Techstrong Gang

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the growing influence technology issues is having on the presidential election. Then the gang turns its attention to whether enterprise IT is broken before taking a look at potentially better ways to reuse rather than recycle IT gear.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Chris Blask dive into the state of election security as U.S. citizens head to the polls. Then, the gang turns its attention to what is really required to achieve cyber resiliency. Finally, they discuss the degree to which the application programming interfaces (APIs) upon which the digital economy depends are actually secure.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into why the relationship between IT and the rest of the business is finally changing for the better. Then, they discuss what business lessons can be learned from how SpaceX manages engineering. Finally, the gang turns its attention to what Apple might have in store for virtual reality.