Peter Fetterolf

CTO and Co-Founder

Peter Fetterolf, Ph.D., is an expert in network technology, architecture and economic analysis. He is responsible for financial modeling and white papers as well as software development of the Business Analytics Engine (BAE). The BAE is a platform for simulating 5G networks, SD-WAN, NFV, and general cloud services for service providers, vendors, and enterprises.

Dr. Fetterolf has a multidisciplinary background in the networking industry with over thirty years of experience as a management consultant, entrepreneur, executive manager, and academic. He is experienced in economic modeling, business case analysis, engineering management, product definition, market validation, network design, and enterprise and service provider network strategy. Prior to joining ACG, Dr. Fetterolf worked at Cisco Systems building business case models for service providers. He has also had many other roles and positions in the networking industry. He was a managing partner at Network Strategy Partners, He was a Director of software engineering at Lucent, he was Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering at Ignitus Communications, he was a Director of Software Engineering at Cascade Communications, and was a management consultant at Arthur D. Little.

Peter also has a strong academic background. He was an Assistant Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Boston University where he supervised research and taught graduate classes in network engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S.E.E. and B.A. in History from Tufts University.

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The Economic Benefits of Virtual Edge Services

Network function virtualization (NFV) allows many virtual network functions (VNFs) to run on a single x86 physical device.

WhitePapers

A TCO Comparison of Private WANs vs Managed Network Services for Enterprises

In some cases it makes sense for an enterprise to consider building a private network with dark fiber.

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An Approach to Offering Profitable Managed Network Services

The worldwide market for managed services in 2020 was $52 billion and is expected to grow to $71 billion in 2025.

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The Economic Benefits of the Ciena Virtualized Edge Solution

Over the last decade, enterprise networking has experienced a key paradigm shift of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV).

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The Economic Benefits of the Dell Technologies Bare Metal Orchestrator

Dell Technologies Bare Metal Orchestrator provides an automated approach to deploying and operating a large population of servers.

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Financial Benefits of Juniper Networks' Wired and Wireless Access Driven by Mist AI in Managed Network Services

Trends have amplified enterprises’ demands for managed network services from trusted partners.

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The Economic Benefits of a Super-Converged Multi-Access Edge Network

Traffic demand in access networks is growing at a rapid rate and this growth is expected to continue for the next five years.

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The Economic Benefits of Distributed Broadband Services

There are several key market trends that are driving the need for new distributed, disaggregated, and cloud-based broadband network architectures.

The Economic Benefits of Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are rapidly deploying 5G networks, which have the potential to disrupt the telecom business.

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The Economic Benefits of Open RAN Technology

The Radio Access Network (RAN) is the largest and most important part in both physical and financial terms of a mobile operator’s network.

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Financial Benefits of Juniper Networks Mist AI

Trends have amplifiedenterprises’ demands for managed network services from trusted partners.

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TCO and Environmental Benefits of the Juniper Networks

Cloud computing, edge computing, and metro networks are converging as network operators move to 5G networks and evolve to deliver new services.

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Financial Benefits of the Juniper NetworksAIOps Solutions in Enterprises’ Networks

Trends have amplified the demand for enterprise IT to deliver high-availability, secure network services anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

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An Economic Comparison of LTE RAN with 5G Cloud RAN

This study compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a traditional LTE RAN with a 5G cloud- native Open RAN (O-RAN) in multiple regions.

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The Economic Benefits of Automating Capacity Optimization in IP Networks

Traffic growth is driven by recent technologies such as 5G and fiber to the home and also new applications such as AR/VR, cloud gaming, etc.

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