https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/rss/Feeden-usTue, 24 Feb 2026 15:42:54 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/the-100-billion-ai-training-bottleneck-nobody-talk/While enterprises race to deploy larger GPU clusters, traditional ECMP-based fabrics are becoming the silent killer of AI performance. Here's why, and what forward-thinking organizations are doing about it. The Problem: AI workloads are fundamentally different. Unlike web traffic's milliTue, 24 Feb 2026 15:42:54 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/the-100-billion-ai-training-bottleneck-nobody-talk/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/ai/Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, especially the fast-evolving neural net-based large language models (LLM), are resource hogs as their billions (or even trillions) of parameters are trained with data using machine learning. Training an LLM can take billions of kilobytes of data Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:32:18 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/ai/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/analysts-perspective-comcast-analyst-meeting-2025/I recently attended the 10th annual analyst meeting at Comcast Business (CB). It was the 9th event I attend (I guess I missed the first one). I have seen the growth of Comcast Business from a relatively scrappy startup, albeit one within a major corporation and with significant assets, to a relFri, 06 Jun 2025 16:14:47 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/analysts-perspective-comcast-analyst-meeting-2025/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/ai-networking-summit/Unleashing the Power of AI in Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications May 28-29, 2025 Hyatt Regency Dallas @Reunion Tower   Join us at the AI Networking Summit for a deep dive into the latest strategies for creating simplified, secure, and AI-ready corporate infrastructures. DiscMon, 19 May 2025 22:52:50 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/ai-networking-summit/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/juniper-preps-for-a-quantum-computing-world-post-q/Telecom vendors have recognized the existential importance of securing telecom networks before Y2Q (years to quantum). This is when current encryption schemes used in networks will become obsolete by advanced quantum computers. Experts agree that this will happen by 2030, but some project Y2Q to be Fri, 09 May 2025 20:55:20 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/juniper-preps-for-a-quantum-computing-world-post-q/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/managing-the-ripple-effect-the-global-telecom-envi/Nowhere is the delicate balance of the global economy more evident than in the intricately linked telecoms industry. The industry is being affected by new US tariffs on imported items, which will include vital telecom components and equipment. At ACG Research, we're carefully examining the effecThu, 03 Apr 2025 20:34:42 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/managing-the-ripple-effect-the-global-telecom-envi/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/when-to-secure-your-digital-infrastructure-now/Some of us remember Y2K. Well, there is now Y2Q, or “Years to Quantum”. This is the projected time when a quantum computer will break the security codes, such as RSA, that we have come to rely on to secure things such as financial transactions, communications and other critical infrastruWed, 02 Apr 2025 13:22:52 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/when-to-secure-your-digital-infrastructure-now/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/vendor-impact-aliro-a-quantum-based-solutions-comp/Click to download the snapshot. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:18:46 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/vendor-impact-aliro-a-quantum-based-solutions-comp/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/quantum-technology-and-csps-cutting-through-the-co/Introduction Quantum technologies have always been important to CSPs. It is the technology behind transistors, after all! But new technologies that make use of a more subtle feature of quantum, particle entanglement, are now making it into commercial solutions that will provide both new opportuniWed, 19 Feb 2025 16:11:02 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/quantum-technology-and-csps-cutting-through-the-co/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/autonomous-networks-and-and-a-discussion-with-huaw/During the Ultra-Broadband Forum 2024 on 30 October through 1 November in Istanbul, Türkiye, I had an opportunity to sit down with Stephen Shao, vice president of the General Development Department at Huawei. We discussed Huawei’s views on how an operator can accelerate its evolutionThu, 19 Dec 2024 16:19:48 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/autonomous-networks-and-and-a-discussion-with-huaw/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/accelerating-the-evolution-to-autonomous-networks/During the 2024 Ultra-Broadband Forum 2024 on 30 October through 1 November in Istanbul, Türkiye, Mar Mortensen sat down with Stephen Shao, Vice President of the General Development Department at Huawei, to discussed Huawei’s views on how an operator can accelerate their evolution to autoSun, 08 Dec 2024 12:33:11 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/accelerating-the-evolution-to-autonomous-networks/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/presentation-recap-huawei-autonomous-driving-netwo/I attended the 2024 Ultra-Broadband Forum 2024 on 30 October through 1 November in Istanbul, Türkiye. My blog on the overall program can be found at https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/recap-ultra-broadband-forum-2024/.  I was the moderator of the ADN Summit Advancing Toward AN l4: EmpoweringFri, 08 Nov 2024 17:08:33 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/presentation-recap-huawei-autonomous-driving-netwo/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/recap-ultra-broadband-forum-2024/I attended the 2024 Ultra-Broadband Forum 2024 on 30 October through 1 November in Istanbul, Türkiye. I also chaired the Huawei Autonomous Driving Network Summit session. In the sessions, Huawei and several CSPs described their successful efforts to implement a Fixed 5.5G vision, achieve Level Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:09:06 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/recap-ultra-broadband-forum-2024/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/nokia-fixed-network-analyst-meeting-key-takeaways/Nokia’s fixed networks business is seeing revenue momentum after a number of sluggish quarters. It continues to innovate in products to expand its partnerships and market reach, especially into the T2/3 markets, while putting in place the key elements of an overall access networks end-to-end sThu, 26 Sep 2024 11:00:55 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/nokia-fixed-network-analyst-meeting-key-takeaways/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/building-the-naas-experience/  Join ACG @ Global NaaS Event on 28–30 October 2024 Dallas, Texas, USA Building the NaaS Experience GNE brings together the industry leaders who are building and delivering the next generation of Network-as-a-Service to deliver three days of pivotal engagement with exeWed, 28 Aug 2024 14:19:16 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/building-the-naas-experience/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/riding-out-the-uncertainty-tech-spend-in-todays-ec/The state of world economies is impacting technology spend, but enterprises and service providers have options to address the uncertainty and thrive.    The recent economic turmoil, notably regarding the Japanese yen, is indicative of larger global economic concerns. The interactioSat, 17 Aug 2024 14:36:33 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/riding-out-the-uncertainty-tech-spend-in-todays-ec/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/global-naas-event/Join ACG at Global Naas 2024!  The event, sponsored by MEF, will be held in October 28-30 in Dallas. Why should you be there? GNE brings together global leaders to accelerate the automated Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) ecosystem. This premier event fosters collaboration across thFri, 09 Aug 2024 13:32:57 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/global-naas-event/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/arrcus-ceo-shekar-ayyar-co-founder-and-cto-keyur-p/In this episode of The Deep Edge Podcast, we delve into the recent strategic partnership between Arrcus and NVIDIA, spotlighting the integration of NVIDIA’s BlueField Data Processing Units (DPUs) into the Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) platform. Shekar Ayyar, CEO of ArrcuWed, 24 Jul 2024 13:10:11 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/arrcus-ceo-shekar-ayyar-co-founder-and-cto-keyur-p/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/digital-transformation-world-2024-highlights/The TM Forum #DTW24 Ignite conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 18−20. Three things stood out at the conference: Autonomous networks and autonomous operations hit the tipping point and are now widely adopted as the direction for the network and overall operations. genAWed, 03 Jul 2024 12:20:58 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/digital-transformation-world-2024-highlights/https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/on-to-a-new-phasealways-exploring/Dear colleagues and friends, I’ve arrived at a point in my journey where I’ve decided to shift the balance of things in which I invest my energy. At the end of the current quarter I’ll bring my time as an always-on industry analyst to a close and step forward energetically into Wed, 22 May 2024 14:49:28 +0000https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/on-to-a-new-phasealways-exploring/