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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Episodes
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the latest acquisitions and alliances involving Anthropic before taking a look at the $11 billion acquisition of Confluent by IBM.Then the gang digs into an effort by Google to capture carbon emissions from data centers.
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Camberley Bates, Jack Poller and Andi Mann discuss how attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) are, for better or worse, rapidly evolving before diving into the need for radically different approaches to building out the IT infrastructure required to run AI applications.Then the gang delves into the need for a different approach to multifactor authentication (MFA) as man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks are now becoming weaponized.
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
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.
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
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.
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
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.
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
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.
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
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
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
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.
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
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.
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
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.