themselves to achi ...

3 Keys for MSPs to Unlock the Economic Value of an Integrated Wired, Wireless, and WAN Offering Join Ray Mota, CEO of ACG Research, and Liliane Offredo- ...

LAN infrastructure is mature and a thing of the past, right? Maybe that’s worth rethinking given the change in technology, wireless endpoints, user b ...

Work-from-home (WFH) for many employees became the operating standard during Covid-19, but now as the pandemic recedes and workers are gradually returning ...

Netcracker, an NEC company, has long supplied comprehensive suites of BSS and OSS software to CSPs worldwide. Now, Netcracker has launched the Netcracker D ...

There are three main approaches for implementing autonomous network operations driven individually by the automation tool vendors, the network element vend ...

Open Network Users Group (ONUG) and ACG Research will host a special briefing by ACG’s Dr. Peter Fetterolf at ONUG’s Spring 2022 conferenc ...

In Formula 1 racing, the pit crew works lightning fast to get the racer back on track. IT teams face the same pressure to respond immediately to user and b ...

I attended the Qualcomm 5G Summit in San Diego on 9-11 May 2022. These are the key points that I took away and some insights gained. Trends on which Qua ...

Because of the increased volume, complexity, interfaces and connectivity that require service providers and enterprises to architect, operate and manage ne ...