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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  • Techstrong Gang - December 2, 2024

  • Techstrong Gang KubeCon Paris – March 25, 2024

    Alan, Mitch and special guest Savannah Peterson of Savvy Millennial wrap up KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 from Paris. The gang talks about the origins of OpenTofu and how it's revitalizing IaC, Spacelift's scalable infrastructure-as-code and policy, and how that fits into the DevOps workflow. Fin...

  • Techstrong Gang - April 30, 2024

    Alan Shimel, Amanda Razani and John Willis discuss the rollout of small language models by Microsoft and Apple, as well as the benefits of smaller models to the enterprise, before contemplating the impact AI is having on networking. Additionally, they talk about OpenTelemetry and whether or not i...

  • Techstrong Gang - December 13, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for the The Futurum Group, dive into the current state of cybersecurity as outlined during the Black Hat Europe 2024 conference. Then, they discuss the rise of drones as a security concern following a wave of e...

  • Techstrong Gang - July 31, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which organizations might actually be willing to move off VMware following its acquisition by Broadcom.

    Then, the gang ...

  • Techstrong Gang - December 20, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Lisa Martin debate the degree to which agentic artificial intelligence (AI) might one day soon make application developers obsolete. Then, they discuss whether society may become too dependent on AI for emotional support, even to the point of being a surro...

  • Techstrong Gang - November 26, 2024

    Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day unit of The Futurum Group, delve into the state of wireless networking following an event hosted last week.

    Then, the gang turns its attention to how object storage systems are evolving in a way that might eliminate the nee...

  • Techstrong Gang - July 25, 2024

    Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guests Mark Hinkle and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of an artificial intelligence (AI) alliance between Salesforce and Workday.

    Then, they examine what can be done to make AI models ru...

  • Techstrong Gang - January 15, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Chris Blask divulge the backstory of the DevOps Dozen 2025 awards presented at the Predict conference yesterday. They also dive into the thought process behind the new Inevitability Curve video interview series hosted by Chris.

    Then, the gang turns its...

  • Techstrong Gang - February 5, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the European Union’s (EU) ban on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that pose unacceptable risks before discussing how a mobile application dubbed Hiya is using AI to thwart robocalls and other scams.

    Then,...

  • Techstrong Gang - December 11, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Jon, Amanda and Guy Gurrier, CTO for Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how global trade tensions with China will impact IT. Then, they discuss the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting healthcare insurance in the wake of the tragic murder of the ...

  • Techstrong Gang - November 12, 2024

    Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Chris Blask dive into a report that finds a surprisingly large number of DevOps teams have launched a sustainability initiative before turning their attention to how data centers might one day be powered by nuclear energy.

    Then, the gang discusses how law en...

  • Techstrong Gang - January 17, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Anne Ahola Ward discuss the likelihood that an FTC rule requiring providers of applications and services to make cancellations simple will be enacted later this year.

    Then, the gang turns its attention to AI advances being made in healthcare and, finally,...

  • Techstrong Gang - December 18, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guests Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into why leaders of the technology industry are making a concerted effort to curry favor with the inco...

  • Techstrong Gang - November 27, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda dive into the 10 things IT professionals can be thankful for during uncertain times, including everything from generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the rise of platform engineering to better cybersecurity and even lower interest rates.

  • Techstrong Gang - June 6, 2024

    Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Mark Hinkle assess the degree to which AI represents an actual threat to humanity, when to expect robots with AI capabilities, and the AI chip battle among Intel, ARM, AMD, Qualcomm and NVIDIA.

  • Techstrong Gang - June 24, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Tracy Ragan discuss the work the FinOps Foundation has been doing to help organizations get a better handle of cloud spending and the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) might have on that effort. Then, they take a hard look at the viability of ...

  • Techstrong Gang - January 13, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, debate the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) agents will transform the software-as-a-service (SaaS) application landscape in the wake of a recent prediction made by Mi...

  • Techstrong Gang - January 21, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss the hiring outlook for IT professionals in 2025.

    Then, the gang debates the degree to which an energy shortage might curtail artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions before delving...

  • Techstrong Gang - December 23, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, CTO for Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, revisit the major issues, starting with artificial intelligence (AI) that impacted the technology industry most in 2024.

  • Techstrong Gang - October 24, 2024

    Mike, Mitch, Jon, Anne Ahola Ward, CEO of CircleClick Media, and Guy Currier, CTO of the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the rise of Qualcomm as a disruptive force in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Then, they discuss the degree to which AI is actually increasing at th...

  • Techstrong Gang - November 15, 2024

    Alan, along with Mitch, Mike and special guest Guy Currier, discuss KubeCon attendance and vendor satisfaction. They highlight the growth of the open source community and debate the sustainability of business models. Lastly, they explore impact of AI on software engagement, suggesting shifts in t...

  • Techstrong Gang - April 16, 2024

    Alan, Mike, Amanda and special guest John Willis dive into what’s real about bipartisan data privacy legislation that is being proposed in Washington. Then the gang moves onto whether organizations should be building their own large language models (LLMs) before discussing the impact artificial i...

  • Techstrong Gang - January 8, 2025

    Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda, Sulagna and special guest Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into how robots that need to interact with physical environments will be built more cost effectively following a CES keynote from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.

    Then, the gang turns its attent...