TECHnalysis Research

About the Founder

Bob O'Donnell
TECHnalysis Research was founded by technology market research veteran Bob O'Donnell.
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Research Study
November 12, 2025

The Future of AI is Hybrid: TECHnalysis Research Survey Report

Everyone knows that AI is reshaping the very foundations of enterprise computing. But what hasn’t been as clear is the fact that it’s a Hybrid AI model—involving the major public cloud providers, on-premise data centers/private clouds and edge computing devices—that are driving the biggest change. The latest TECHnalysis Research Hybrid AI Study, which surveyed over 1,000 IT decision-makers from medium and large organizations across ten US industries, offers a compelling snapshot of this transition. The findings reveal that the era of “cloud-first” thinking for AI workloads and applications is rapidly giving way to a more nuanced, hybrid approach—one that balances the strengths of public cloud, private infrastructure, and edge computing.

TECHnalysis Research, LLC provides strategic consulting and market research services to the technology industry and professional financial community. Building on a deep understanding of critical technology and business trends in conjunction with hard-hitting, original research, the firm provides unique "out-of-the-box" perspectives that are still grounded in the practical realities of the technology, media and telecom markets.
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Column/Blog
July 22, 2026

Samsung Unpacks New Foldables

With all the buzz of anticipation surrounding the rumored foldable iPhone that Apple’s widely expected to announce this fall, you have to wonder a bit what the good people at Samsung are thinking. After all, they’ve had foldable phones since 2019 and at their recent Unpacked event in London, the company unveiled their 8th generation devices. That’s a lot of iteration, design refinement and technology development they’ve done, yet it’s not clear that they’re currently getting (nor will be receiving) the credit they deserve for all that work and market category creation. Nevertheless, they continue pushing the foldable smartphone experience forward and these latest 8th generation devices clearly demonstrate the real-world expertise they’ve acquired over the years.

Column/Blog
June 24, 2026

HPE Focuses on the Network Side of Agentic AI

Taking an established company in a new direction is always a challenging task. Doing so in the midst of one of the biggest technological evolutions the tech industry has ever witnessed, even more so. Yet, that’s what HPE made clear at its recent Discover event in Las Vegas. In the throes of the rapid shift to agentic AI (enabled through hybrid AI architectures in the enterprise), HPE’s message was clear: the future opportunity for differentiation and value in these enterprise environments is through networking and everything that it enables.