Techstrong Gang

Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Anne Ahola Ward, CEO of CircleClick Media, dive into OpenAI's latest effort to recruit developers, as more executives head for the exits. Then, the gang turns its attention to how effectively enterprise IT organizations are embracing generative artificial intelligence (AI) before taking a look at the use case for piloting drones using AI.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Hope Lynch dive into a DevOps Next report from Techstrong Research that finds interest in investing in tools and platforms to accelerate the pace of application development is stronger than ever. Then the gang turns its attention to the degree cybersecurity professionals are worried about vulnerabilities being created in code generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools before considering whether California Governor Gavin Newsom has by default become the AI czar for the entire U.S.

In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Tracy Ragan, Hope Lynch and Guy Currier get together and discuss the intent of the FTC to crack down on deceptive advertising that uses AI. They also discuss President Biden's speech at the UN, which warns of the profound risks of AI. Finally, they deliberate whether open source project maintainers result in higher security of open source code.

In today's Techstrong Gang, gang members Jon Swartz, Mitchell Ashley and new gang member Anne Ahola Ward discuss Google filing an anti-trust suit against Microsoft in the EU, Cloudflare celebrating its birthday with new offerings to stop the AI bots (among other things) and how Siemens helped the USA Saling team "Come Sail Away" with a medal in Paris by using digital twinning. Just another day with the gang.

Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into a debate that is raging over the business value of investments being made in generative artificial intelligence (AI). Then, the gang reviews a Congressional hearing that surfaced what CrowdStrike is doing to make sure there isn’t another catastrophic outage caused by a software update. Finally, they delve into the threat that patent trolls represent to the economic vitality of the open source software community.

Alan, Mike and special guests Hope Lynch and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for The Futurum Group, dive into the multiple challenges facing Intel, as the company ponders multiple investment and acquisition options. Then, the gang turns its attention to where all the software engineering jobs are before discussing the degree to which the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will ultimately force organizations to embrace platform engineering.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the rise of edge computing following the latest Tech Field Day event. Then the gang delves into the implications of using nuclear energy to power the data centers needed to enable generative artificial intelligence before discussing the need for a more proactive approach to sustainability.

Join the gang on today’s discussions, including “putting the bomb in SBOM," and how it could forever change supply chains. Next, the FTC said what many of us have been thinking all these years -- large social media and streaming providers have been eavesdropping on us. Finally, we tackle the pressing question: When does the risk of AI security become too much? Mitch Ashley, Tracy Ragan and Chris Blask join Alan Shimel to explore these timely and important topics.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into what the interest rate cut instituted by The Federal Reserve Bank means for IT. Then, the gang discusses how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming technical marketing before discussing how Will.i.am, front man for The Black Eyed Peas, is investing in an AI startup that promises to transform the radio listening experience.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Hope Lynch dive into a study that finds there haven't been any significant DevOps productivity gains from investments in generative artificial intelligence (AI). Then, the gang turns its attention to the AI agent strategy being adopted by Salesforce with a little help from NVIDIA. Finally, they discuss the degree to which the divide between DevOps and IT service management (ITSM) teams needs to be bridged.