Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang is Techstrong TV’s daily roundtable on AI, cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud and digital transformation. Hosted by Alan Shimel with rotating experts, the show breaks down the stories shaping enterprise technology.

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  • Exploring AI Workloads at HPE Conference

  • AI Breakthroughs & Autonomous Vehicles: What’s Driving the Future of Tech? | TSG Ep. 867

    In this episode, Alan, Mike , Mitch and Chris Blask explore three key tech topics shaping the future of AI and autonomy.

    The conversation kicks off with Google’s donation of the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol to the Linux Foundation and a deeper look at how it compares to the Model Context Protoc...

  • Geopolitical Tensions & Water Scarcity Solutions | TSG Ep. 866

    The U.S. bombing of Iran escalates global tensions—raising urgent cybersecurity concerns as digital infrastructure faces growing threats.

    This discussion connects geopolitics with resource scarcity, diving into the Colorado River ownership dispute, water usage in data centers, and how climate te...

  • Exploring Google's Acquisition & Cybersecurity Challenges | TSG Ep. 865

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Tracy Ragan, Jack Poller, and Dr. Stacy Thayer break down the Department of Justice’s investigation into Google’s proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz—raising serious antitrust and cybersecurity concerns that could reshape the cloud security landscape. They also explore Micr...

  • Stablecoins, AI Security & Amazon Q: How Tech Is Reshaping Finance and Cloud Defense | TSG Ep. 864

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon, Fred Wilmot, and Lisa Martin (CMO Advisor, The Futurum Group) explore the rise of stablecoins and their potential to disrupt traditional finance. With interest from retailers like Walmart and Amazon—and support from the GENIUS Act—stablecoins could reshape how we pay, bank...

  • Unveiling 16 Billion Dark Web Records

  • Google’s A2A Protocol and the Future of Collaboration

  • Exploring the $1 Trillion AI Robotics Center in Arizona |

  • Power Struggles | TSG Ep. 863

    Alan, Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson, and John Morello explore the rising cyber warfare tensions surrounding the Israel-Iran conflict. They break down how cyber espionage and critical infrastructure attacks are reshaping global conflict, drawing parallels to tactics seen in Ukraine and beyond.

    The di...

  • Addressing AI Security Concerns and Civic Narratives | TSG Ep. 862

  • Exploring AI Agents and Energy Choices

    In Ep. 861 of Techstrong Gang , Alan, Mike, Camberly Bates, JP Morgenthal, and Stephen Foskett (Tech Field Day, Futurum Group) explore how building AI agents is becoming easier than ever. Then they break down NOAA’s latest use of AI to improve hurricane forecasting and discuss whether the power g...

  • Google Outage, DevFinOps & Platform Engineer Pay

    In Episode 860 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, Jack Gold, and Dr. Stacey Thayer examine the widespread Google Cloud outage and its business impact.

    They also dive into the convergence of FinOps and DevOps in today’s cost-conscious tech world, before exploring why platform engineers ...

  • AI Aftershocks

    In Ep.859 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot and Ira Winkler discuss the merits of a massive artificial intelligence (AI) initiative that the U.S. government is reportedly getting ready to launch. Then the gang turns its attention to the degree responsibility for application securit...

  • Rise of the Old Guard

    In episode 859 of Techstrong Gang , Alan, Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson and Garima Bajpai dive into the latest quantum computing advances being made by IBM before then taking a look at how Cisco is crafting its approach to artificial intelligence

    Then the gang assesses BADBOX.2.0, a botnet that the ...

  • Exploring Apple's Innovation and the Future of Coding

    In episode 857 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mitch , Keith Townsend, Jack Poller, and Anne Ahola Ward discuss the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, highlighting its significance and the panel's reflections on Apple's presentation style. Concerns about Apple's AI integration and innovation challen...

  • Walmart AI

    In Episode 856 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mike, Camberly Bates, JP Morgenthal, and special guest Stephen Foskett—president of the Tech Field Day arm at The Futurum Group—explore Wal-Mart’s innovative use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI). The discussion dives into how agentic AI is transform...

  • AI Agents Rule

    In episode 855 of Techstrong Gang , Mike, Tracy Ragan, Jack Gold and Jack Poller discuss the degree to which IT platforms may need to be re-engineered for artificial intelligence (AI) agents before marvelling about how a company could fake writing code that was supposedly written using AI tools.
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  • Security Is Never Free - TSG Ep 854

    In episode 854 of Techstrong Gang , Mike, Mitch, Jon, Fred Wilmot and Ira Winkler dive into a Microsoft initiative to secure governments affiliated with the European Union (EU) before taking a look at the pace of software bill of materials (SBOM) adoption.

    Then the gang takes a look at a series ...

  • Security Stress Surges

    In episode 853 of Techstrong Gang , Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson and Garima Bajpai dive into why the rise of shadow artificial intelligence (AI) represents a more profound threat than previous shadow IT concerns before diving into how cybercriminals are now specifically targeting the tools and platf...

  • Techstrong Gang - June 3, 2025

    Mike, Bonnie, Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, and Keith Townsend, the CTO Advisor for The Futurum Group dive into the state of cloud computing before taking a look at just how bloated the code being run...

  • How AI and Broadcom Are Shaking Up Tech

    In episode 852 of Techstrong Gang Mike, Mitch, Chris Blask and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the pace and degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

    Then the hang takes a look at the pace of platform consolidation occurrin...