Techstrong Gang

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon, Sulagna and JP Morgenthal dive into how artificial intelligence (AI) agents will be used to expose criminal behavior online before debating the merits of a raft of AI coding tools that are now becoming available.

Then the gang turns its attention to how AI will enable the new generation of digital twins that can be deployed at the network edge.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Sulagna and Tracy Ragan delve into the implications of a ruling that acknowledges Google has been operating as a monopoly in the online advertising sector.

Then the gang takes a look at why Microsoft is investing more in advancing cloud-native technologies before discussing the degree to which commercial software is just as rife with vulnerabilities as open source software.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jon and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the CVE controversy that has emerged as the Trump Administration continues to evaluate funding for the program.

Then the gang discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) might be used to further increase globalization of application development before taking a look at AMD’s plan to now join NVIDIA in making processors in the U.S.

Alan, Camberley Bates, Lisa Martin, Jon Swartz and JP Morganthal dive into the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta over its past acquisitions and potential monopoly concerns, as well as NVIDIA's announcement of U.S.-based chip production, sparking debate over feasibility and long-term impact.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Amanda and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools based on open source models might supplant proprietary rivals before taking a look at the way the Trump administration is trying to renegotiate IT contracts.

Then the gang takes a swing at a marketing pitch that involves putting QR codes on baseballs.

In today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan, Camberly, Mitch and Bonnie Schneider discuss Tariffs, on, off, on, off. They then turn to Microsoft pushing forward with Recall, security concerns be damned and end the show with a report from Bonnie from the recent eMerge Americas conference with the Prophets of AI.

Mike, Jon, Sulgana, Andi Mann and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into the latest artificial intelligence (AI) announcements from Google before taking a look at a less ambitious agentic AI effort being made by Atlassian.

Then the gang takes a look at a lawsuit involving algorithms that is being launched by the City of Baltimore against FanDuel and DraftKings.

Mike, Robert Reeves and Camberly Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the degree to which Big Tech is seeing a return on its investment in President Donald Trump.

Then the gang turns its attention to the rise of Argo as an open source continuous delivery (CD) platform before delving into how Dell’s server strategy is evolving.

Mike, Chris Blask, JP Morgenthal and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into IBM’s efforts to make the mainframe a platform for running artificial intelligence (AI) applications,

Then the gang discusses the implications of a Federal effort to eliminate the paper check before casting a dubious eye on our ability to leverage technology to make returning to the office easier.

Mike, Mitch, Bonnie and Camberley Bates, a chief technology advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the potential impact tariffs will have on IT spending trends before diving into the degree to which the U.S. should protect a fledgling robotics industry from overseas competitors.

Then, the gang takes a look at how areas such as Miami are attracting technology entrepreneurs to a better investment climate.

Mike and Guy Currier, CTO for Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group provide retrospective insights into the cloud native technologies and trends that emerged during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference in London this past week.

At KubeCon Europe, the Techstrong Gang debates Microsoft’s new Kubernetes UI, Google’s cluster orchestration tool, and the future of observability—asking if open source wins by default or if we’re just stuck with too many tools.

Alan, Mike and Andi Mann delve into the forces driving adoption of platform engineering before discussing why it remains so challenging to convince application developers to adopt best DevSecOps practices.

Then the gang dives into how much momentum is there really behind IT teams looking to migrate away from VMware platforms.