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Biography for Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy is a regular FierceTelecom columnist. He is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Network Strategy Partners, LLC (NSP), management consultants to the networking industry--recently purchased by ACG Research. Michael is now a Principal Analyst at ACG Research. He can be reached at mkennedy@acgresearch.net.

Articles by Michael Kennedy

Stimulating carrier Ethernet sales

March 15, 2010 | By
Carrier Ethernet retail service sales have lagged behind sales forecasts and projections. The Carrier Ethernet exchange concept being pioneered by CENX, Inc. should stimulate retail service sales and

Kennedy: Demand drivers for metro transport networks

February 17, 2010 | By
The transition from legacy transport networks using SONET/SDH to packet optical networks has not been an easy one. Access and aggregation transport facilities continue to be primarily SONET/SDH based

Kennedy: Telcos struggle to retire copper

December 14, 2009 | By
There is an industry consensus that future telecom access networks will use fiber optic media and IP/Ethernet protocols. However, there is no consensus on what to do with the 100s of millions of

Timing the migration to Packet Optical Transport

October 14, 2009 | By
There is widespread consensus that access and aggregation networks will employ packet-based transport featuring 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GE) and higher speed interfaces. The consensus stems from
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