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.
Episodes

Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/19/24
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan, Bonnie Schneider and Stephen Foskett discuss the recent AppDev Tech Field Day, which took place at KubeCon. The gang also discusses a recent article on DevOps.com showing DevOps engineers are reaching management level status faster than other IT workers. Finally, the group discusses a recent interview Bonnie did with Jedidiah Yueh, founder of sustainableIT.com

Monday Nov 18, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/18/24
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Alan, Mike and Mitch wrap it up at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conference with some reflections on the impact of patent trolls on open source software projects and the role the show plays in bringing together some of the best minds in the IT industry.

Friday Nov 15, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/15/24
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Alan, along with Mitch, Mike and special guest Guy Currier, discuss KubeCon attendance and vendor satisfaction. They highlight the growth of the open source community and debate the sustainability of business models. Lastly, they explore impact of AI on software engagement, suggesting shifts in technology trends.

Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Techstrong Group - 11/13/2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Alan and Mike are at the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2024 conference to launch PlatformEngineering.com, a new website from Techstrong Group that is dedicated to fostering adoption of an emerging methodology for managing software engineering, and maybe one day all of IT operations, at scale. Then, Alan and Mike are joined by Sonatype CTO Brian Fox to discuss the current state of the open source software community before diving into the degree to which cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes are driving artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/12/24
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Chris Blask dive into a report that finds a surprisingly large number of DevOps teams have launched a sustainability initiative before turning its attention to how data centers might one day be powered by nuclear energy. Then the gang turns its attention to how law enforcement agencies around the world are collaborating better than ever to thwart cybercriminals.

Monday Nov 11, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/11/24
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests John Willis and Tracy Ragan dive into the degree artificial intelligence (AI) agents can take on software engineering tasks before discussing to what degree AI models are any less or more secure than any other type of software artifact. Then the gang turns its attention to what needs to be done to rein in the cost of AI.

Friday Nov 08, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/8/24
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the role social media and marketing automation played in the presidential election. Then, the gang turns its attention to demand for people that have artificial intelligence (AI) expertise before discussing how AI might change the way people experience retail therapy.

Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/7/24
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
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.

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/5/24
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
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.

Monday Nov 04, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 11/4/24
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
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.