Techstrong Gang
Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.
Episodes
Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard look at how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs and the broader economy as layoffs and budget shifts raise questions about regulation and long-term planning. They also examine the changing relationship between AWS and its partners as AI alters the cloud services landscape.
The gang then discusses the role of community, government and open-source collaboration in promoting the common good, along wit...
Stephen Foskett and Jeff Reich look at how organizations are choosing between cloud and on-premises platforms for artificial intelligence workloads as Mirantis presents advances in cloud-native AI infrastructure at AI Infrastructure Field Day 3.
The gang then turns to Campbell’s response to questions about its chicken sourcing before taking a look at how month-long discounts have reduced the impact of Cyber Monday as online sales ...
Alan, Mike, Jon, Garima Bajpai and Teri Robinson debate the impact the Second Coming of Shai-Hulud Worm will have on securing software supply chains before discussing whether a new age of transparency in social media might be upon us.
Then the gang discusses the state of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem as the AWS re:Invent 2025 conference gets underway in Las Vegas
Alan, Mike, Jon, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Futurum Group president and COO Dan O'Brien celebrate Thanksgiving by discussing the degree to which advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing bode well for the future.
Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch, Evgeniy Karam and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the alarming rise in the number and size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Then the gang discusses why Texas and Tennessee have emerged as the top two states in the U.S. where artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are likely to be deployed before examining why Nokia is pledgi...
Alan, Mike, Jack Poller, Ira Winkler, Jeff Reich and Chris Short discuss the odds that demand for agentic artificial intelligence (AI) will be realized to the point that justifies current investment levels in infrastructure. Then the gang takes a look at the degree to which AI is about to transform cybersecurity—for better or worse—before diving into why the European Union (EU) is investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microso...
Mike, Jon, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal and Barbara Roos dive into the future of DevOps and software engineering in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) before assessing the degree to which observability might be unified following a move by Palo Alto Networks to acquire Chronosphere for $3.35 billion. Then the gang looks into the impact the Cloudflare outage had this week as disruptions to crucial IT services appear to keep on co...
Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) alliances made by Microsoft before taking a look at how the arrival of Gemini 3 models from Google might impact the great AI race. Then the gang delves into the latest and greatest in high performance computing (HPC) and supercomputer trends that were highlighted at the SC 2025 show that took place this week in St. Louis...
Alan, Mike, Chris Blask, Chhaya Gunawat and Sid Nag delve into the degree new artificial intelligence (AI) models from NVIDIA will advance physics before discussing the rise of minister for artificial intelligence (AI) as a new role in governments around the world.
Then the gang takes a look at the degree to which batteries might help mitigate the AI energy crisis.
Alan, Mike, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a JP Morgan report that questions the size of the return that will be generated by the billions of dollars being invested in artificial intelligence (AI) before debating to what degree AI might create a need for more software engineers. Then the gang turns its attention to the state of networking following ...
Alan Shimel, Camberley Bates, Garima Bajpai, Jack Poller, Guy Currier, and Mitch Ashley discuss how the technology sector has shifted from championing innovation and the common good to being driven by self-interest, rising valuations, and job cuts tied to artificial intelligence investments.
The gang then turns to the state of the GPU market, examining chip design trends, alternative processing units, and concerns about inflated ...
Alan, Mike and Chris Short discuss the state of Kubernetes following the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 conference.
Then the gang delves into how suitable Kubernetes is for artificial intelligence (AI) workload before taking a look at the latest Kubernetes innovations from running AI agents that Google has developed.
Alan, Mike and Hope Lynch at the Kubecon +CloudNativeCon North America conference handicap the race to unify the management of IT platforms before taking a look at an initiative to remake the Helm package manager.
Then the gang delves into how widely OpenTelemetry (Otel) is being adopted.
At the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 conference, Alan, Mike, Hope Lynch and Luca Galante delve into the state of the cloud-native application ecosystem before highlighting the need to make sure artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are truly portable.Then the gang debates the degree to which AI tools can augment versus replace site reliability engineers (SREs).
Alan Shimel, Kate Scarcella, and Guy Currier discuss OpenAI’s projection of $20 billion in annual revenue as executives clarify the government’s role in financing AI’s rapid expansion. The gang then turns to Europe’s AI infrastructure boom as Big Tech companies invest billions in new data centers across the continent before examining a new survey that finds cybersecurity leaders increasingly alarmed by the risks tied to AI-generate...
Mike, Andi Mann, Jack Poller, Gina Rosenthal and Wickey Wang debate the state of platform engineering on the eve of the Kubecon conference in Atlanta.
Then the gang delves into an Apple artificial intelligence (AI) alliance with Google before diving into the implications of a ban on Chinese cars in Israel over cybersecurity concerns.
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Fred Wilmot, Ira Winkler, and Camberley Bates examine how AI innovation and identity management are converging to reshape the future of digital security. The gang discusses Big Tech’s growing control over AI, the infrastructure needed for fair competition, and how last-mile bottlenecks are slowing progress.
They also dive into the shift toward passwordless authentication, the urgent need for standardizatio...
Alan, Mike, Garima Bajpai, Jeff Reich and Stephen Foskett, president of the The Tech Field Day arm of the The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of a $38 billion alliance between OpenAI and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Then the gang takes a look at a Tesla plan for putting next-generation graphical processor units (GPUs) in vehicles that doesn't seem technically feasible before diving into why there appears to be an uptick in ...
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask, and Kate Scarcella discuss how the end of free Windows 10 support is driving a surge in PC sales and giving Apple an unexpected boost. The gang also looks at OpenAI’s new approach to automating code vulnerability fixes and how AI agents are being used across the channel to improve workflows, reduce friction and strengthen collaboration.
Alan, Mike, Mitch, JP Morgenthal, David Nicholson, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a generative artificial intelligence (AI) report from the Wharton School of Business that suggests more progress in terms of business adoption is being made they many appreciate.
Then the gang discusses the AI vibe at a Tech Field Day event befo...
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