Techstrong Gang
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, Sharon Florentine, 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.
Episodes
![Techstrong Gang - 7/25/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_26_24_j679pf_300x300.png)
19 hours ago
Techstrong Gang - 7/25/24
19 hours ago
19 hours ago
Mike, Mitch and Chris Blask examine the degree to which CrowdStrike will be able to recover from the Windows outage debacle. Then, the gang takes a look at the privacy implications of a Google decision to not eliminate cookies and a decision by Oracle to cough up $115 million to settle a digital privacy lawsuit.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/25/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_25_24_wzz4wz_300x300.png)
2 days ago
Techstrong Gang - 7/25/24
2 days ago
2 days ago
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guests Mark Hinkle and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of an artificial intelligence (AI) alliance between Salesforce and Workday. Then, they examine what can be done to make AI models run more energy efficiently. Finally, the gang turns its attention to a DevSecOps report for JFrog that makes it clear much more work needs to be done to ensure application security.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/24/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_24_24_zf8zvh_300x300.png)
3 days ago
Techstrong Gang - 7/24/24
3 days ago
3 days ago
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, discuss the future of Wiz, now that a potential acquisition of the provider of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) is now apparently off the table. Then, the gang turns it attention to the traction that SAP is finally gaining in the cloud before discussing the latest twists and turns in the CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage saga. Finally, Ira Winkler believes that cybersecurity programs render themselves impudent by acting like users should follow policies and procedures without being encouraged.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/23/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_23_24_ywwhj3_300x300.png)
4 days ago
Techstrong Gang - 7/23/24
4 days ago
4 days ago
Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, examine a recent ruling that limits the scope of the case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against SolarWinds. Then, they discuss the degree to which Microsoft can hold the European Union (EU) accountable for the recent global Windows outage. Finally, the gang turns its attention to how the charging of electronic vehicles (EVs) might soon improve.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/22/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_22_24_nbwart_300x300.png)
5 days ago
Techstrong Gang - 7/22/24
5 days ago
5 days ago
Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Tracy Bannon, John Willis and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for data infrastructure at The Futurum Group, dive into the root causes and downstream impact of a catastrophic Windows outage caused by a CrowdStrike update. Then, the gang turns its attention to closing the divide that exists between developers and senior managers before delving into a growing uneasiness about the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) model security.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/19/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_19_24_2__26u66v_300x300.png)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 7/19/24
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Jon and Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, dive into how the geopolitics of chip manufacturing is likely to impact IT organizations before examining the relationship between high interest rates and the pace of innovation. Then, the gang turns its attention to whether a four-year college degree is really needed to succeed in IT.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/18/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_7_18_24_2__xkqb7c_300x300.png)
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 7/18/24
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Mike, Bonnie, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for The Futurum Group, dive into the current state of the artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle. Then, they discuss whether the ability to build applications faster than ever using AI might turn out to be too much of a good thing. Next, the gang turns its attention to the need to incorporate sustainability metrics that are now being incorporated into best FinOps practices. Finally, Bob Reselman asks an essential but overlooked question about choice: What happens to our ability to make a choice when we only have to choose among two or three things?
![Techstrong Gang - 7/17/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_tmckgs_300x300.png)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 7/17/24
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Chris Blask, explore why Google might be buying Wiz, a provider of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP). Then, they take a look at the root causes of a raft of breaches involving cloud platforms such as Snowflake. Finally, the gang turns its attention to how deepfakes enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are, for better or worse, sowing more seeds of distrust.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/16/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_5__s7ecig_300x300.png)
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 7/16/24
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Guy Currier, CTO for Visual Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, look into at the current state of observability before discussing why, all of sudden, more focus than ever on bringing compute to data is creating a need for enterprise architects. Then, the gang turns its attention to why there is so much greenwashing as of late and what to do about it.
![Techstrong Gang - 7/15/24](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18102637/Techstrong_Gang_-_YouTube_QR_3__cjui2h_300x300.png)
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 7/15/24
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Tracy Ragan and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development at The Futurum Group, dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) advances being made by Amazon Web Services (AWS) before taking a look at the sorry state of application programming interface (API) management. Then, the gang turns its attention to the causes of burnout among software engineering teams and how AI might improve it.