Techstrong Gang

Alan Shimel, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into Moltbot, a general purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent that, while gaining a significant level of adopton, is also raising cybersecurity alarms.

Then the gang celebrates the 10th birthday of WebAssembly, otherwise known as Wasm, before taking a look at the state of IT infrastructure in the age of AI...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Fred Wilmot, Anne Ahola Ward, and Gina Rosenthal dive into the issues artificial intelligence (AI) is creating in the workplace—also known as AI Workslop—before previewing how AI will be applied at the Super Bowl to improve player safety and enhance the fan experience.

The gang then examines why cybersecurity representatives from the federal government appear to be boycotting the RSAC Conference this year.

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Sid Nag dive into the security flaws in Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients that are being used to give AI agents access to data, before taking a look at an effort to port the NVIDIA CUDA framework to AI accelerators from AMD.Then the gang dives into the state of Kubernetes adoption following a survey from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that sees 8...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a report about Apple's plan to create a wearable pin that makes artificial intelligence (AI) more personal before discussing a new AI constitution defined by Anthropic.Then the gang delves into a plan being explored by the owner of the New York Stock Exchange to make it possible to trade stock...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Camberley Bates and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier delve into the proliferation of bad content being created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, also known as AI slop, before discussing the impact AI is likely to have on blue collar jobs following some comments from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Then the gang takes a look at why it's harder for IT teams to adopt platforms than most anyone...

Alan, Mike, Stephen Fossket, and Hope Lynch explore the ethical implications of technology — especially AI — and the societal responsibilities that come with it. They discuss how rapid technological advancement can deepen inequality if left unchecked, and why accountability in tech companies matters more than ever. The conversation also examines privacy rights, the evolution of communication, and the search for meaningful leadershi...

Alan, Mike, Jack Poller, Barbara Roos and Andi Mann dive into a $10 billion OpenAI deal with Cerebras that hinges on using alternative processors to run artificial intelligence (AI) inference engines before taking a look at the degree to which AI agents are being adopted without understanding the real cybersecurity implications.

Then the gang delves into the political ramifications of former CISA chair Jen Easterly being named the ...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal, and Futurum Group analyst Guy Currier examine the merits of this year’s Techstrong Person of the Year award and what the selection says about leadership in the technology industry.

The discussion then turns to Apple’s decision to tap Google for AI support as it looks to improve Siri, a move that raises questions about platform strategy and competitive positioning. T...

Alan, Mike, Jon and Teri Robinson dive into a Microsoft pledge, prompted by President Trump, to pick up the cost of electricity when building out data centers to run artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Then the gang delves into the implications of a Taiwan trade deal that calls for more TSMC semiconductor manufacturing plants to be built in the U.S. before taking a minute to acknowledge the great work cybersecurity professio...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, Sid Nag and Dan O’Brien, president and COO of the Futurum Group, discuss a new protocol from Google designed to enable AI agents to conduct shopping transactions, highlighting how agent-based workflows are expanding beyond experimentation.

The gang then examines recent advances in AI coding, including how new tools are changing application development and DevOps practices. The ...

Stephen Foskett, Mike Vizard, and JP Morgenthal, the Techstrong Gang takes stock of 2026 and examines how the year is actually unfolding. From AI and agentic systems to cloud infrastructure, rising cybersecurity pressure, and enterprise realities, the conversation focuses on what’s proving real, where friction is emerging, and which expectations are already being challenged.

Rather than forecasting what might happen, the panel look...

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Camberley Bates and Jack Poller discuss the state of DevOps in the age of artificial intelligence as 2026 gets underway, focusing on how workflows, tooling and team structures continue to change.The gang then asks where the promised AI jobs are before turning to the critical role identity plays in cybersecurity, an area that remains widely misunderstood as attack surfaces expand.#AI #DevOps #...