Episodes
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Coda - Techstrong Research Review EP 33
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Mike has a special announcement. Then, Mitch and Mike talk about what they expect over the next 18 months in the areas of security, DevOps and cloud native. It's a good way to wrap the show and hand Mitch the reins of Techstrong Research.
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Ramping up for Predict 2024 - Techstrong Research Review, EP 32
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Mitch and Mike talk about the upcoming Predict conference in January 2024, discussing a bit about how we'll cover how AI is impacting all areas of our technology coverage. They also highlight an "AI Hackathon" happening at Techstrong HQ in Boca and some of the potential ideas and technologies coming out of that meeting.
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Whither Open Source? - Techstrong Research Review EP 31
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
In this week's Techstrong Research Review, Mitch and Mike discuss where open source plays into the enterprise tech stack. With various software providers publishing under business licenses (as opposed to open source), how should enterprises interpret those moves? Should they continue leveraging open source where possible? They discuss these topics and more.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Black Hat 2023 Edition - Techstrong Research Review EP30
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
In this episode of Techstrong Research Review, Mitch and Mike meet at Black Hat 2023 to discuss the evolving landscape of AI and its profound influence on cybersecurity.
Monday Aug 07, 2023
AI is Getting Real - Techstrong Research Review EP 29
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Mitch and Mike turn their focus back to AI this week and discuss how to make it real. Mike talks about a workshop he attended involving building a strategy for generative AI, and Mitch mentioned the upcoming Techstrong AI Hackathon, where we'll be prototyping some new stuff to help deliver value through our content using a variety of AI capabilities. The net is: Tech folks have to start learning about AI ASAP and getting ready for the inevitable resulting business transformation efforts.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
.conf23 and RIP Mitnick - Techstrong Research Review EP 28
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
In this week's Techstrong Research Review, Mitch and Mike start by talking about the death of Kevin Mitnick and his impact on the security business. Then they discuss Mitch's trip to the Splunk .conf23 conference, where he found out about Splunk's AI plans and how the new management team is changing things.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Breaking in - Techstrong Research Review, EP 27
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Mitch and Mike aren't going gangster in this week's Techstrong Research Review, rather discuss the critical topic of how to find a position in the innovative areas we cover like cloud native, DevOps, cybersecurity and AI. For those with some IT skills, they discuss where to get hands-on experience and the importance of a learner's mindset. For those not interested in these new innovations, that's OK too, and they discuss how organizations can handle those folks who like what they do and are probably good at it.
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Disclosure or Consequences - Techstrong Research Review EP 26
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
In this week's Techstrong Research Review, Mitch and Mike discuss the Wells Notice served to SolarWinds' CISO and CFO and the longer-term ramifications for breach disclosure. To be clear, there is limited information and speculation abounds, but anyone in a leadership position must now make sure they have proper disclosure and reporting processes in place.
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
It Takes a Village - Techstrong Research Review, EP 24
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
In this week's Techstrong Research Review, Mitch and Mike discuss how and when to use system integrators and other service companies when facing economic headwinds. They discuss Mitch and Alan's recent trip to a Coforge analyst meeting and some ongoing research the team is doing to quantify the impact of SIs on delivering services. The key message is you can't do it all yourself.
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Letting Go - Techstrong Research Review EP 23
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
In this week's TS Research Review, Mitch and Mike talk about making the mental jump to allowing developers to make changes in operational and security functions and what scanning and guardrails are important to maintain the environment's integrity. It's the only way to scale, but that doesn't make it easy.