Digital sovereignty has moved from policy papers to the center of global power conversations.

At Davos and beyond, leaders are no longer debating whether digital sovereignty matters. That question is settled. The real issue now is speed—how fast nations can build sovereign AI, sovereign cloud, a...

DevOps isn’t dead. It’s evolving. For more than a decade, DevOps has been declared finished, broken, or replaced by the next new thing. And yet, it continues to adapt—absorbing cloud native practices, SRE, platform engineering, and now AI. This episode of Shimmy Says explores DevOps not as a tool...

This week on Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel gets personal and reflects on the importance of perspective in leadership. He begins with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the news that longtime head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down after 19 seasons. Not fired. Not forced out. He chose to step away, closing the ch...

If one feeling defined this year, it wasn’t excitement or fear. It was uncertainty — not in the abstract, but in our own careers and lives. Everywhere I went, people weren’t asking what AI would do to the job market. They were asking what it would do to their job. In this episode of Shimmy Says, ...

AI will create more jobs than it eliminates.” We hear this line all the time. It sounds reassuring. And it is often where the conversation stops. In today’s Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel takes the conversation further: what exactly are these new AI jobs, and what do they actually require? The episode ...

Should Big Tech be broken up? We’ve long approached this question with skepticism. Modern tech platforms function as infrastructure, and blunt government intervention often creates more problems than it solves. In a new episode of #ShimmySays, Alan Shimel explores where the argument for breaking ...

Tech isn’t evolving right now. It’s colliding. AI datacenter economics are cracking, AWS re:Invent turned into an AI monolith, VCs are levitating, robots are stepping into the real world, and people keep declaring “the cloud is dead” while quietly running everything on it.In today’s #ShimmySays, ...

Everyone walked into re:Invent expecting one story: AI everywhere. And yes, AWS pushed agenticAI, new models, new chips, and an “AI factory” vision hard. But the work happening on the floor told a different story. DevOps, CloudNative and PlatformEngineering weren’t sidelined. They were packed and...

Thanksgiving has a way of making people think big, and Shimmy Says Ep. 35 goes all the way there. Alan Shimel breaks down Elon Musk’s latest ideas on AI, robotics, and a future where poverty disappears and work becomes optional. From Star Trek’s Zephyr Cochran to the real-world challenges of a mo...

OpenAI has pledged more than $1 trillion in compute and data-center deals with Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, NVIDIA, and others, despite bringing in only about $13 billion in revenue and no profit. Those bets turn OpenAI into a single load-bearing block for future revenue across chip-makers, ...

There was a time when tech stood for something bigger than profit: transparency, courage, and the belief that innovation could actually make life better. Now, too many giants have traded idealism for influence and mission for market share. The sector that once challenged power now plays along wit...

We’ve reached a point where Big Tech’s hunger for control is strangling the very innovation that built it. In this episode of Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel calls it like it is—tech giants are milking the system while pretending to build the future. It’s time to bring back real creativity, invest local...

NVIDIA stands out as a $5 trillion company, playing a crucial role in the rapid growth of AI technology. Its unique position as a semiconductor and software leader fosters a strong ecosystem and developer community. The discussion covers competition from AMD, geopolitical risks, particularly with...

Alan Shimel and Dan O’Brien break down the state of AI’s explosive growth—who’s winning, who’s bluffing, and whether the market’s showing early signs of a bubble. From NVIDIA’s dominance to Anthropic and Google’s race for control, the discussion digs into GPU shortages, data center bottlenecks, a...

Is AI creating the next big economic bubble? 💥 In this episode of Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel explores the parallels between classic rock’s rise—like Led Zeppelin’s iconic era—and the cycles of financial euphoria that lead to market crashes. Discover the warning signs of another bubble forming, how ...

Headlines warn of AI doomsday — mass job losses, runaway systems, existential threats. Alan Shimel breaks down why this “AI apocalypse” narrative misses the point. On ShimmySays, he explores the real risks, the guardrails that matter, and how to keep AI strategy focused on progress instead of fear.

In this episode of Shimmy Says, we explore how digital transformation reshaped society during COVID, accelerating the shift from physical storefronts to cloud-powered platforms. The conversation highlights women’s rights, the challenges of rapid digital adoption, and the rise of AI transformation...

Yesterday marked 24 years since 9/11. For my family, it will never be just a date in the history books. That same day, news broke of yet another school shooting in Colorado and the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Instead of pulling us closer, these tragedies seem to drive us further apart. And yet, at ...

The topic 'Too Big to Fail, too Small to Innovate' explores the government's involvement in aiding major American tech firms, particularly through the Intel bailout. It examines tariffs on foreign nations designed to protect domestic companies, while also addressing concerns about their effects o...

DevOps is doing great, thanks. That’s not just a punchline, it’s the truth. In this new episode of Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel explains why DevOps is alive and well despite the misleading headlines that claim otherwise. He challenges analysts who misread the movement, questioning how much they reall...

Shimmy discusses the significant role of AI in today's conversations and the concerns surrounding job security. He reflects on historical economic bubbles, including the 1980s real estate and dot-com bubbles, highlighting the need for infrastructure to support AI. Despite substantial investments,...

An AI bubble is emerging, raising concerns about unethical practices like CISO payola, where vendors pay CISOs. The decline of ethics in business is highlighted, stressing the need for a code of ethics for CISOs and vendors. The role of CISO councils is discussed, along with the potential for inf...

Shimmy welcomes Dan O’Brien and announces the Futurum Signal launch on August 20th. Discover how Futurum Signal enhances the end-user experience with real-time, predictive insights. Learn about their multi-dimensional vendor evaluation approach, future market coverage plans, and share your ideas ...

The vibe coding craze (AI agents, copilots, low-code/no-code tools) is in full swing. It’s fast, flashy, and seemingly magical. But is it secure? Was it even designed to be? On this episode of Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel unpacks the risks of AI-native development and why security must be prioritized...