Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang - 7/1/24

Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Tracy Ragan evaluate the economics of information in the age of artificial intelligence. Then, they dive into a Futurum Research report that finds nearly half of organizations expect to be moving to new platforms as AI is operationalized. Finally, the gang takes a look at how observability is evolving in the age of platform engineering following the launch of several services from Datadog.

Techstrong Gang - 6/28/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor, and Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, dive into how an Oracle move to embed large language models (LLMs) into its databases will change the way artificial intelligence (AI) applications are built. Then, the gang takes a look into how AI is impacting processes and designs, before discussing how the acquisition of a machine learning operations (MLOps) platform will impact the way DevOps workflows are constructed.

Techstrong Gang - 6/27/24

In today's Techstrong Gang, Techstrong CEO Alan Shimel is joined by fellow gang members Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin and Bonnie Schneider. The gang discusses the recent actions by the EU against Microsoft around bundling Teams as part of Office 365. Next up, the gang looks at the recent renaming of VMware Vshpere to Cloud Foundation and other VMware news. Next is a new analysis on Nvidia's claims around sustainability and energy consumption by our EcoTech Insights analyst and editor, Bonnie Schneider. Finally, we have a ROELBOB piece by Bob Reselman. Ever wonder what the Tech Bros, who have made a lot of money in technology, do with it all? Bob Reselman does. In fact, he thinks that buying big mansions and islands in the Caribbean is just the low-hanging fruit. He thinks there's more to be had.

Techstrong Gang - 6/26/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Steve Driscoll, a chief technology advisor for cloud infrastructure at The Futurum Group, dive into how the management of IT infrastructure will need to evolve in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Then, they discuss the degree to which IT organizations are ready to operationalize AI. Finally, the gang turns its attention to whether the movement to shift more responsibility left towards developers is dead or simply being reincarnated in form of platform engineering.

Techstrong Gang - 6/25/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie, Jon and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, discuss the arrival of the cloud-native application era. Then, they dive into why Open AI is acquiring Rockset to improve the accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) applications that make use of large language models (LLMs). Finally, the gang turns its attention to the move by the U.S. government to ban the sale of cybersecurity software from Kaspersky.

Techstrong Gang - 6/24/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Tracy Ragan discuss the work the FinOps Foundation has been doing to help organizations get a better handle of cloud spending and the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) might have on that effort. Then, they take a hard look at the viability of Anthropic as an alternative to rival providers of large language model (LLM) platforms. Finally, the gang turns its attention to the resurgence of SUSE as a leader of the open source software community following its acquisition of StateStack.

Techstrong Gang - 6/20/24

Alan, Mike, Bonnie along with new gang member Jon Swartz and special guest Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor at The Futurum Group, examine the surgeon general’s proposal to add warning labels to social media platforms before diving into a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into how Adobe licenses its software. Then the gang turns its attention to how the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is being marketed well beyond its actual capabilities. Finally, Bob Reselman weighs in why, despite new tools and dashboards making it easier for developers to work faster, it doesn’t always follow they will work smarter.

Techstrong Gang - 6/18/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, dive into the extraordinary testimony before Congress where Microsoft president Brad Smith admits the company has major cybersecurity issues. Then the gang turns its attention to the latest episode of the soap opera that artificial intelligence (AI) has become, now that Elon Musk has withdrawn a lawsuit against Open AI, before discussing a call for more AI regulation issues by Pope Francis.

Techstrong Gang - 6/17/24

Mike, Mitch and special guest Chris Blask dive into the breach debacle involving Snowflake and TicketMaster before turning their attention to the role the FBI should be playing in securing IT environments. Finally, in the wake of the Fortinet move to acquire Lacework the distinction between tools and platforms in the land of cybersecurity is starting to blur.

Techstrong Gang - 6/13/24

Mike, Bonnie and special guest Mark Hinkle dive into the artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives revealed this week by Apple, including the sustainability implications, before delving into how AI is about to change the way we learn. Then the gang turns its attention to how AI might soon change the way IT teams are structured in the wake of the latest generative AI initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS).