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
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Hope Lynch and Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the dramatic increase in fraud likely to be perpetrated using generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Then, the gang turns its attention to the emerging battle over integrated DevOps platforms. Finally, Mitch Ashley delivers a field report from Barcelona on how Atlassian is embracing AI to automate workflows and streamline the management of projects.
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
In today's episode, the gang is in San Diego covering Qualys Security Conference. At QSC, Alan meets with Qualys to discuss the new TruRisk management ROC (Risk Operations Center). They also discuss the challenges of disaster recovery in the era of extreme climate change and the Nobel Prize committee awarding two prizes for work using AI.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Alan, Mike and special guests Hope Lynch and Chris Blask discuss the extent to which generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents are about to transform the way everyone works before diving into the paradox that cloud computing has become. Then, the gang turns its attention to the outsized role the insurance industry now plays in the cybersecurity sector.
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Alan, Mike, Bonnie and special guests Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, and Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, following a Tech Field Day event dive into the IT infrastructure challenges organizations are facing as they embrace artificial intelligence (AI). Then the gang dives into the how the Web needs to evolve in the wake of a decision by Time Berners-Lee to shit down the World Wide Web Foundation before reminding everyone to be on the look out for cyberattacks whenever hurricanes such as Milton and Helene hit.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Mike, Mitch, Jon, Guy Currier, CTO of the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) will have on e-commerce sales following a forecast shared by Adobe. Then, the gang discusses the impact the demise of the Microsoft Halo Lens 2 will have on augmented reality before delving into why union workers are increasingly concerned about the impact AI is having on the demand for their skillsets.
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Mark Hinkle and Anne Ahola Ward, CEO of CircleClick Media, dive into OpenAI's latest effort to recruit developers, as more executives head for the exits. Then, the gang turns its attention to how effectively enterprise IT organizations are embracing generative artificial intelligence (AI) before taking a look at the use case for piloting drones using AI.
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Hope Lynch dive into a DevOps Next report from Techstrong Research that finds interest in investing in tools and platforms to accelerate the pace of application development is stronger than ever. Then the gang turns its attention to the degree cybersecurity professionals are worried about vulnerabilities being created in code generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools before considering whether California Governor Gavin Newsom has by default become the AI czar for the entire U.S.
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Tracy Ragan, Hope Lynch and Guy Currier get together and discuss the intent of the FTC to crack down on deceptive advertising that uses AI. They also discuss President Biden's speech at the UN, which warns of the profound risks of AI. Finally, they deliberate whether open source project maintainers result in higher security of open source code.
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
In today's Techstrong Gang, gang members Jon Swartz, Mitchell Ashley and new gang member Anne Ahola Ward discuss Google filing an anti-trust suit against Microsoft in the EU, Cloudflare celebrating its birthday with new offerings to stop the AI bots (among other things) and how Siemens helped the USA Saling team "Come Sail Away" with a medal in Paris by using digital twinning. Just another day with the gang.