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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6 hours ago
6 hours ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, highlight how a navigation application built using quantum computers might one day replace the ground positioning system (GPS) based on satellites that is pervasively used around the world.
Then the gang turns its attention to the rise of data flywheels for artificial intelligence (AI) agents that NVIDIA is advancing before discussing an effort to track drones that is being implemented by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
2 days ago
2 days ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon, Sulagna and JP Morgenthal dive into how artificial intelligence (AI) agents will be used to expose criminal behavior online before debating the merits of a raft of AI coding tools that are now becoming available.
Then the gang turns its attention to how AI will enable the new generation of digital twins that can be deployed at the network edge.
3 days ago
3 days ago
Alan, Mike, Amanda, Chris Blask and Lisa Martin, chief marketing advisor for The Futurum Group dive into the impact digital shelf labels (DSLs) being adopted by, for example, Walmart and Kroger’s will for better or worse have on the way consumers shop.
Then the gang looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) is making phishing attacks more difficult to detect and thwart before discussing what kind of mindset is required to successfully embrace platform engineering.
4 days ago
4 days ago
Alan, Mike, Bonnie, Robert Reeves and Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, celebrate Earth Day by diving into the impact demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is having on the construction of data centers before previewing an AI Infrastructure event occurring all week on Techstrong.tv.
Then the gang discusses the rise of slopposquatting, an effort by cybercriminals to create packages loaded with malware that are based on the naming convention that a large language model (LLMs) has previously hallucinated.
5 days ago
5 days ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Sulagna and Tracy Ragan delve into the implications of a ruling that acknowledges Google has been operating as a monopoly in the online advertising sector.
Then the gang takes a look at why Microsoft is investing more in advancing cloud-native technologies before discussing the degree to which commercial software is just as rife with vulnerabilities as open source software.
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the CVE controversy that has emerged as the Trump Administration continues to evaluate funding for the program.
Then the gang discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) might be used to further increase globalization of application development before taking a look at AMD’s plan to now join NVIDIA in making processors in the U.S.
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Alan, Camberley Bates, Lisa Martin, Jon Swartz and JP Morganthal dive into the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta over its past acquisitions and potential monopoly concerns, as well as NVIDIA's announcement of U.S.-based chip production, sparking debate over feasibility and long-term impact.
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools based on open source models might supplant proprietary rivals before taking a look at the way the Trump administration is trying to renegotiate IT contracts.
Then the gang takes a swing at a marketing pitch that involves putting QR codes on baseballs.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan, Camberly, Mitch and Bonnie Schneider discuss Tariffs, on, off, on, off. They then turn to Microsoft pushing forward with Recall, security concerns be damned and end the show with a report from Bonnie from the recent eMerge Americas conference with the Prophets of AI.
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, John Willis and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Techstrong Group, dive into President Trump’s efforts to discredit cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs before debating the merits of the latest lawsuit filed by OpenAi against Elon Musk. Then the gang explains why the model context protocol (MCP) is rapidly gaining traction among builders of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.