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Techstrong Gang - Video
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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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Techstrong Gang - 5/5/2025
May 5, 202500:52:10Tap to summarizeThe Gang reflects on the RSAC Conference and discuss the rise of agentic AI, noting a 72% usage rate among organizations. They highlight the API economy's role in AI integration and predict widespread adoption by 2029. Innovations in power and memory technology aim to enhance efficiency while addressing cooling challenges in data centers. A $2 trillion investment in AI data centers raises sustainability concerns, particularly regarding energy consumption and location issues.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 7/2/24
Jul 2, 202400:53:52Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Jon and special guests Tracy Bannon and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit of The Futurum Group, discuss how an IT project involving the British Post Office could have gone so wrong. Then, they shine a spotlight on the lack of cyber resiliency in the wake of a cyberattack that is preventing auto dealers from actually selling vehicles. Finally, the gang looks into how pervasive an issue code running in unsafe memory has become following an alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 7/1/24
Jul 1, 202400:50:25Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Tracy Ragan evaluate the economics of information in the age of artificial intelligence. Then, they dive into a Futurum Research report that finds nearly half of organizations expect to be moving to new platforms as AI is operationalized. Finally, the gang takes a look at how observability is evolving in the age of platform engineering following the launch of several services from Datadog.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/28/24
Jul 1, 202400:48:45Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Mitch and special guests Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor, and Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for The Futurum Group, dive into how an Oracle move to embed large language models (LLMs) into its databases will change the way artificial intelligence (AI) applications are built. Then, the gang takes a look into how AI is impacting processes and designs, before discussing how the acquisition of a machine learning operations (MLOps) platform will impact the way DevOps workflows are constructed.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/27/24
Jul 1, 202400:43:29Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj In today's Techstrong Gang, Techstrong CEO Alan Shimel is joined by fellow gang members Mitch Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin and Bonnie Schneider. The gang discusses the recent actions by the EU against Microsoft around bundling Teams as part of Office 365. Next up, the gang looks at the recent renaming of VMware Vshpere to Cloud Foundation and other VMware news. Next is a new analysis on Nvidia's claims around sustainability and energy consumption by our EcoTech Insights analyst and editor, Bonnie Schneider. Finally, we have a ROELBOB piece by Bob Reselman. Ever wonder what the Tech Bros, who have made a lot of money in technology, do with it all? Bob Reselman does. In fact, he thinks that buying big mansions and islands in the Caribbean is just the low-hanging fruit. He thinks there's more to be had.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/26/24
Jul 1, 202400:48:10Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Steve Driscoll, a chief technology advisor for cloud infrastructure at The Futurum Group, dive into how the management of IT infrastructure will need to evolve in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Then, they discuss the degree to which IT organizations are ready to operationalize AI. Finally, the gang turns its attention to whether the movement to shift more responsibility left towards developers is dead or simply being reincarnated in form of platform engineering.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/25/24
Jul 1, 202400:52:06Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Mitch, Bonnie, Jon and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, discuss the arrival of the cloud-native application era. Then, they dive into why Open AI is acquiring Rockset to improve the accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) applications that make use of large language models (LLMs). Finally, the gang turns its attention to the move by the U.S. government to ban the sale of cybersecurity software from Kaspersky.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/24/24
Jun 24, 202400:44:44Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and special guest Tracy Ragan discuss the work the FinOps Foundation has been doing to help organizations get a better handle of cloud spending and the impact generative artificial intelligence (AI) might have on that effort. Then, they take a hard look at the viability of Anthropic as an alternative to rival providers of large language model (LLM) platforms. Finally, the gang turns its attention to the resurgence of SUSE as a leader of the open source software community following its acquisition of StateStack.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/20/24
Jun 20, 202400:51:52Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Bonnie along with new gang member Jon Swartz and special guest Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor at The Futurum Group, examine the surgeon general’s proposal to add warning labels to social media platforms before diving into a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into how Adobe licenses its software. Then the gang turns its attention to how the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is being marketed well beyond its actual capabilities. Finally, Bob Reselman weighs in why, despite new tools and dashboards making it easier for developers to work faster, it doesn’t always follow they will work smarter.
Transcribe →Techstrong Gang - 6/18/24
Jun 19, 202400:44:03Tap to summarizeYou can see the newest Techstrong Gang Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLotLY1RC8HouuSff0OQJQP9ex0k0xLVqj Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and special guest Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group, dive into the extraordinary testimony before Congress where Microsoft president Brad Smith admits the company has major cybersecurity issues. Then the gang turns its attention to the latest episode of the soap opera that artificial intelligence (AI) has become, now that Elon Musk has withdrawn a lawsuit against Open AI, before discussing a call for more AI regulation issues by Pope Francis.
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