Techstrong Gang
The Techstrong Gang brings together a collection of IT industry editors, analysts and pundits to put major IT news and trends in perspective. Intended to help IT leaders make more informed strategic and tactical decisions, topics discussed typically span everything from the impact AI is having on society to the latest DevOps tools an IT team might employ to optimize workflows. Come watch core Techstrong Gang members Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Mike Vizard, Sharon Florentine, Amanda Razani and Bonnie Schneider engage experts such as John Willis, Mark Hinkle, Tracy Ragan, Tracy Bannon and Bob Reselman to surface crucial insights into the issues changing the way we perceive the role of IT.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into how copyright might be protected in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI) following the signing of an agreement between Anthropic and the music publishing industry.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the impact of mandatory sustainability reporting requirements before sharing an appreciation for Tenable CEO Amit Yoran in the wake of his untimely passing.
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
At the start of 2025, Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Tracy Ragan dive into why technology issues -- such as H1-B visa, relations with China, the impact artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic vehicles are having on the grid and mergers involving Big Tech companies -- are all becoming political talking points.
Then, the gang debates the degree to which platform engineering might drive organizational change in IT organizations.
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, CTO for Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, revisit the major issues, starting with artificial intelligence (AI) that impacted the technology industry most in 2024.
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Lisa Martin debate the degree to which agentic artificial intelligence (AI) might one day soon make application developers obsolete. Then, they discuss whether society may become too dependent on AI for emotional support, even to the point of being a surrogate for Santa Claus and loved ones that have passed on.
Lastly, the gang turns its attention to how airtags might significantly reduce the amount of lost luggage during a holiday travel season.
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of a digital labor workforce enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Then, they debate how popular NVIDIA's $249 developer kit for building AI applications might be this holiday season.
Finally, the gang delves into how DevSecOps is evolving in the wake of a spate of mergers and alliances.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guests Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into why leaders of the technology industry are making a concerted effort to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration.
Then, the gang turns its attention to a survey that shows most IT leaders are now resigned to the inevitability of more major outages of IT services in 2025. Lastly, we review some of the biggest lessons learned during Tech Field Day events in 2024.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, debate the degree to which a lack of training is holding back adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the opportunities AI will present to women.
Then, the gang turns its attention to the kind of mindset that's really required to successfully embrace platform engineering.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Alan, Mike and special guests John Willis, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, debate the degree to which application development is going through a Renaissance period thanks the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing how vulnerably AI models are to jailbreaks.
The then gang turns its attention to Willow, a quantum computing processor from Google that may or may not be opening up access to a parallel universe.
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for the The Futurum Group, dive into the current state of cybersecurity as outlined during the Black Hat Europe 2024 conference. Then, they discuss the rise of drones as a security concern following a wave of espionage and reports of unidentified drone sightings in New Jersey.
Finally, the gang turns its attention to what’s really happening with artificial intelligence (AI) at organizations such as Wells Fargo, AstraZeneca, Airbnb and NASA.
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
Thursday Dec 12, 2024
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan is joined by Jon Swartz and Lisa Martin. They discuss the recently announced merger of Omnicon and Interpublic advertising agencies. What impact did AI have on this? What about big tech? The gang also dives into the "scheme issues" with the latest model from OpenAI. Are we expecting perfection? Is that reasonable? Finally, the gang looks at a recent DevOps.com article on whether shift left has stalled -- and, if so, why. It's another great episode of Techstrong Gang.