Techstrong Gang
The Techstrong Gang brings together a collection of IT industry editors, analysts and pundits to put major IT news and trends in perspective. Intended to help IT leaders make more informed strategic and tactical decisions, topics discussed typically span everything from the impact AI is having on society to the latest DevOps tools an IT team might employ to optimize workflows. Come watch core Techstrong Gang members Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Mike Vizard, Sharon Florentine, Amanda Razani and Bonnie Schneider engage experts such as John Willis, Mark Hinkle, Tracy Ragan, Tracy Bannon and Bob Reselman to surface crucial insights into the issues changing the way we perceive the role of IT.
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Episodes
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Alan, Mike and special guests John Willis, Tracy Bannon and Tracy Ragan discuss the degree to which the open source software community has lost its innocence in an era when cybercriminals now routinely attack software supply chains. Then, the gang turns its attention to whether data science teams building artificial intelligence (AI) platforms are making the same cybersecurity mistakes that application developers made prior to the rise of DevSecOps. Finally, the gang debates whether augmented general intelligence (AGI) is real enough to warrant a Manhattan Project funded by the U.S. government.
Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan is joined by Jon Swartz and Camberley Bates. The gang discusses Microsoft’s announcement about getting serious about security — again. Camberley provides an update on the SC24 conference, which she attended. Finally, they discuss Elon Musk's lawsuit to prevent a California law from going into effect that would ban AI-generated deepfakes.
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Hope Lynch and Guy Currier, CTO for the Visual Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the state of supercomputing with a report from the Supercomputing 2024 conference.Then, the gang turns its attention to how end users will cope with hundreds of generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents before discussing why GenAI tools for coding are increasing cybersecurity concerns across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Amanda discuss the implications of Brendan Carr being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Then, the gang turns its attention to how generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents might create a need for more managers before discussing the rise of digital twin tourism.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan, Bonnie Schneider and Stephen Foskett discuss the recent AppDev Tech Field Day, which took place at KubeCon. The gang also discusses a recent article on DevOps.com showing DevOps engineers are reaching management level status faster than other IT workers. Finally, the group discusses a recent interview Bonnie did with Jedidiah Yueh, founder of sustainableIT.com
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
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.
Friday Nov 15, 2024
Friday Nov 15, 2024
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.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
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.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
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.
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
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.