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
May 18, 2026

Dell Brings Hybrid AI Vision to Life

The cloud-only AI narrative is getting harder to defend. At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas last week, Dell made a compelling case — backed by real customer deployments and new product announcements — that enterprises are running serious AI workloads on their own infrastructure, from corporate datacenters down to individual workstations. The company also rolled out meaningful updates to the AI Factory platform it launched with Nvidia two years ago, all aimed at solving one of the industry's most persistent challenges: actually getting AI from proof-of-concept into production.

USA Today Column
June 12, 2026

Apple finally delivers on original Siri promise

Fifteen years ago, the Siri vision was grand. A personal digital assistant that would be at your beck and call to find whatever information you wanted and do whatever you requested in a manner that was customized to you. The reality, however, was not all that. Misunderstood questions, frustrating responses, and little more than fancy timer settings was about all we got. At this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), though, Apple seems to have gone back to that original perspective and finally delivered what we always hoped Siri would be...