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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Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Today’s Techstrong Gang is a bit different -- it is an intimate lineup of just Alan Shimel and Jon Swartz in person from the Techstrong TV studio at AWS re:Invent. Jon and Alan discuss what AWS's end goal is and assumptions they are making that are driving many of the product and service announcements. Then, they discuss how the AWS ecosystem works in the AWS model.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Alan, Mike and Mitch, live at the AWS re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, dive into everything from Nova foundational models that were unfurled to the latest extensions of Amazon Q Developer that promise to make it simpler to modernize legacy applications.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan is in Las Vegas with Camberley Bates for AWS re:Invent. They are joined by Jon Swartz and Bonnie Schneider to discuss the “retirement” of Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, and what it means. Then, they discuss the FTC opening an investigation of Microsoft, and lastly, Bonnie has a report from COP29, the global climate summit recently held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Jon dive into the ramifications of a global Microsoft outage before discussing the likelihood that the Department of Justice (DoJ) in the U.S. might be able to force Google to sell off its browser. Then, the gang turns its attention to what DevOps teams might expect to see from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in advance of the AWS re:invent 2024 conference this week.
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda dive into the ten things IT professionals can be thankful for during uncertain times, including everything from generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the rise of platform engineering to better cybersecurity and even lower interest rates.
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day unit of The Futurum Group, delve into the state of wireless networking following an event hosted last week. Then, the gang turns its attention to how object storage systems are evolving in a way that might eliminate the need for retrieval augmented generation (RAG) using vector databases. Finally, they discuss the electrical grid challenges Ireland is facing as more data centers are brought online.
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Alan, Mike and special guests John Willis, Tracy Bannon and Tracy Ragan discuss the degree to which the open source software community has lost its innocence in an era when cybercriminals now routinely attack software supply chains. Then, the gang turns its attention to whether data science teams building artificial intelligence (AI) platforms are making the same cybersecurity mistakes that application developers made prior to the rise of DevSecOps. Finally, the gang debates whether augmented general intelligence (AGI) is real enough to warrant a Manhattan Project funded by the U.S. government.
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan is joined by Jon Swartz and Camberley Bates. The gang discusses Microsoft’s announcement about getting serious about security — again. Camberley provides an update on the SC24 conference, which she attended. Finally, they discuss Elon Musk's lawsuit to prevent a California law from going into effect that would ban AI-generated deepfakes.
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Hope Lynch and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visual Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the state of supercomputing with a report from the Supercomputing 2024 conference.Then, the gang turns its attention to how end users will cope with hundreds of generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents before discussing why GenAI tools for coding are increasing cybersecurity concerns across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Amanda discuss the implications of Brendan Carr being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Then, the gang turns its attention to how generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents might create a need for more managers before discussing the rise of digital twin tourism.