Techstrong Gang

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.

Alan, Mike, Tracy Ragan, John Willis and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Techstrong Group, dive into President Trump’s efforts to discredit cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs before debating the merits of the latest lawsuit filed by OpenAi against Elon Musk. Then the gang explains why the model context protocol (MCP) is rapidly gaining traction among builders of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

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.

Alan, Mike, Mitch and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the implications of the rise of a NeoNephos Foundation to build sovereign clouds in Europe.

Then, the gang assesses the latest market research from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) before diving into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) controversy that emerged this week at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference.

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.