Techstrong Gang - Video
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.
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.
Episodes

Jun 17, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/17/24
Jun 17, 2024
Jun 17, 2024
48 min
Mike, Mitch and special guest Chris Blask dive into the breach debacle involving Snowflake and TicketMaster before turning their attention to the role the FBI should be playing in securing IT environments. Finally, in the wake of the Fortinet move to acquire Lacework the distinction between tools and platforms in the land of cybersecurity is starting to blur.

Jun 13, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/13/24
Jun 13, 2024
Jun 13, 2024
49 min
Mike, Bonnie and special guest Mark Hinkle dive into the artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives revealed this week by Apple, including the sustainability implications, before delving into how AI is about to change the way we learn. Then the gang turns its attention to how AI might soon change the way IT teams are structured in the wake of the latest generative AI initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Jun 11, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/11/24
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
45 min
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guests Tracy Bannon and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, dive into why agile development methodologies are being thrown under the proverbial bus before discussing what’s required for modern CIOs to succeed. Then the gang turns its attention to a Stanford study that examines the degree to which retrieval augmented generation (RAG) might reduce the level of hallucinations being generated by large language models (LLMs).

Jun 10, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/10/24
Jun 10, 2024
Jun 10, 2024
48 min
Mike and special guest John Willis discuss the potential merits of an investigation into the relationships between Microsoft, Open AI and NVIDIA that is being purportedly led by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Then they turn their attention to the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes before discussing Cisco’s ambition to unify the management of IT.

Jun 6, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/6/24
Jun 6, 2024
Jun 6, 2024
48 min
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Mark Hinkle assess the degree to which AI represents an actual threat to humanity, when to expect robots with AI capabilities, and the AI chip battle among Intel, ARM, AMD, Qualcomm and NVIDIA.

Jun 4, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/4/24
Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
55 min
Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and special guest Tracy Bannon consider all the good things that AI might accomplish before they turn their attention to the energy challenges the IT industry faces as workloads become more data intensive. Then, the gang turns its attention to how cybersecurity is portrayed in the movies.

Jun 3, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 6/3/24
Jun 3, 2024
Jun 3, 2024
41 min
Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guest Tracy Ragan identify the forces driving a wave of alliances and acquisitions across the DevOps landscape. Then, Alan and Mitch share their experiences at a Tech Field Day event that focused on application development trends.

May 30, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/30/24
May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024
46 min
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Lisa Martin, host of the CMO Advisor, an arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the need to disclose how much artificial intelligence (AI) was used to create content such as political ads, before exploring the impact AI will have on call centers. Then, the gang turns its attention to just how much a generative AI platform can be trusted with a secret.

May 28, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/28/24
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
36 min
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.

May 23, 2024
Techstrong Gang - 5/23/24
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
43 min
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.



