Alan, Mike, Jon, Sulagna and Anne Ahola Ward dive into why IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) leadership has waned following its acquisition this week of DataStax.

Then, the gang turns its attention to a Chegg lawsuit that accuses Google of using AI to aggregate content in a way that “hollows ou...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon, Amanda and Chris Blask dive into the significance of an Apple commitment to make a $500 billion technology investment in the U.S. Then, they discuss a $52 billion global investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers pledged by Alibaba.

Lastly, the gang discu...

Alan, Mike, Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) might adversely impact our cognitive capabilities following a report from Carne...

Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, John Willis and Chris Blask dive into the quantum computing advances Microsoft is claiming to have made with a Majorana 1 topographical processor before prognosticating how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is about to change the Amazon Alexa experience.

Then, the ...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Chris Blask and Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, delve into the impact tariffs are likely to have on the IT sector before discussing the degree to which our software supply chains may be defenseless.

Then, the gang turns their attention to how artificial int...

Mike, Tracy Ragan, Guy Currier, CTO of the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the challenges organizations are encountering as they operationalize generative artificial intelligence before turning their attention to how AI resear...

Alan, Mike and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how geopolitics involving the Trump administration, TSMC and Intel is roiling the semiconductor industry.

Then, the gang turns its attention to a request from the British government that would require Apple ...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is leveraging IT expertise to upend constitutional convention.

Then, the gang turns its attention to how Cisco’s artificial intelligence ...

Alan, Mike, Sulagna and Tracy Ragan look back at the history of Microsoft, as the industry icon celebrates its golden jubilee.

Then, the gang turns its attention to how cloud security is being reinvented once again before discussing the current state of copyright protection in the age of artific...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the geopolitics of artificial intelligence (AI) following a move by the European Union to relax some its rules. Then, they disc...

Alan, Mike, Jon, Chris Blask and Anne Ahola Ward dive into the risks and implications of an America First approach to artificial intelligence (AI) that could isolate the United States from its allies. Then, they discuss the degree to which customers will now require cybersecurity and safety proto...

Mike, Amanda and Jon are joined by Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, to discuss a report projecting demand for PCs that are optimized for ...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie, Chris Blask and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of a $4.4 billion deal to take SolarWinds private.

Then, the gang debates the degree to which deepfakes can be thwarted using a combination of legislation and...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss the rise of platform engineering before debating the degree to which existing DevOps workflows need a tune-up.

Then, the gang turns its attention to yet another quest for a unicorn: the d...

On today's Techstrong Gang, gang members Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Sulagna Saha and Alan Shimel discuss the upcoming barrage of AI-themed commercials during the Super Bowl and what it means. Next, the gang turns its attention to whether the U.S. government should build up a wealth re...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and gang members Anne Ahola Ward and Camberley Bates debate the degree to which technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) might be able to augment or even replace referees and umpires.

Then, the gang turns its attention to whether AI in its current form is too diff...

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 members Stephen Foskett, Bonnie Schneider and Alan Shimel discuss the tech industry's call for a "Great American Firewall" to keep competing technologies out. Then, the gang looks at the DOJ lawsuit -- still in effect as of today -- aiming to block HPE's acquisition of Juniper Net...

Alan, Mike and Techstrong Gang members Tracy Ragan, Tracy Bannon, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, debate the degree to which organizations should be using large language models (LLMs), such as DeepSeek, that were created in China, before discussing the impact ...

In our second special episode of Techstrong Gang, recorded live at AI Field Day in San Jose, Mitch is joined by co-host Stephen Foskett and special guests Gina Rosenthal of Digital Sunshine Solutions and John Willis. The panel first considers the VMware private AI platform from Broadcom and the G...

In this special episode of Techstrong Gang, recorded live at AI Field Day in San Jose, Jon is joined by co-host Stephen Foskett and special guests Gina Rosenthal of Digital Sunshine Solutions and John Willis. They start with a behind-the-scenes look at what Tech Field Day means to them and why it...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss claims that artificial intelligence (AI) will ultimately reduce wages to the point of causing economic collapse. Then, they revisit the controversy surrounding the DeepSeek AI large language mo...

Alan, Mike, Bonnie, Sulagna and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the claims being made by DeepSeek AI concerning a new way to drastically lower the cost of training large language models (LLMs).

Then, the gang turns its attention ...

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Sulagna and special guests Chris Blask and Tracy Ragan dive into the implications recent executive orders issued by President Trump will have on cybersecurity before discussing whether sanctions are an effective method for punishing cybercriminals.

Then, the gang turns its att...