Alvin Nguyen

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AMD Acquisitions Focus On Strengthening AI

Alvin Nguyen August 28, 2024
AMD's recent and planned acquisitions sets the firm up to better compete with NVIDIA in a few different areas. Learn how in this post.
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Open Source Doesn’t Mean A Trademark Free-For-All

Andrew Cornwall August 12, 2024
Open-source licenses give you rights to copy, and in some cases, they define patent rights and responsibilities, but when they mention trademarks at all, most of them exclude rights rather than include them.
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Intel Bets On AI Everywhere And Demand For Smaller, Targeted LLMs

Alvin Nguyen April 11, 2024
Tech leaders are rethinking their strategic partnerships, because silicon matters again. That's why so much attention was paid to this year's Intel Vision conference. Get our key takeaways from the event including three intriguing Intel product announcements.
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NVIDIA’s GTC 2024: A Leap Into GenAI

Charlie Dai March 20, 2024
Chipmaker NVIDIA announced some compelling new products and breakthroughs in AI infrastructure at its 2024 GPU Technology Conference. Get the details in this comprehensive review of the event.
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Your New Data Center Services, Infrastructure Outsourcing, And Semiconductor Analyst

Alvin Nguyen February 23, 2024
Learn which Forrester analyst now covers data center services, infrastructure outsourcing, and semiconductors.
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Embarking On New Research: From Technical Architects To MTO, Platforms, EAM, And Technical Debt

Alvin Nguyen October 26, 2023
I am happy to announce that I have completed my series of reports about the technical architect, including the expectations for this role, how to help technical architects succeed, and the trends that impact them: Evolve Your Technical Architects For Modern IT First 90 Days: Technical Architect Role Profile: Technical Architect Although the initial research […]
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Restricted Source Licensing Is Here

Naveen Chhabra September 7, 2023
Open source has taken the enterprise by storm. What was once seen as risky code, developed in suburban basements, has taken on new life. Major software companies employ teams of full-time workers to write and contribute code to open source projects. Even end user companies such as Netflix, Lyft, Capital One, etc., are contributing back […]
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Forrester’s Impressions: VMware Explore 2023

Naveen Chhabra September 6, 2023
In recent years, VMware has faced major headwinds: It migrated its clients from on-premises to public cloud, changed to a cloud-native application development paradigm, shifted to subscription licensing, had frequent cycles of M&A activities, and experienced unfavorable macroeconomic environments. Despite these, VMware registered modest revenue growth. Even though it grew, it knows it is vulnerable. […]
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Dear Technical Architects, It’s Time To Sink Or Swim

Alvin Nguyen July 11, 2023
Technical architects are being called on to keep up with the demands of a fast-paced, ever-changing modern IT industry. Here’s what they need to do.
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Guide Your Compute Architecture Investment Decisions With The Forrester Tech Tide

Tracy Woo June 22, 2023
Compute architectures are fast evolving to serve changing business scenarios and needs. We frequently hear the difficulties that you face as options emerge. The difficulties are rooted in deciding whether to use commodity or fit-for-purpose compute architectures, whether for generative AI, data-intensive applications, or edge deployments. This also ties closely to the central role that […]
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Are You Managing Your Technical Debt? If Not, It Might Be Killing You. Here’s What You Can Do.

Alvin Nguyen May 22, 2023
Enterprises accrue technical debt by hurriedly writing new code and deploying more software to keep up. If not properly managed, that technical debt will lead to poor business outcomes. Learn how technology lifecycle management can help.
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Alvin Nguyen, New North America Enterprise Architecture Analyst

Alvin Nguyen January 20, 2023
Get To Know Alvin I am a senior analyst in Forrester’s enterprise architecture (EA) priority, providing guidance to technology architects worldwide on evolving a relevant, modern, and valuable architecture practice. Helping organizations transform their IT operating model — in particular, service management, infrastructure and operations, DevOps, migrations, and process automation — has been a focus […]