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.
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.
Episodes

Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/4/24
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Tracy Bannon consider all the good things that AI might accomplish before they turn their attention to the energy challenges the IT industry faces as workloads become more data intensive. Then, the gang turns its attention to how cybersecurity is portrayed in the movies.

Monday Jun 03, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/03/24
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Tracy Ragan identify the forces driving a wave of alliances and acquisitions across the DevOps landscape. Then, Alan and Mitch share their experiences at a Tech Field Day event that focused on application development trends.

Thursday May 30, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/30/24
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Lisa Martin, host of the CMO Advisor, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the need to disclose how much artificial intelligence (AI) was used to create content such as political ads, before exploring the impact AI will have on call centers. Then, the gang turns its attention to just how much a generative AI platform can be trusted with a secret.

Tuesday May 28, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/28/24
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda dive into the degree to which a rebellion against NVIDIA is brewing before revisiting the latest flareup in the Linux distribution wars. Then, the gang turns its attention to the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) is about to have on the long simmering tensions between IT service management (ITSM) teams and DevOps engineers.

Thursday May 23, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/23/24
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Bonnie dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) advances from Microsoft before taking a look at the IT infrastructure wars that AI has ignited. Then the gang discusses the impact generative AI is about to have on CISOs.

Tuesday May 21, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/21/24
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
In this episode, the Techstrong Gang welcomes Stephen Foskett of The Futurum Group/Tech Field Day to the show. Stephen joins Alan and Mitch to discuss the results of a recent DevOps survey from Harness, which seems to suggest there is a lot of room for improvement in CI/CD. Next up, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your employee is?" A recent Security Boulevard article highlights that North Korea is having some of its hackers sign up for remote only jobs in U.S. companies -- scary indeed. Finally, we wrap this episode up with "What exactly is a Tech Field Day?" and is there an AI, PC or AI enabled device in your future? There may already be one.

Monday May 20, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/20/24
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
In this special edition of the Techstrong Gang, Alan and Mitch join up with the Infrastructure Matters podcast crew to discuss a “cloud cold war” brewing in China, the latest on “sovereign clouds” and managed hosting, and finally the big IBM/Palo Alto deal in security and AI.

Thursday May 16, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/16/24
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guest Steve Dickens, vice president and practice lead for The Futurum Group, discuss changes at the helm of Amazon Web Services (AWS) before diving into how the relationship between Elon Musk and Oracle is evolving. Next, the gang takes a hard look at what Google is up to when it comes to delivering on its artificial intelligence (AI) promises.

Tuesday May 14, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/14/24
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda see a need for more transparency into cloud computing costs before diving into how artificial intelligence (AI) tools might turn everyone into an application developer. Then the gang turns its attention to the $2.1 billion spinoff of the Software Integrity Group (SIG) at Synopsys into an independent application security testing company.

Monday May 13, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/13/24
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
In this special edition of Techstrong Gang recorded at RSAC 2024 in San Francisco, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask (Cybeats), Sharyn Fitzpatrick (Sysdig) and Mark Miller (Sourced Network Productions) recap the highlights from this year's 2024 RSAC (AI to the left, to the right, everywhere and nowhere, all at once). Then they discuss if open source has run it's course before talking about the opportunities and impact of AI on security people, job functions and careers.







