Business Case

Choosing the Right Optical Transport for the AI Era

A TCO-driven decision framework for AI Data Center Interconnect

The Strategic and Economic Value of Adopting HPE Juniper Networking

Achieving Radical OpEx Reductions and Sustainability Goals Through WAN Modernization

The Economic Benefits of Moving from Proprietary Cloud Silos to Horizontal Telco Cloud Networks

This paper analyzes the economic and operational benefits of moving from proprietary vertical cloud silos to a unified horizontal telco cloud architecture. Traditional silo-based deployments in mobile core, IMS, and IT environments …

From Network Uptime to Enterprise Intelligence

This paper argues that the enterprise network has transformed from a mere technical utility into a strategic business system essential for productivity, security, and customer experience. As modern enterprises navigate complex hybrid …

The Journey to Self-Driving Networks: Agentic AI as a Catalyst for Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction

The Economics of Application Traffic - TCO Benchmarking for Fixed and Mobile Networks

This report presents an in-depth analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for fixed and mobile broadband networks, focusing on how individual applications and categories drive network infrastructure expenses. Using ACG …

The Economic Benefits of Routed Optical Networks for DCI, Metro, and Long-Haul Applications

Cisco Routed Optical Networking, an integral part of the Cisco Converged SDN Transport architecture, represents a transformative approach in modern networking. Routed optical networking is an architecture that simplifies the traditional DWDM layer by …

Juniper Artificial Intelligence Data Center: Comparison of InfiniBand and RDMA over Converged Ethernet

he paper explores the benefits of automated network operations, which significantly reduce operational expense (through intent-based automation, as exemplified by Juniper Apstra. His analysis shows that deployments of Juniper Ethernet with RoCE and Apstra

Comparing Broadband Network Architectures in the Evolving Connectivity Landscape

Peter Fetterolf's whitepaper provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic viability of various broadband network architectures in the evolving connectivity landscape. With an increasing demand for high bandwidth, network operators are exploring efficient ways to …

The Evolution of Broadband Traffic: A Forecast for the Americas, EMEA, and APAC Regions

Peter Fetterolf's paper investigates the evolving trends and forecasts aggregation network traffic across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions for the next five years. Video entertainment and emerging augmented/virtual reality devices such as the Apple …

Broadband Access Transformation

Governments worldwide are investing on a massive scale to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas, recognizing broadband as an essential utility to help address economic and other disparities. Public capital has …

5G Service Assurance: The Case for AIOps

As CSPs move to 5G, infrastructure, operations, and services are undergoing a massive paradigm shift. Legacy networks consist of multiple silos, for example, the RAN is typically a closed system supported by a single vendor. The …

Building the Business Case for AI in Wireless Networks: Juniper Mist AI TCO Report

In the digital landscape, today, enterprise networks are at the core of every organization's digital transformation journey. Wireless networks, particularly Wi-Fi, play a pivotal role in providing network access and significantly contributing …

The TCO Benefits of Dell’s Next-Generation Telco Servers

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 virtual packet core functions run on standard …

Dramatically Simplifying the Operation of CSPs' Distributed Clouds and Generating Superior Economic Results

ACG's Analysis of Dell's Telecom Infrastructure Block Solution Offerings for 5G Cores and RANs Communication Service Providers (CSPs) globally are deploying next-generation services using cloud-native designs in their 5G and edge network infrastructures. They are motivated …