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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Thursday May 14, 2026
Thursday May 14, 2026
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Gina Rosenthal, Fred Wilmot and Chhaya break down how corporate AI ambition is running into financial and human limits, why backlash against nearby data centers is growing and how OpenAI’s Daybreak is intensifying the AI cybersecurity race.
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Today, Techstrong Gang explores the evolving landscape of AI integration within enterprise environments, as discussed at major tech conferences. Key insights from SAP, Veeam, and Red Hat highlight the critical need for reliable data, robust agent management, and secure access controls. The discussion delves into how AI agents are poised to revolutionize workflows, demanding new approaches to IT management and security.
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Apple’s foldable iPhone rumors are getting real, OpenAI is making a major enterprise move with its $4 billion deployment push and Tomoro acquisition, and more than 402,000 internet-reachable AI agent hosts are already exposing a growing new attack surface. Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Sid Nag, Anne Ahola Ward and Stacey Thayer break down what these stories say about the next phase of AI, enterprise strategy and cybersecurity risk.
Monday May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at AI-driven DevOps productivity gains, mounting application security concerns and the latest trends emerging from Mobile Tech Field Day
Monday May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
Mike Vizard, Guy Currier, Jack Poller, Tracy Ragan and Wickey Wang break down the overlooked gaps in agent security governance, DXC Technology’s AI platform for automating IT tasks and the rise of decentralized AI infrastructure in residential settings.
Monday May 11, 2026
Monday May 11, 2026
Alastair Cooke, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal, Jon Swartz and Mike Vizard break down Google’s Remy personal agent push, the optical networking buildout powering the AI boom and SAP’s $1.1 billion move into agentic AI. Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at who is trying to control the next layer of the AI stack.
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Mike Vizard, Teri Robinson, Jon Swartz and JP Morgenthal break down IBM’s latest AI and quantum computing advances, ServiceNow and NVIDIA’s new Project Arc governance push for autonomous agents and the growing risk of browser extensions acting like spyware. Today’s Techstrong Gang connects quantum, AI governance and covert surveillance risk across the enterprise stack.
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Ira Winkler, Kate Scarcella and Camberley Bates break down the proposed three-day patch rule, possible pre-release reviews for advanced AI models and new warnings about chatbot behavior in biological weapon test scenarios. Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at how AI is accelerating the pressure on cybersecurity, national security and public-safety policy.
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Fred Wilmot, Chris Blask and Gina Rosenthal break down three stories shaping the enterprise AI conversation right now: MIT’s effort to improve how LLMs answer accurately, Salesforce’s push to automate backend office workflows with agentic AI, and rising demand for senior cybersecurity talent as AI raises the stakes for security teams.
The episode starts with AI the Liar, looking at MIT research aimed at making large language models produce more accurate answers. From there, the gang turns to Salesforce’s agentic AI platform, which the company says can automate and modernize fragmented back-office workflows using specialized agents and auditable digital blueprints.
The final segment focuses on cybersecurity hiring pressure. A Fortinet-commissioned survey of 2,750 cybersecurity and IT professionals found that 51% specifically need senior-level skills, 60% say finding cybersecurity talent with AI experience is their top security challenge and 87% expect to increase cybersecurity team size.
From model trust to workflow automation to the cyber skills gap, today’s show tracks where enterprise AI is creating both opportunity and strain.
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Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Hyperscalers may spend $725 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, but Kubernetes utilization remains weak, GPU inference is becoming the next cloud sprawl problem and agentic AI is opening new security risks. Today’s Techstrong Gang connects the dots across AI spending, knowledge graphs and Security Field Day 15. Jon Swartz, Mike Vizard and Stephen Foskett break down what it all means for enterprise tech.