Today in Tech

A new survey indicates that companies are looking to train internal employees for key AI skills. Gustavo Alba, global managing partner of Technology & Service practice at Heidrick & Struggles, chats with Keith about ways that companies can help employees get better at learning critical generative AI skills.

What kind of impact will losing its antitrust lawsuit have on Google, and does anyone even care given all of the hype around generative AI? In addition, Microsoft strikes back against Delta over the CrowdStrike outage, and we are wondering if anyone is paying attention to the two American astronauts that remain on the International Space Station. Evan Kirstel, the Techfluencer, joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this and other technology news from previous weeks.

The recent CrowdStrike and Microsoft outages have raised several red flags at companies about their preparedness for when disaster strikes. Could adopting a Chief Risk Officer or Chief Resilience Officer helped with either predicting such vulnerabilities, or at least helped with recovery efforts? Spencer Kimball, CEO and co-founder at Cockroach Labs, chats with Keith about the benefits and challenges for companies around the idea of a Chief Risk Officer, and what companies need to be thinking about in a post-outage world.

Many signs, both on the business side and consumer side, indicate that the technology industry’s love affair is about to head down a slippery slope. In other words, the “Bubble Pop Brigade” is ramping up, whether it’s companies abandoning AI projects or Big Tech firms dropping AI tools. Evan Kirstel, the Techfluencer, joins the show as guest co-host to discuss this and other technology news from previous weeks.

A new survey on potential cybersecurity threats across the landscape and how companies are responding to them suggests many challenges ahead and grim outlooks. Keith chats with Brandon Traffansted, field CTO at CyberArk, about what the survey results mean, and whether there is hope for optimism across the ransomware, machine identity, generative AI and threat landscapes.

Companies going through digital transformation efforts are discovering that they don’t have enough people on the traditional development side to meet ever-expanding and ever-demanding requests from the business side for fast application creation. Could creating ‘citizen developers’ be the answer? Keith chats with Andie Dovgan, chief growth officer at Creatio, about the rise of citizen developers within companies, what misconceptions companies have about the trend, and how companies succeed and fail with these efforts.

Despite security training and improved security systems that aim to keep the bad guys out, ransomware and other malware continue to invade our systems due to human mistakes. Keith chats with Tulsa University Professor Justin Miller, a former Secret Service agent, about the top mistakes that end users, companies and governments continue to make in the realm of cybersecurity.

A range of high-profile computer hacks have shut down car dealerships, furniture manufacturers, and even had an effect on Disney, showcasing that as temperatures rise, so do the security attacks. Tech Influencer Evan Kirstel joins the show this week as guest co-host to discuss those stories and others from the week, including whether Amazon Prime Day is still a big deal, and whether we want an AI Burt Reynolds to read us the news or an audio book.

As generative artificial intelligence continues to make strides and make mistakes, a growing number of experts and businesses are trying to figure out whether AI needs to be used by everyone within a company. Will this technology eventually fade into the background, or does it need to remain as “the great disruptor”? Keith chats with Ryan Cox, head of artificial intelligence at Synechron, about where AI heads over the next few years.

Market analyst firm IDC said the Apple Vision Pro has yet to sell 100,000 units, leading many to believe that the ‘spatial computing’ device is a flop. Meanwhile, Apple fans turn their attention to a potential robotics device with AI features. Computerworld columnist and journalist extraordinaire Mike Elgan joins the show to discuss this and other technology topics, including whether we will all become cyborgs eventually, and if we think Mark Zuckerberg is “king of the millennials.”