Techstrong Gang
166 Episodes
The Techstrong Gang brings together a collection of IT industry editors, analysts and pundits to put major IT news and trends in perspective.
Intended to help IT leaders make more informed strategic and tactical decisions, topics discussed typically span everything from the impact AI is having on society to the latest DevOps tools an IT team might employ to optimize workflows.
Come watch core Techstrong Gang members Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Mike Vizard, Amanda Razani and Bonnie Schneider engage experts such as John Willis, Mark Hinkle, Tracy Ragan, Tracy Bannon and Bob Reselman to surface crucial insights into the issues changing the way we perceive the role of IT.
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45:47Episode 1
Techstrong Gang - October 9, 2024
Episode 1
Alan, Mike and special guests Hope Lynch and Chris Blask discuss the extent to which generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents are about to transform the way everyone works before diving into the paradox that cloud computing has become.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the outsized rol...
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42:58Episode 2
Techstrong Gang - October 8, 2024
Episode 2
Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, following a Tech Field Day event, dive into the IT infrastructure challenges organizations are facing as they emb...
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45:33Episode 3
Techstrong Gang - October 7, 2024
Episode 3
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Chris Blask and Tracy Ragan dive into a Techstrong Research report that suggests more DevSecOps progress is being made than is generally appreciated.
Then, the gang discusses the rate of DevOps progress being made in mainframe environments before deliberating...
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48:31Episode 4
Techstrong Gang - October 4, 2024
Episode 4
Mike, Mitch, Jon, Guy Currier, CTO of the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) will have on e-commerce sales following a forecast shared by Adobe.
Then, the gang discusses the imp...
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56:25Episode 5
Techstrong Gang - October 3, 2024
Episode 5
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Anne Ahola Ward, CEO of CircleClick Media, dive into OpenAI's latest effort to recruit developers, as more executives head for the exits.
Then, the gang turns its attention to how effectively enterprise IT organizations are embracing generative ...
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44:18Episode 6
Techstrong Gang - October 2, 2024
Episode 6
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Hope Lynch dive into a DevOps Next report from Techstrong Research, which finds growing interest in investing in tools and platforms to accelerate the pace of application development.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the concerns cybersecurity professiona...
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47:57Episode 7
Techstrong Gang - October 1, 2024
Episode 7
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm for The Futurum Group, delve into why workers who have developed generative artificial intelligence (AI) expertise are getting ready to ditch their employers.
Then, the gang dives into the nuances of how copyright...
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49:16Episode 8
Techstrong Gang - September 30, 2024
Episode 8
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Tracy Ragan, Hope Lynch and Guy Currier get together and discuss the intent of the FTC to crack down on deceptive advertising that uses AI. They also discuss President Biden's speech at the UN, which warns of the profound risks of AI. Finally...
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59:08Episode 9
Techstrong Gang - September 27, 2024
Episode 9
In today's Techstrong Gang, gang members Alan Shimel, Jon Swartz, Mitchell Ashley and new gang member Anne Ahola Ward discuss Google filing an anti-trust suit against Microsoft in the EU, Cloudflare celebrating its birthday with new offerings to stop the AI bots (among other things) and how Sieme...
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58:26Episode 10
Techstrong Gang - September 26, 2024
Episode 10
Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into a debate that is raging over the business value of investments being made in generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Then, the gang reviews a Congressional hearing th...
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45:35Episode 11
Techstrong Gang - September 25, 2024
Episode 11
Alan, Mike and special guests Hope Lynch and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for The Futurum Group, dive into the multiple challenges facing Intel, as the company ponders multiple investment and acquisition options.
Then, the gang turns its attention to where all the software engineering jobs ...
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50:08Episode 12
Techstrong Gang - September 24, 2024
Episode 12
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the rise of edge computing following the latest Tech Field Day event.
Then, the gang delves into the implications of using nuclear energy to power the data centers needed to enable...
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48:36Episode 13
Techstrong Gang - September 23, 2024
Episode 13
Join the gang on today’s discussions, including “putting the bomb in SBOM," and how it could forever change supply chains. Next, the FTC said what many of us have been thinking all these years -- large social media and streaming providers have been eavesdropping on us.
Finally, we tackle the pr...
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46:05Episode 14
Techstrong Gang - September 20, 2024
Episode 14
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into what the interest rate cut instituted by The Federal Reserve Bank means for IT.
Then, the gang discusses how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming technical marketing before discussing how Will...
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40:26Episode 15
Techstrong Gang - September 19, 2024
Episode 15
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Hope Lynch dive into a study that finds there haven't been any significant DevOps productivity gains from investments in generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Then, the gang turns its attention to the AI agent strategy being adopted by Salesforce with ...
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56:16Episode 16
Techstrong Gang - September 18, 2024
Episode 16
Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guests Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, and Steven Dickens, a chief technology advisor for the The Futurum Group, dive into the degree to which composable headless cloud services might one day make IT infrastructure i...
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42:43Episode 17
Techstrong Gang - September 17, 2024
Episode 17
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, delve into the next wave of forthcoming artificial intelligence (AI) advances before diving into the latest sustainability report from Meta.
Then, the gang turns its attention t...
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52:53Episode 18
Techstrong Gang - September 13, 2024
Episode 18
Mike, Amanda, Jon and special guests Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which the current shortage of graphics processing units (GPUs) is impacting the artificial intelligence (...
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46:52Episode 19
Techstrong Gang - September 12, 2024
Episode 19
Mike, Jon and special guests Hope Lynch and David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss how Oracle drives to embrace and extend generative artificial intelligence (AI) while making peace with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Then, the gang dives into the Apple AI strateg...
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29:00Episode 20
Techstrong Gang - September 11, 2024
Episode 20
At JFrog's 10th annual SwampUP event, Alan and Mike discuss the integration of AI, DevOps, and security, with a focus on how AI models are becoming central to DevOps workflows and version control. JFrog's new partnerships, such as with Nvidia, and product launches like runtime security for Kubern...
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45:13Episode 21
Techstrong Gang - September 10, 2024
Episode 21
Mike, Jon, Bonnie and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, talk about the rise of AI PCs before discussing the impact AI will have on sustainability.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the impact AI is having on labor ne...
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44:33Episode 22
Techstrong Gang - September 9, 2024
Episode 22
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Tracy Ragan and David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the details of a lawsuit filed by AT&T against Broadcom, which alleges changes to the VMware support contracts are an illegal threat to its business.
Then, the gang del...
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50:41Episode 23
Techstrong Gang - September 6, 2024
Episode 23
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO at The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which operations of all types can be managed as code. Then, they delve into whether the well-known DevOps Loop doesn’t actually...
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1:04:21Episode 24
Techstrong Gang - September 5, 2024
Episode 24
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the probability that cloud computing costs will rise, as demand continues to outstrip data center capacity. Then, they delve into the implications of an investigation of NVIDIA that has been laun...