Techstrong Gang

Techstrong Gang - 11/11/24

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.

Techstrong Gang - 11/8/24

Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Anne Ahola Ward and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the role social media and marketing automation played in the presidential election. Then, the gang turns its attention to demand for people that have artificial intelligence (AI) expertise before discussing how AI might change the way people experience retail therapy.

Techstrong Gang - 11/7/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Guy Currier, CTO for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into whether more IT workers should unionize. Then, the gang turns its attention to how the troubles Super Micro is encountering is starting to impact IT organizations before discussing why CompTIA might have sold its certification business to a pair of private equity firms.

Techstrong Gang - 11/5/24

Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the growing influence technology issues is having on the presidential election. Then the gang turns its attention to whether enterprise IT is broken before taking a look at potentially better ways to reuse rather than recycle IT gear.

Techstrong Gang - 11/4/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Tracy Ragan and Chris Blask dive into the state of election security as U.S. citizens head to the polls. Then, the gang turns its attention to what is really required to achieve cyber resiliency. Finally, they discuss the degree to which the application programming interfaces (APIs) upon which the digital economy depends are actually secure.

Techstrong Gang - 11/1/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guests Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, and Guy Currier, CTO of Visible Impact, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into why the relationship between IT and the rest of the business is finally changing for the better. Then, they discuss what business lessons can be learned from how SpaceX manages engineering. Finally, the gang turns its attention to what Apple might have in store for virtual reality.

Techstrong Gang - 10/31/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, spend Halloween discussing scary things such as how artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to change the relationship between workers and employers. They also delve into the prospects of application developers once it becomes possible for anyone to create software without having to learn a programming language. Finally, the gang turns its attention to the fact that, despite sanctions, Russia continues to have access to all the graphical processor units (GPUs) it needs to advance its AI agenda.

Techstrong Gang - 10/30/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Jon discuss how investments in artificial intelligence (AI) by football teams such as the Dallas Cowboys will drive the next era of online gambling. Then, the gang turns its attention to the challenges DevOps teams are encountering as they embrace observability. Finally, they discuss the degree to which AI will finally force more organizations to rely on managed security service providers (MSSPs).

Techstrong Group - 10/29/24

Alan, Mike, Jon, Bonnie and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of The Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how cloud computing is evolving following an event held last week. Then, the gang turns its attention to how artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to weather forecasting before discussing how the heat generated by data centers might be put to good agricultural use.

Techstrong Gang - 10/28/24

Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Hope Lynch and Tracy Ragan dive into the state of coding in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Then, they discuss the implications of the U.S. government's efforts to define a national security policy for the AI era. Finally, the gang turns its attention to what’s happening in the space race following the explosion of a Boeing satellite that led to Internet outages across multiple countries.