Techstrong Gang

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Andi Mann and Lisa Martin, CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, dive into why Google is spending $32B to acquire Wiz, a provider of a cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP).

Then the gang discusses the challenges organizations are running into as they attempt to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) before discussing the impact AI might have on religion.

In today's Techstrong Gang, Alan, Mitch, Bonnie Schneider and Stephen Foskett discuss whether there is really an AI chip shortage or is it a case of the boy who cried wolf. The gang also tackles the latest news in the rapidly heating Quantum market and finally is monitoring seniors for health and emergencies too much of a risk for privacy and hacking versus the favorable pros of the technology.

Mike, Sulgana, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, chief analyst for The Visual Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the downstream impact of open source integrated developments (IDE) that include artificial intelligence (AI) agents are about to be made available by the Eclipse Foundation will have before debating whether OpenStack will benefit from the consortium that stewards it becoming an arm of The Linux Foundation.

Then the gang on St. Patrick’s Day adds its two cents on claims that Ireland is stealing companies and tax revenue from the U.S, that President Trump made last week.

Alan, Mike, Jon, Lisa Martin, the CMO Advisor for The Futurum Group, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the future of Intel now that Lip-Bu Tan has been appointed CEO.

Then the gang debates the odds we’ll be using nuclear energy as a more efficient power source for IT by 2050 following a commitment by Amazon, Google and Meta before discussing the rising cloud-native prospects of SUSE following its conference this week.

Mike, Jon, Robert Reeves and Guy Currier, chief analyst for The Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, discuss how the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI is evolving following the latter’s $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave before delving into how internal developers portals (IDPs) are driving the rise of platform engineering.

Then the gang turns its attention to how Google has been working with the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA) in New York City to attach smartphones to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to identify issues with tracks that might otherwise delay commutters.

Alan, Mike, Amanda, Chris Blask and Andi Mann dive into the rise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) following a $2.85B acquisition of Movework and the launch of a Manus AI agent in China before taking a look at why Apple when it comes to Siri appears to falling well behind the pace when it comes to AI innovation.

Then the gang turns its attention to a tumultuous week on Wall Street that is likely to have downstream impacts on the economy that doesn’t bode well for IT.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the degree to which machine learning operations (MLOps) and DevOps workflows need to converge before discussing how artificial intelligence (AI) agents will simplify application modernization.

Then, the gang turns its attention to the future of HashiCorp now that IBM’s $6.4 billion acquisition has been finalized.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Tracy Ragan and Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, dive into the degree to which machine learning operations (MLOps) and DevOps workflows need to converge before discussing how artificial intelligence (AI) agents will simplify application modernization.

Then, the gang turns its attention to the future of HashiCorp now that IBM’s $6.4 billion acquisition has been finalized.               

Alan, Mike, Jon, Guy Currier, chief analyst for the Visible Impact arm of The Futurum Group, and Lisa Martin, CMO advisor for The Futurum Group, discuss the level of impact artificial intelligence (AI) is having on organizations today versus its potential. Then, they delve into the implications of a marketplace for AI agents launched earlier this week by Salesforce.

Then, the gang dives into why internal threats involving the theft of Taylor Swift tickets are likely to become an even bigger cybersecurity challenge.