Techstrong Gang
Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.
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11 hours ago
11 hours ago
Alan, Mike, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the root causes of cloud storage costs that are spiraling out of control before highlighting the latest advances in networking discussed at a recentTech Field Day event.
Then the gang turns its attention to a biodiversity initiative from Google that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help protect natural habitats.
2 days ago
2 days ago
Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan and Robert Reeves take a hard look at the state of the IT job market.
Then the gang dives into a $6.5B acquisition of Ampere, a supplier of semiconductors for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, being made by SoftBank before debating the merits of an open source large language model (LLM) for cybersecurity project launched by Trend Micro.
5 days ago
5 days ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin dive into a set of DevOps market research reports from The Futurum Group that find increased levels of maturity among organizations adopting best practices is driving a forecasted compound annual growth rate in excess of 9% through 2028.
Then, the gang discusses a Renaissance that is occurring with the arrival of Java 24 before musing about what it will mean for Disney Studios to build Star Wars droids infused with artificial intelligence (AI) with help from NVIDIA and Google DeepMind.
6 days ago
6 days ago
Alan, MIke, Mitch, Jon and Camberly 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 look at what might be motivating Citi to eliminate IT contractors in favor of bringing more of that work back in house.
7 days ago
7 days ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Andi Mann and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into why Google is spending $32B to acquire Wiz, a provider of a cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP).
Then the gang discusses the challenges organizations are running into as they attempt to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the impact AI might have on religion.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mitch, Bonnie Schneider and Stephen Foskett discuss whether there is really an AI chip shortage or is it a case of the boy who cried wolf. The gang also tackles the latest news in the rapidly heating Quantum market and finally is monitoring seniors for health and emergencies too much of a risk for privacy and hacking versus the favorable pros of the technology.
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Mike, Sulgana, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, chief analyst for The Visual Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the downstream impact of open source integrated developments (IDE) that include artificial intelligence (AI) agents are about to be made available by the Eclipse Foundation will have before debating whether OpenStack will benefit from the consortium that stewards it becoming an arm of The Linux Foundation.
Then the gang on St. Patrick’s Day adds its two cents on claims that Ireland is stealing companies and tax revenue from the U.S, that President Trump made last week.
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Alan, Mike, Jon, Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the future of Intel now that Lip-Bu Tan has been appointed CEO.
Then the gang debates the odds we’ll be using nuclear energy as a more efficient power source for IT by 2050 following a commitment by Amazon, Google and Meta before discussing the rising cloud-native prospects of SUSE following its conference this week.
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Mike, Jon, Robert Reeves and Guy Currier, chief analyst for The Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI is evolving following the latter’s $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave before delving into how internal developers portals (IDPs) are driving the rise of platform engineering.
Then the gang turns its attention to how Google has been working with the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA) in New York City to attach smartphones to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to identify issues with tracks that might otherwise delay commutters.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Alan, Mike, Amanda, Chris Blask and Andi Mann dive into the rise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) following a $2.85B acquisition of Movework and the launch of a Manus AI agent in China before taking a look at why Apple when it comes to Siri appears to falling well behind the pace when it comes to AI innovation.
Then the gang turns its attention to a tumultuous week on Wall Street that is likely to have downstream impacts on the economy that doesn’t bode well for IT.