Techstrong Gang

Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guests Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, and Steven Dickens, a chief technology advisor for the The Futurum Group, dive into the degree to which composable headless cloud services might one day make IT infrastructure irrelevant. Then, the gang delves into why generative artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are going to be run on mainframes before discussing how FinOps will eventually be embedded into software engineering workflows.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, delve into the next wave of forthcoming artificial intelligence (AI) advances before diving into the latest sustainability report from Meta. Then, the gang turns its attention to a Digital Markets Act that has now gone into effect across The European Union (EU).

Mike and special guests Tracy Ragan, David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, discuss what it really means to add reasoning capabilities to large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI and others. Then, the gang turns its attention to how artificial intelligence (AI) and DevOps automation are impacting the rate at which software is developed. Finally, they discuss how inflation is impacting software licensing fees in the wake of a price hike announced by Docker, Inc.

Mike, Amanda, Jon and special guests Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which the current shortage of graphics processing units (GPUs) is impacting the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Then, the gang turns its attention to whether application developers are being too conservative when it comes to generative AI before discussing why the divide between Big Tech and lawmakers in Washington, D.C. appears to be widening.

Mike, Jon and special guests Hope Lynch and David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss how Oracle drives to embrace and extend generative artificial intelligence (AI) while making peace with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Then, the gang dives into the Apple AI strategy before discussing what the government should ideally be doing about the threat AI presents to national security.

At JFrog's 10th annual SwampUP event, Alan and Mike discuss the integration of AI, DevOps, and security, with a focus on how AI models are becoming central to DevOps workflows and version control. JFrog's new partnerships, such as with Nvidia, and product launches like runtime security for Kubernetes, highlight their continued innovation in MLOps and security solutions. The event underscored the industry's shift toward AI-driven development and the increasing importance of comprehensive, integrated platforms for managing the evolving tech landscape.

Mike, Jon, Bonnie and specials guests Anne Ahola Ward and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, talk about the rise of AI PCs before discussing the impact AI will have on sustainability. Then the gang turns its attention to the impact AI is having on labor negotiations as unions struggle to come to terms with yet another technological advance.

Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Tracy Ragan and David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the details of a lawsuit filed by AT&T against Broadcom, which alleges changes to the VMware support contracts are an illegal threat to its business. Then, the gang delves into the degree to which generative artificial intelligence (AI) might accelerate application modernization efforts before discussing the implications of having large language models (LLMs) running at the network edge.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO at The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which operations of all types can be managed as code before delving into whether that well-known DevOps Loop doesn’t actually reflect how software is developed. Then the gang turns its attention to the current state of e-commerce at the dawn of the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the probability that cloud computing costs will rise, as demand continues to outstrip data center capacity. Then, they delve into the implications of an investigation of NVIDIA that has been launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Finally, the gang turns its attention to the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on meetings.