CSPs worldwide are in the process of deploying 5G networks, many of which use telco cloud architectures. In a telco cloud, virtual RAN functions and virtua ...

ACG's Analysis of Dell's Telecom Infrastructure Block Solution Offerings for 5G Cores and RANs Communication Service Providers (CSPs) glo ...

Digital transformations always focus on enhancing organizations' performance in some measurable way. Improvements at the task level include gains such ...

This paper presents the results of a total cost of ownership analysis on the benefits of the Juniper Apstra data center automation platform and the Ju ...

Communication service providers are rapidly deploying 5G networks. A key objective is to create new services and revenue, which was not possible using ...

ACG Research has developed a business model quantifying the TCO and revenue benefits of the Dell Bare Metal Orchestrator using the ACG Business Analyt ...

BNG CUPS separates the BNG architecture into the user plane (UP) and control plane (CP). This allows the CPs to be centralized and UPs to be distribut ...

Itential has been named as one of the Top 6 suppliers of cross-domain orchestration in the telecom market. This is an independent report by ACG Research on ...

The pandemic-fueled demand that had propelled the industry forward over the past two years has tapered off; however, the conditions resulting from the pand ...

Before, software applications required many different hardware and software platforms but no more with the rise of cloud-native software architectures. A s ...

The idea of an autonomous network (AN), requiring no human intervention, has been around for a long time, but advances in technology and standards are putt ...

Developments in the broader cloud computing and networking segments of the information and communications technology industry are introducing profound ...

As network links grow from 100GE to 400GE and larger it is becoming more important to use autonomous capacity optimization to optimize network link capacit ...

Service and application intelligence are critical component of next-generation metro networks. End-to-end orchestration and automation are necessary to ens ...

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are committed to the vision that the most valuable services in the future will be delivered with the simplicity ...

Cloud computing, edge computing, 5G, and metro networks are converging with the promise of offering new categories of consumer and enterprise services. Net ...

Peter Fetterolf's paper The Economic Benefits of Distributed Broadband Services compares the legacy centralized BNG architecture with the spi ...

The growing demand for bandwidth, which only accelerated over the past few months, and the emerging importance of delivering mission-critical services in a ...

Innovative technologies and bandwidth-intensive applications are driving tremendous growth in access networks, which is driving the need for capacity ...

The pandemic continues to rattle the world economy. It has disrupted demand and supply, creating havoc in the global ecosystem with pernicious effects for ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles on the TM Forum’s Autonomous Networks vision and Huawei’s product roadmap for achieving the Autonomou ...

The changing dynamics in the enterprise as a result of the COVID pandemic has elevated the network to the status of essential infrastructure. High availabi ...

The dominant model of application design today is the modular, micro services-based framework of cloud-native implementations. A parallel evolution of the ...

As service providers and utilities build out rural broadband networks, an important consideration is the network capacity required in middle-mile rings as ...

This article evaluates the approach that Huawei is taking in its Autonomous Driving Network Solution product plan vision to meet the challenges of implemen ...

Mark Mortensen's article evaluates the goals, philosophy, and implementation path of the Huawei Autonomous Driving Network product plan vision against ...

Over the last decade, enterprise networking has experienced a key paradigm shift with the transition from the deployment of physical network appliances tha ...

Private enterprise networks typically use MPLS, SD-WAN or Carrier Ethernet services. Managed network services are ubiquitous and easy to deploy; however, i ...

The market for managed network services is large and growing. The worldwide market for managed services in 2020 was $52 billion and is expected to gro ...

Mobile network operators are engaged in a far-reaching evolution of their infrastructures toward support of 5G. Enabling these deployments involves signifi ...

Network function virtualization  allows many virtual network functions  to run on a single x86 physical device. This allows managed service provi ...

Peter Fetterolf's whitepaper The Business Case for Adaptive IP presents key requirements of next-generation IP networks and explains how the& ...

The demand for managed network services has never been so great. ACG Research projects that the managed services segment will grow with a 54% CAGR wit ...

A new architecture is emerging, and it stands to disrupt the way networks have been built for the last 10 to 20 years. This new network architecture effect ...

Peter Fetterolf's whitepaper The Business Case for Adaptive IP presents key requirements of next-generation IP networks and explains how the ...

With  the increase of bandwidth requirements and demands related to smart homes, IoT, and advanced cloud applications, the need for symmetrical, scala ...