Naveen Chhabra,

Naveen Chhabra

Principal Analyst

Naveen is Forrester’s lead infrastructure, private cloud, and infrastructure automation analyst, delivering strategic guidance to Forrester's vendor and end-user clients. Naveen’s vision for technology leaders is to leverage IT automation and to build and deliver dependable technology services. His research includes technology automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), AIOps, hyperconverged infrastructure, converged infrastructure, and subscription-based infrastructure. Most notably, Naveen leads the industry conversation around bringing cloud-based experiences and expectations to on-premises environments. He actively researches how organizations improve the benefits of automation by aligning people, partners, and practices. His strong multifunctional experiences and background across product development, technology operations, and business management give him a unique ability to provide broad, perspective-based guidance. During his tenure at Forrester, Naveen has been frequently cited in Business Insider, Computer Weekly, Fortune, Reuters, TechTarget, and The Wall Street Journal.

The Top 10 Emerging Technologies In 2026
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April 8th, 2026
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This report identifies the 10 most important emerging technologies in 2026 that are set to reshape life and business. Read this report to understand when and where to look.

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Top Emerging Technologies For 2026: AI Supercomputing

Accelerate innovation with deeper insights about why AI supercomputing matters, when it will likely deliver value, and how organizations are beginning to leverage it. AI supercomputing brings together advanced compute, networking, and data center capabilities to support frontier scale AI training and inference. In this webinar, we share the latest expert insights, practical considerations, and key steps you and your team can take. Join us to learn how AI supercomputing will evolve and how leaders can assess readiness for this strategic platform.Key takeaways: Gain an understanding of how AI supercomputing enables advanced model development.Identify use cases that justify large scale compute investment.Learn the steps required to prepare infrastructure, talent, and operations.Target audience level: all levels