Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang - 08/13/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, dive into the state of digital business transformation at the dawn of the artificial intelligence era. Then, the gang turns its attention to cybersecurity advances that promise to make cloud computing more secure, as well as the sustainability issues that might arise once generative AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, become voice enabled.

Techstrong Gang - 8/12/24

Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Tracy Ragan and John Willis dive into what it means to be an artificial intelligence (AI) developer before taking a look at a framework that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created to test AI models. Then, the gang discusses the implications of the acquisition of Launchable, a provider to a test automation platform, by CloudBees.

Techstrong Gang - 8/9/24

Mike, Mitch and special guests Chris Blask and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group dive into latest claims being made by Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Delta Airlines in the wake of massive Windows outage before discussing the state of open source security. Then the gang turns its attention to the state of social media in the wake of a lawsuit Elon Musk as the head of X has launched against advertisers and a U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation into TikTok.

Techstrong Gang - 8/8/24

In this special edition of Techstrong Gang, Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz and Alan Shimel check in live from the Las Vegas scene of the Black Hat hacking conference. Mitch, Alan and Jon give you a bird's-eye view of what the themes and big stories are at this year’s Black Hat. If you didn’t make it out to the conference, this is a great way of staying in the know.

Techstrong Gang - 8/7/24

Mike, Mitch, Amanda and David Nicholson, a chief technology adviser for The Futurum Group, dive into some new Techstrong Research that surfaces the degree to which DevOps teams are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) (in a way Rush fans might uniquely appreciate). Then, they delve into how AI might soon reduce the level of technical debt that currently thwarts application modernization. Finally, the gang opines about the impact of a court ruling that finds Google has been abusing its search engine monopoly.

Techstrong Gang - 8/6/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Bonnie delve into the state of cybersecurity at the start of the annual Black Hat conference this week. Then, the gang turns its attention to the future of the mainframe and the rise of quantum computing.

Techstrong Gang - 8/5/2024

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests John Willis and Tracy Ragan take a look at just how open source many of the large language models (LLMs) that are being made available are. Then, the gang dives into the all the CrowdStrike lawsuits that are being filed before discussing the overall state of application security.

Techstrong Gang - 8/2/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO Adviser for The Futurum Group, and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for application development at The Futurum Group, discuss the implications of the European Union AI Act before diving into the impact AI is having on sales and marketing. Then, the gang turns its attention to the rate at which organizations are embracing open source editions of Java.

Techstrong Gang - 8/1/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Jon dive into what’s driving a rising level of skepticism about investments in artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the degree to which generative AI might be increasing burnout among employees. Then, the gang turns its attention to the technologies revolutionizing air travel in a way that promises to bring about a new era of eco-friendly skies.

Techstrong Gang - 7/31/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which organizations might actually be willing to move off VMware following its acquisition by Broadcom. Then, the gang looks into how much traction F5 might actually be gaining against rivals before diving into what organizations might be able to do to reduce data hoarding. Finally, Ira Winkler discusses why the CrowdStrike debacle reminds him of Y2K.