Techstrong Gang

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Bonnie delve into the state of cybersecurity at the start of the annual Black Hat conference this week. Then, the gang turns its attention to the future of the mainframe and the rise of quantum computing.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests John Willis and Tracy Ragan take a look at just how open source many of the large language models (LLMs) that are being made available are. Then, the gang dives into the all the CrowdStrike lawsuits that are being filed before discussing the overall state of application security.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO Adviser for The Futurum Group, and Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst for application development at The Futurum Group, discuss the implications of the European Union AI Act before diving into the impact AI is having on sales and marketing. Then, the gang turns its attention to the rate at which organizations are embracing open source editions of Java.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Jon dive into what’s driving a rising level of skepticism about investments in artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the degree to which generative AI might be increasing burnout among employees. Then, the gang turns its attention to the technologies revolutionizing air travel in a way that promises to bring about a new era of eco-friendly skies.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, delve into the degree to which organizations might actually be willing to move off VMware following its acquisition by Broadcom. Then, the gang looks into how much traction F5 might actually be gaining against rivals before diving into what organizations might be able to do to reduce data hoarding. Finally, Ira Winkler discusses why the CrowdStrike debacle reminds him of Y2K.

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, and Steven Dickens, vice president and practice leader for hybrid cloud, infrastructure, and operations at the Futurum Group, debate the degree to which a cloud oligopoly exists before taking a look at the current state of IBM. Then, the gang turns its attention to the potential rise of Web5 as a framework that gives organizations more control over their data.

Mike, Amanda, Bonnie and special guest John Willis discuss the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) will have on IT professionals before diving into the degree to which organizations are actually prepared to embrace it. Then, the gang takes a look at the latest large language model (LLM) from Meta that, among other things, promises to be more sustainable.

Mike, Mitch and Chris Blask examine the degree to which CrowdStrike will be able to recover from the Windows outage debacle. Then, the gang takes a look at the privacy implications of a Google decision to not eliminate cookies and a decision by Oracle to cough up $115 million to settle a digital privacy lawsuit.

Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guests Mark Hinkle and Paul Nashawaty, practice lead for application development for The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of an artificial intelligence (AI) alliance between Salesforce and Workday. Then, they examine what can be done to make AI models run more energy efficiently. Finally, the gang turns its attention to a DevSecOps report for JFrog that makes it clear much more work needs to be done to ensure application security.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, discuss the future of Wiz, now that a potential acquisition of the provider of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) is now apparently off the table. Then, the gang turns it attention to the traction that SAP is finally gaining in the cloud before discussing the latest twists and turns in the CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage saga. Finally, Ira Winkler believes that cybersecurity programs render themselves impudent by acting like users should follow policies and procedures without being encouraged.