Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests John Willis and Tracy Ragan take a look at just how open source many of the large language models (LLMs) that are being made available are. Then, the gang dives into the all the CrowdStrike lawsuits that are being filed before discussing the overall state...

Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests John Willis, Tracy Ragan and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for application development for The Futurum Group, dive into the sorry state of the images and other types of content being generated by generative artificial intelligence tools such as Grok-2 from ...

Mike, Mitch, Amanda and David Nicholson, a chief technology adviser for The Futurum Group, dive into some new Techstrong Research that surfaces the degree to which DevOps teams are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) (in a way Rush fans might uniquely appreciate).

Then, they delve into how A...

Alan, Mike, Jon and Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the implications of a $6.5B acquisition of a hardware company founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive that made by OpenAI before delving in an ambitious agentic artificial intelligence (AI) initiative launched by...

At the 2025 RSAC Conference, Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz and Lisa Martin discuss the crucial role MCP servers play in AI deployment, raising significant security concerns that require effective monitoring. Then, they highlight how cyber resilience is essential for companies to withstand attacks, wit...

Mike, Mitch and special guest Tracy Bannon dive into how AI is about to transform DevOps workflows, before discussing the revival of internal developer portals (IDPs). Then, the gang turns its attention to the obsession some organizations are having with “golden templates” that might not go over ...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Lisa Martin, host of the CMO Advisor, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the need to disclose how much artificial intelligence (AI) was used to create content such as political ads, before exploring the impact AI will have on call centers. Then, the gang turns it...

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda dive into the degree to which a rebellion against NVIDIA is brewing before revisiting the latest flareup in the Linux distribution wars.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) is about to have on the long simmering ten...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group, and Chris Blask, discuss Oracle’s move to Nashville from Austin. Then, the gang dives into how Docker Hub became a vehicle for distributing malicious content before trying to make sense of the Federal government’s effo...

In this special edition of the Techstrong Gang, Alan and Mitch join up with the Infrastructure Matters podcast crew to discuss a "cloud cold war" brewing in China, the latest on "sovereign clouds" and managed hosting, and finally the big IBM/Palo Alto deal in security and AI.

On this special edition of Techstrong Gang, recorded at RSAC 2024 in San Francisco, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask (Cybeats), Sharyn Fitzpatrick (Sysdig) and Mark Miller (Sourced Network Productions) recap the highlights from this year's 2024 RSAC (AI to the left, to the right, everywhere...

In this episode, the Techstrong Gang welcomes Stephen Foskett of The Futurum Group/Tech Field Day to the show. Stephen joins Alan and Mitchell to discuss the results of a recent DevOps survey from Harness, which seems to say there is a lot of room for improvement in CI/CD. Next up is "It's 10pm d...

Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Tracy Ragan and Jack Poller dive into the state of open source software security in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before delving into why OpenAI is looking to replace GitHub with its own repository.

Then the gang takes a look at a Tech Corp initiative launched ...

Alan, Mike, Jon and Anne Ahola Ward discuss the implications of the imminent rise of mass customization before delving into the impact artificial intelligence (AI) is having on video production.

Then, the gang dives into research that shows how graphics processing units (GPUs) might be used to c...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor at The Futurum Group, dive into the degree artificial intelligence (AI) agents will democratize business intelligence (BI).

Then the gang turns its atten...

Alan, Mike, Amanda and Jon delve into the security implications of a 23andMe bankruptcy that might result in DNA data being more widely shared than anticipated.

Then the gang debates the degree to which there might be a socio-economic gap emerging in terms of artificial intelligence (AI) adoptio...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, discuss why cloud storage costs are spiraling out of control before highlighting the latest advances in networking covered at a recent Tech Field Day event.

Then, the gang turns its attention to a b...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Camberley Bates dive into a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, including Groot humanoid robots, launched this week by NVIDIA, before discussing the degree to which efforts to implement best DevSecOps practices might be failing.

Then, the gang takes a loo...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Chris Blask dive into what business and cybersecurity leaders should expect if the Trump administration pulls back on its efforts to disrupt cybersecurity attacks emanating from Russia. Then, they discuss the degree to which the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Sharon and guest John Willis dive into why Microsoft's and Google's generative AI platforms create disturbing images, which naturally leads to a conversation about the degree to which these platforms are -- or should be -- trusted. Meanwhile, the Toyota Research Institute is no...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and guest Chris Blask debate the role government should play in applying rules to artificial intelligence (AI), social media sites such as TikTok and climate change.
The challenge, as always, is finding a way to apply those rules in ways that won’t eventually run afoul o...