Techstrong Gang

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard and Mitch Ashley look at the latest advances in AWS technology with a focus on the new Graviton chip and its impact on cloud computing. The gang discusses the shift toward custom silicon, the importance of price performance and the ongoing challenges in cloud security.
The gang then examines how AI is being integrated into DevOps practices, the roles various companies are playing across the tech ecosystem and the future of developer conferences as security expectations continue to rise.

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard and Mitch Ashley look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping the development process as coding tools evolve and developers take on a larger role managing smarter AI agents. The gang also discusses how these tools are changing DevOps practices and raising new questions about the future of developer roles.
The gang then reviews the messaging coming out of AWS re:Invent as Amazon emphasizes clearer communication and narrative around its mission and product updates, drawing comparisons to how other cloud providers position their announcements.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard look at how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs and the broader economy as layoffs and budget shifts raise questions about regulation and long-term planning. They also examine the changing relationship between AWS and its partners as AI alters the cloud services landscape.
The gang then discusses the role of community, government and open-source collaboration in promoting the common good, along with the security and operational challenges that AI introduces for IT teams.

Stephen Foskett and Jeff Reich look at how organizations are choosing between cloud and on-premises platforms for artificial intelligence workloads as Mirantis presents advances in cloud-native AI infrastructure at AI Infrastructure Field Day 3.
The gang then turns to Campbell’s response to questions about its chicken sourcing before taking a look at how month-long discounts have reduced the impact of Cyber Monday as online sales patterns shift heading into the holidays.

Alan, Mike, Jon, Garima Bajpai and Teri Robinson debate the impact the Second Coming of Shai-Hulud Worm will have on securing software supply chains before discussing whether a new age of transparency in social media might be upon us.
Then the gang  discusses the state of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem as the AWS re:Invent 2025 conference gets underway in Las Vegas

Alan, Mike, Jon, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Futurum Group president and COO Dan O'Brien celebrate Thanksgiving by discussing the degree to which advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing bode well for the future.

Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch, Evgeniy Karam and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the alarming rise in the number and size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Then the gang discusses why Texas and Tennessee have emerged as the top two states in the U.S. where artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are likely to be deployed before examining why Nokia is pledging $4 billion to improve AI networking in the U.S.

Alan, Mike, Jack Poller, Ira Winkler, Jeff Reich and Chris Short discuss the odds that demand for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) will be realized to the point that justifies current investment levels in infrastructure.Then the gang takes a look at the degree to which AI is about to transform cybersecurity—for better or worse—before diving into why the European Union (EU) is investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft.

Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal and Barbara Roos dive into the future of DevOps and software engineering in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before assessing the degree to which observability might be unified following a move by Palo Alto Networks to acquire Chronosphere for $3.35 billion.Then the gang looks into the impact the Cloudflare outage had this week as disruptions to crucial IT services appear to keep on coming.

Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) alliances made by Microsoft before taking a look at how the arrival of Gemini 3 models from Google might impact the great AI race.Then the gang delves into the latest and greatest in high performance computing (HPC) and supercomputer trends that were highlighted at the SC 2025 show that took place this week in St. Louis.