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 looks into how much traction F5 might actually be gaining against rivals before diving into what organizations might be able to do to reduce data hoarding.

Finally, Ira Winkler discusses why the CrowdStrike debacle reminds him of Y2K.