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
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
In Episode 860 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, Jack Gold, and Dr. Stacey Thayer examine the widespread Google Cloud outage and its business impact.
They also dive into the convergence of FinOps and DevOps in today’s cost-conscious tech world, before exploring why platform engineers are earning 20% more than their DevOps counterparts.
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
In Ep.859 of Techstrong Gang Alan, Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot and Ira Winkler discuss the merits of a massive artificial intelligence (AI) initiative that the U.S. government is reportedly getting ready to launch. Then the gang turns its attention to the degree responsibility for application security should be shifted left versus right before taking a look at how ambitious Datadog has become in the AI era.
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
In episode 859 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson, and Garima Bajpai dive into the latest quantum computing advances being made by IBM before then taking a look at how Cisco is crafting its approach to artificial intelligence
Then the gang assesses BADBOX.2.0, a botnet that the FBI reports has now infected more than a million devices.
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
In episode 857 of Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mitch, Keith Townsend, Jack Poller, and Anne Ahola Ward discuss the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, highlighting its significance and the panel's reflections on Apple's presentation style. Concerns about Apple's AI integration and innovation challenges are raised, alongside a shift in revenue sources towards media. The conversation also covers citizen Kubernetes, vibe coding, and its implications for security and developer compensation, while addressing recent executive orders affecting cybersecurity regulations.
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
In episode 856 of Techstrong Gang , Alan, Mike, Camberly Bates, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day Arm of The Futurum Group, discuss Wal-Mart’s approach to agentic artificial intelligence (AI) before taking a look at how AI is being applied to application testing.
Then the gang takes a look at the trends that surfaced during the latest Cloud Tech Field Day event.
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Mike, Tracy Ragan, Jack Gold and Jack Poller discuss the degree to which IT platforms may need to be re-engineered for artificial intelligence (AI) agents before marvelling about how a company could fake writing code that was supposedly written using AI tools.
Then the gang takes a look at how flaws in Google browsers running on Android devices have been abused by Meta and others to invade privacy.
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson and Garima Bajpai dive into why the rise of shadow artificial intelligence (AI) represents a more profound threat than previous shadow IT concerns before diving into how cybercriminals are now specifically targeting the tools and platform developers use to build applications.
Then the gang takes a look at why some CISOs are now earning million dollar salaries thanks, in part, to the level of risk being greater than ever before.
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Mike, Jon, Terri Robinson and Garima Bajpai dive into why the rise of shadow artificial intelligence (AI) represents a more profound threat than previous shadow IT concerns before diving into how cybercriminals are now specifically targeting the tools and platform developers use to build applications.
Then the gang takes a look at why some CISOs are now earning million dollar salaries thanks, in part, to the level of risk being greater than ever before.
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Mike, Mitch, Chris Blask and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the pace and degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Then the hang takes a look at the pace of platform consolidation occurring in cybersecurity before diving into a report from an association of cloud service providers in Europe that shines a spotlight on the increased costs that VMware customers are experiencing since Broadcom took control.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Mike, Bonnie, Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, and Keith Townsend, the CTO Advisor for The Futurum Group dive into the state of cloud computing before taking a look at just how bloated the code being run in production environments really is.
Then the gang delves into the latest cybersecurity trends that emerged during a Security Field Day event that took place last week.