Techstrong Gang

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda dive into the degree to which a rebellion against NVIDIA is brewing before revisiting the latest flareup in the Linux distribution wars. Then, the gang turns its attention to the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) is about to have on the long simmering tensions between IT service management (ITSM) teams and DevOps engineers.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Bonnie dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) advances from Microsoft before taking a look at the IT infrastructure wars that AI has ignited. Then the gang discusses the impact generative AI is about to have on CISOs.

In this episode, the Techstrong Gang welcomes Stephen Foskett of The Futurum Group/Tech Field Day to the show. Stephen joins Alan and Mitch to discuss the results of a recent DevOps survey from Harness, which seems to suggest there is a lot of room for improvement in CI/CD. Next up, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your employee is?" A recent Security Boulevard article highlights that North Korea is having some of its hackers sign up for remote only jobs in U.S. companies -- scary indeed. Finally, we wrap this episode up with "What exactly is a Tech Field Day?" and is there an AI, PC or AI enabled device in your future? There may already be one.

In this special edition of the Techstrong Gang, Alan and Mitch join up with the Infrastructure Matters podcast crew to discuss a “cloud cold war” brewing in China, the latest on “sovereign clouds” and managed hosting, and finally the big IBM/Palo Alto deal in security and AI.

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guest Steve Dickens, vice president and practice lead for The Futurum Group, discuss changes at the helm of Amazon Web Services (AWS) before diving into how the relationship between Elon Musk and Oracle is evolving. Next, the gang takes a hard look at what Google is up to when it comes to delivering on its artificial intelligence (AI) promises.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Amanda see a need for more transparency into cloud computing costs before diving into how artificial intelligence (AI) tools might turn everyone into an application developer. Then the gang turns its attention to the $2.1 billion spinoff of the Software Integrity Group (SIG) at Synopsys into an independent application security testing company.

In this special edition of Techstrong Gang recorded at RSAC 2024 in San Francisco, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask (Cybeats), Sharyn Fitzpatrick (Sysdig) and Mark Miller (Sourced Network Productions) recap the highlights from this year's 2024 RSAC (AI to the left, to the right, everywhere and nowhere, all at once). Then they discuss if open source has run it's course before talking about the opportunities and impact of AI on security people, job functions and careers.

Mike, Mitch and special guest Tracy Bannon dive into how AI is about to transform DevOps workflows before discussing the revival of internal developer portals (IDPs). Then the gang turns its attention to the obsession some organizations are having with “golden templates” that might not go over so well with application developers that prize flexibility.

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group, and Chris Blask discuss Oracle’s move to Nashville from Austin. Then, the gang dives into how Docker Hub became a vehicle for distributing malicious content before trying to make sense of the Federal government’s efforts to improve cybersecurity.

Alan Shimel, Amanda Razani and John Willis discuss the rollout of small language models by Microsoft and Apple, as well as the benefits of smaller models to the enterprise, before contemplating the impact AI is having on networking. Additionally, they talk about OpenTelemetry and whether or not it has become a de facto DevOps standard.