Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a JP Morgan report that questions to size of the return that wil be generated by the billions of dollars being invested in artificialt intelligence (AI) before debating t...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Fred Wilmot, Ira Winkler, and Camberley Bates examine how AI innovation and identity management are converging to reshape the future of digital security. The gang discusses Big Tech’s growing control over AI, the infrastructure needed for fair competition, and how last-m...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Garima Bajpai, Jeff Reich, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, unpack the implications of the $38 billion alliance between OpenAI and Amazon Web Services (AWS) — a move that could reshape AI infrastructure and raise questions ab...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask, and Kate Scarcella discuss how the end of free Windows 10 support is driving a surge in PC sales and giving Apple an unexpected boost.
The gang also looks at OpenAI’s new approach to automating code vulnerability fixes and how AI agents are bei...

Gen AI adoption is on the rise, with executives utilizing tools like ChatGPT. There is a debate on AI investment ROI, with 95% of projects failing but an 82% success rate emerging. The discussion shifts to data center challenges in ocean and space environments, addressing temperature control, ren...

Mike, Mitch, Jack Poller and Kate Scarcella dive into the degree to which the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents will drive faster adoption of cloud native applications.

Then the gang takes another look at the need for greater resiliency in the wake of the Microsoft outage before delvin...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, and Fred Wilmot break down how AI and automation are transforming the workforce and forcing a rethink of cybersecurity standards.

The Techstrong Gang discusses the real threat of AI-driven job loss, the need for retraining programs, and why industry leadersh...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson, and Garima Bajpai dive into the massive influence of Nvidia on the global technology landscape — exploring its $5 trillion market cap, breakthroughs in AI and robotics, and the ripple effects across the tech ecosystem.

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Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Dan O’Brien, Kate Scarcella, and Chris Blask dive into the intersection of quantum technology, government investment, and AI regulation. The conversation explores how the U.S. government’s interest in quantum startups raises questions about fairness, innovation policy, a...

Mike, Mitch, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into why memory prices are rising because semiconductor manufacturing capacity is being allocated to meet demands for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Then the gang delves int...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, and Jack Poller dive into the evolving relationship between cybersecurity and AI-driven software development. The discussion emphasizes the urgent need for public-private collaboration and strong leadership to safeguard critical infrastructure from emerging...

The session highlights the evolving landscape of AI partnerships, focusing on collaborations like Andro with Google and IBM with Grok. It discusses Google's investment in Anthropic and IBM's strategy with Claude AI models. The conversation also addresses the challenges of implementing Open Teleme...

Alan, Mike, Jon, Garima Bajpai and Teri Robinson take a hard look at the degree to which Silicon Valley may have lost its way in age of oligarch.

Then the gang dives into the AI browser wars following the launch of new alternative from Open AI before discussing the implications of a lawsuit thay...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Futurum Group president and COO Dan O'Brien dive into research that shows organizations are finally starting to pay a lot more attention to data quality in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

Then the gang takes a look at how AI is being ap...

Mike, Mitch, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into the lessons to be learned from this week's global Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud outage.

Then the gang takes a look at NetApp's evolving data management strategy in the age of art...

Mitch Ashley, Stephen Foskett, and Jack Poller explore the growing importance of security in the age of AI and intelligent agents. The discussion emphasizes the need for strong security protocols to address identity, anonymity, and access control challenges before AI agents are widely deployed.

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Mike, Alan, Mitch, Jon and Teri Robsinson parse dueling artificial intelligence (AI) strategies put forward this week by Oracle and Salesforce before taking a look at an AI platform from Red Hat that promises to make it simpler to deploy AI workloads across a distributed computing environment.

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Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Dan O’Brien, and Chris Blask explore how Broadcom’s partnership with OpenAI is transforming the AI chip market, driving innovation in custom silicon and improving inference performance.

The Techstrong Gang also discusses Microsoft’s integration of GitHub into Azure, em...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Sanjeev Sharma, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of Futurum Group, examine how the latest escalation in global tariff wars could shape the future of AI adoption and technology investment.

The Techstrong Gang then dives into the IT service managem...

Host Alan Shimel is joined by Camberley Bates, Robert Reeves, Jack Poller, and Jack Gold to explore the expanding API economy and its impact on enterprise systems and revenue — especially in the telecommunications sector.

The gang discusses how agentic AI leverages APIs to improve efficiency in ...

Alan, Mike, Jon and Gina Rosenthal take a look at the state of DevOps in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the impact AI agents might have on the way IT is managed.

The gang then dives into the need for greater IT resiliency following a New Relic report that puts the cost...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, and Futurum Group President and COO Dan O’Brien explore how IT infrastructure must rapidly evolve to support the rise of agentic AI applications.

The Gang examines growing concerns around data center reliability — including an alarming incre...

Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, Camberley Bates and Jack Poller break down a new report showing AI has had little impact on employment so far. They discuss how AI is reshaping platform engineering, creating new opportunities while exposing skill gaps and security challenges. The gang also explores how t...

Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot and Anne Ahola Ward dive into the cybersecurity implications of a decision to, for now at least, not fund the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA). Then the gang takes a look at the need for more comprehensive approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) tr...