Techstrong Gang

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Alan, Mike, Jon and Anne Ahola Ward discuss the implications of the imminent rise of mass customization before delving into the impact artificial intelligence (AI) is having on video production. Then the gang dives into research that shows how graphical processor units (GPUs) might be used to crack the encryption that cybercriminals rely on to launch ransomware attacks.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Guy Currier, chief analyst for The Visible Impact arm of the Futurum Group, and Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor at The Futurum Group, dive into the degree artificial intelligence (AI) agents will democratize business intelligence (BI).
Then the gang turns its attention to how AI agents will be applied to platform engineering before discussing why cloud computing remains so difficult for IT teams to master.

Alan, Mike, Amanda and Jon delve into the security implications of a 23andMe bankruptcy that might result in DNA data being more widely shared than anticipated.
Then the gang debates the degree to which there might be a socio-economic gap emerging in terms of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption before appreciating the positive impact AI will have on healthcare.