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
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Hope Lynch and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visual Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the state of supercomputing with a report from the Supercomputing 2024 conference.Then, the gang turns its attention to how end users will cope with hundreds of generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents before discussing why GenAI tools for coding are increasing cybersecurity concerns across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Amanda discuss the implications of Brendan Carr being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Then, the gang turns its attention to how generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents might create a need for more managers before discussing the rise of digital twin tourism.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan, Bonnie Schneider and Stephen Foskett discuss the recent AppDev Tech Field Day, which took place at KubeCon. The gang also discusses a recent article on DevOps.com showing DevOps engineers are reaching management level status faster than other IT workers. Finally, the group discusses a recent interview Bonnie did with Jedidiah Yueh, founder of sustainableIT.com
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Alan, Mike and Mitch wrap it up at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conference with some reflections on the impact of patent trolls on open source software projects and the role the show plays in bringing together some of the best minds in the IT industry.
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Alan, along with Mitch, Mike and special guest Guy Currier, discuss KubeCon attendance and vendor satisfaction. They highlight the growth of the open source community and debate the sustainability of business models. Lastly, they explore impact of AI on software engagement, suggesting shifts in technology trends.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Alan and Mike are at the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2024 conference to launch PlatformEngineering.com, a new website from Techstrong Group that is dedicated to fostering adoption of an emerging methodology for managing software engineering, and maybe one day all of IT operations, at scale. Then, Alan and Mike are joined by Sonatype CTO Brian Fox to discuss the current state of the open source software community before diving into the degree to which cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes are driving artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Chris Blask dive into a report that finds a surprisingly large number of DevOps teams have launched a sustainability initiative before turning its attention to how data centers might one day be powered by nuclear energy. Then the gang turns its attention to how law enforcement agencies around the world are collaborating better than ever to thwart cybercriminals.
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests John Willis and Tracy Ragan dive into the degree artificial intelligence (AI) agents can take on software engineering tasks before discussing to what degree AI models are any less or more secure than any other type of software artifact. Then the gang turns its attention to what needs to be done to rein in the cost of AI.
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Friday Nov 08, 2024
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the role social media and marketing automation played in the presidential election. Then, the gang turns its attention to demand for people that have artificial intelligence (AI) expertise before discussing how AI might change the way people experience retail therapy.
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into whether more IT workers should unionize. Then, the gang turns its attention to how the troubles Super Micro is encountering is starting to impact IT organizations before discussing why CompTIA might have sold its certification business to a pair of private equity firms.