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
November 19, 2025

Microsoft Brings Agents to Office and Windows

While most companies are still struggling with how to best integrate AI into their organizations, it’s clear that the businesses building the tools for these companies have quickly moved on to agents as the primary means of leveraging the capabilities of artificial intelligence. This was abundantly clear at the keynote for Microsoft’s Ignite event in San Francisco, where the Redmond-based giant unveiled numerous ways to create, integrate, and manage AI-powered agents into its Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps as well as Windows 11.

Forbes Column
November 5, 2025

The Hidden Story Behind Tech’s Big Tax Writeoffs

When it comes to deciphering the tax details of corporate earnings, let’s be honest, it’s not exactly a fun or easy job. There is a reason that financial executives earn the kind of money they do. But it turns out knowing a bit about how the basic elements of these taxes work can make a big difference when it comes to understanding the financial performance of a given company. This is particularly true now in the world of tech and other companies with big R&D budgets. The reason? There were a lot of little-known changes impacting corporate taxes in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) recently passed by the US Congress and some of those changes are now starting to be discussed by big tech companies. Just last week Meta disclosed a large tax writedown during their earnings call as a result of these OBBB changes and today Qualcomm is doing something similar.