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...

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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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Mike, Tracy Ragan, Jack Gold and Dr Stacey Thayer dive into how artificial intelligence (AI) is about to transform DevOps workflows before discussing the role AI PCs are going to play in spurring further development of AI applications.

Then the gang takes a look at why our collective digital bus...

Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into a disclosure made by Anthropic that revealed how an artificial intelligence (AI) model may be capable of blackmailing human beings.

Then the gang turns its attention to the latest international intrigue involvin...

Mike, Jon and Teri Robinson dive into the motivations driving an $8 billion acquisition of Informatica being made by Salesforce.

Then the gang takes a look at the level of progress being made in terms of adopting best DevSecOps practices before revisiting the latest tariff threats to Apple being...

Alan, Mike, Chris Blask and Guy Currier, an analyst with The Futurum Group, dive into a big beautiful bill that puts all responsibility for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation in the hands of the Federal government.

Then the gang assesses the relevance of Java as the programming language tur...

Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, Chris Blask and Jack Poller dive into the controversy over Microsoft Recall now that Signal has found a way to turn off the screen capture technology in Windows 11 before discussing to what degree are cybersecurity professionals addicted to too many tools.

Then the gang ...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon, Anne Ahola Ward and Fred Wilmot dive into a survey from The Futurum Group that surfaces high rates of platform engineering adoption.

Then the gang reviews the latest artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives being launched independently by Google and Red Hat.

Mike, Bonnie, Futurum analyst Guy Currer and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group dive into the future of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps).

Then the gang takes a look at the impact agentic AI will have on analytics following a Qlik Connect ev...

Alan, Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the growing feud between Apple and President Donald Trump before discussing the latest controversy to engulf the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Then the gang turns its attention to a mov...

Alan, Mike, Jon, Anne Ahola Ward and Robert Reeves discuss the degree to which graphics processing units (GPUs) have become chips that are being exchanged in a larger international trade negotiation before delving into why Pope Leo IV seems to be warming up to the ethical use of artificial intell...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Chris Blask and Jules Okafor dive into cybersecurity spending levels that are projected to reach $288 billion before discussing an OpenText report that suggests 2.8% of endpoints are infected with malware.

Then the gang turns its attention to the need for more cost efficient a...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the The Futurum Group, delve into the rise of quantum networking before reviewing the merits of Wi-Fi versus LTE networks.

Then, the gang takes a look at the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI)...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Teri Robinson and Guy Currier, a research analyst for The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of a research paper that shows it’s possible to predict prime numbers that are used to encrypt data.

Then the gang turns its attention to another vendor that may be experiencing...

Alan, Mike, Jon, Sulagna and Chris Blask dive into an effort by the U.S. Department of Treasury to prevent platforms accused of laundering Bitcoin on behalf of cybercriminals from being able to access financial networks before turning to an effort to validate the identities of humans using retina...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Amanda debate IBM’s ability to regain its artificial intelligence (AI) mantle in the agentic era before delving into the degree to which the open source community might welcome back Redis.

Then the gang wonders why so many AI platforms being developed for human resourc...

In today’s Techstrong Gang from the RSAC Conference, Lisa Martin, Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz and Alan Shimel discuss RSAC happenings. They highlight the keynote by DHS Secratery Noem, which called for taking CISA back to its core mission, and debate whether this a good thing for the industry. Next,...