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TECHnalysis Research was founded by technology market research veteran Bob O'Donnell.
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Research Report
October 15, 2024

The Intelligent Path Forward: GenAI in the Enterprise

Built around a web-based study of over 1,000 US-based ITDMs, the latest TECHnalysis Research report uncovers several surprising trends about how companies are approaching their GenAI initiatives. From application types, foundation model and platforms used, benefits and challenges, partners, tools, on-device and edge, the report offers a comprehensive view of the state of GenAI in today’s US businesses.

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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
April 9, 2025

Google Sets the Stage for Hybrid AI with Cloud Next Announcements

There’s been a lot of discussion recently on how AI applications are evolving but based on many of the announcements that Google made at their Cloud Next event in Las Vegas, it seems increasingly clear that hybrid is where many of these developments are headed. To be clear, Google made an enormously and impressively broad range of announcements at Cloud Next and not a single press release specifically mentioned Hybrid AI. However, when you take a step back and analyze how several of the pieces fit together and look ahead to where the trends the company are driving appear to be going, the concept of GenAI-powered applications (and agents) that leverage a combination of the public cloud, enterprise private clouds and even smart devices—that is, Hybrid AI—appear inevitable.

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USA Today Column
February 11, 2025

T-Mobile's new Starlink offering makes satellite phones mainstream

The recent Super Bowl brought with it lots of surprises and, once again, a few of them came from the very pricey ads shown during the broadcast. One of the most intriguing was T-Mobile’s spot describing free satellite smartphone service available to customers of any major wireless carrier, including AT&T and Verizon (as well as T-Mobile, of course). In other words, T-Mobile — in conjunction with satellite provider Starlink — is essentially introducing satellite service when you’re in an area without traditional cellular service to just about anyone in the US with a mobile phone that’s not more than about 4 years old. There is, not surprisingly, some fine print to the offer, however.

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