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
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Mike, Jon, Sulgana, Andi Mann and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) announcements from Google before taking a look at a less ambitious agentic AI effort being made by Atlassian.
Then the gang takes a look at a lawsuit involving algorithms that is being launched by the City of Baltimore against FanDuel and DraftKings.
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Mike, Robert Reeves and Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which Big Tech is seeing a return on its investment in President Donald Trump.
Then the gang turns its attention to the rise of Argo as an open source continuous delivery (CD) platform before delving into how Dell’s server strategy is evolving.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Mike, Chris Blask, JP Morgenthal and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into IBM’s efforts to make the mainframe a platform for running artificial intelligence (AI) applications,
Then the gang discusses the implications of a Federal effort to eliminate the paper check before casting a dubious eye on our ability to leverage technology to make returning to the office easier.
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the potential impact tariffs will have on IT spending trends before diving into the degree to which the U.S. should protect a fledgling robotics industry from overseas competitors.
Then, the gang takes a look at how areas such as Miami are attracting technology entrepreneurs to a better investment climate.
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Mike and Guy Currier, CTO for Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group provide retrospective insights into the cloud native technologies and trends that emerged during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference in London this past week.
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of the rise of a NeoNephos Foundation to build sovereign clouds in Europe.
Then, the gang assesses the latest market research from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) before diving into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) controversy that emerged this week at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference.
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
At KubeCon Europe, the Techstrong Gang debates Microsoft’s new Kubernetes UI, Google’s cluster orchestration tool, and the future of observability—asking if open source wins by default or if we’re just stuck with too many tools.
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Alan, Mike and Andi Mann delve into the forces driving adoption of platform engineering before discussing why it remains so challenging to convince application developers to adopt best DevSecOps practices.
Then the gang dives into how much momentum is there really behind IT teams looking to migrate away from VMware platforms.
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Mike, Jon, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, delve into the reasons why the X social media platform is being merged by Elon Musk into xAI before discussing why Oracle might be overly reticent to confirm a cloud security breach.
Then, the gang takes a look at eMerge Americas, a conference in Miami that shines a spotlight on emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
The gang previews KubeCon Europe 2025 and highlights key trends like AI-driven Kubernetes management, platform engineering and WebAssembly at the edge. Then, they talk about simplifying cloud-native complexity and using symbolic AI for practical DevOps use cases. Lastly, the gang weighs in on Intel’s leadership shakeup and what’s next for its struggling foundry business.