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
October 8, 2026

Microsoft and Nvidia Look to Reinvent the PC for the Agentic Era

When the likes of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are chatting onstage together, you’re bound to get big picture vision statements and bold claims. In the case of PCs, a field in which both have worked and had tremendous influence over many decades, that is particularly true. Indeed, at yesterday’s big Microsoft-Nvidia launch event, Huang stated, with Nadella’s strong confirmation, that the new Surface Laptop Ultra, and all the new Windows-based PCs running Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip, portend the reinvention of the PC, marking the dawn of the agentic PC era.

Column/Blog
September 23, 2026

Qualcomm Enhances Snapdragon Range for Agentic AI

One of the more interesting trends that’s starting to occur in the world of personal technology is a simultaneous divergence of devices designed for individual use along with a convergence of computing systems to which they are connecting. While we’re beginning to witness a much broader range of intelligent form factors and devices, we’re increasingly seeing them all focused on performing AI-powered agentic tasks on our behalf, often through shared agentic platforms. At Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Summit event in Maui—which they graciously sponsored me to attend—this seemingly contradictory set of developments was on full display.