Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang - 11/7/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into whether more IT workers should unionize. Then, the gang turns its attention to how the troubles Super Micro is encountering is starting to impact IT organizations before discussing why CompTIA might have sold its certification business to a pair of private equity firms.

Techstrong Gang - 11/5/24

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the growing influence technology issues is having on the presidential election. Then the gang turns its attention to whether enterprise IT is broken before taking a look at potentially better ways to reuse rather than recycle IT gear.

Techstrong Gang - 11/4/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Chris Blask dive into the state of election security as U.S. citizens head to the polls. Then, the gang turns its attention to what is really required to achieve cyber resiliency. Finally, they discuss the degree to which the application programming interfaces (APIs) upon which the digital economy depends are actually secure.

Techstrong Gang - 11/1/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into why the relationship between IT and the rest of the business is finally changing for the better. Then, they discuss what business lessons can be learned from how SpaceX manages engineering. Finally, the gang turns its attention to what Apple might have in store for virtual reality.

Techstrong Gang - 10/31/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, spend Halloween discussing scary things such as how artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to change the relationship between workers and employers. They also delve into the prospects of application developers once it becomes possible for anyone to create software without having to learn a programming language. Finally, the gang turns its attention to the fact that, despite sanctions, Russia continues to have access to all the graphical processor units (GPUs) it needs to advance its AI agenda.

Techstrong Gang - 10/30/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Jon discuss how investments in artificial intelligence (AI) by football teams such as the Dallas Cowboys will drive the next era of online gambling. Then, the gang turns its attention to the challenges DevOps teams are encountering as they embrace observability. Finally, they discuss the degree to which AI will finally force more organizations to rely on managed security service providers (MSSPs).

Techstrong Group - 10/29/24

Alan, Mike, Jon, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how cloud computing is evolving following an event held last week. Then, the gang turns its attention to how artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to weather forecasting before discussing how the heat generated by data centers might be put to good agricultural use.

Techstrong Gang - 10/28/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Hope Lynch and Tracy Ragan dive into the state of coding in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Then, they discuss the implications of the U.S. government's efforts to define a national security policy for the AI era. Finally, the gang turns its attention to what’s happening in the space race following the explosion of a Boeing satellite that led to Internet outages across multiple countries.

Techstrong Gang - 10/25/24

Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, Lisa Martin, the CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, delve into what an expected upturn in the economy might mean for IT. Then, they discuss the merits of the penalties the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently levied on organizations that did not fully disclose the impact of the notorious SolarWinds breach on their operations. Finally, the gang turns its attention to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that enshrines everyone’s right to cancel a subscription.

Techstrong Gang - 10/24/24

Mike, Mitch, Jon, Anne Ahola Ward, CEO of ClickCircle Media, and Guy Currier, CTO of the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the rise of Qualcomm as disruptive force in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the degree to which AI is actually increasing the rate which software is being built and deployed.