Alan Shimel is founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, a Futurum company, and a member of Futurum's executive leadership team. A technology entrepreneur, media executive and industry commentator, Shimel has spent more than three decades building businesses, communities and media platforms serving enterprise technology professionals, including co-founding StillSecure, a network security company, and the DevOps Institute, a DevOps certification and training body. At Techstrong, he leads a portfolio of media brands including DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, Techstrong AI, Techstrong IT, Digital CxO, Platform Engineering, Techstrong Semi and Techstrong TV, along with a growing portfolio of events, educational programs and digital communities. With more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Shimel is a familiar voice in the space and was an early advocate of the DevOps movement, helping bring DevOps practices into mainstream enterprise technology. His work today spans cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud-native technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and digital transformation, and he hosts popular programs including Techstrong Gang, Shimmy Says and Still Cyber, After All These Years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from St. John's University and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.
Cloud Native Now: One for the Road
Cloud native is no longer a trend — it’s the fabric weaving together edge, hybrid, and public cloud into the backbone of today’s platforms ...
Open Source Isn’t Free: The Sustainability Crisis in Cloud-Native
Companies can — and should — be better stewards of the open source projects they rely on. Financially support them. Contribute back code ...
Has AI Hijacked Cloud-Native Innovation?
Alan asks: Is AI overshadowing progress in cloud-native, or is it actually accelerating it? Four ways AI is making cloud-native smarter ...
Dynatrace Reaches the Crowded Observability Summit: GRAIL-Powered Next‑Gen Observability, OpenTelemetry, and the Autonomous Age
After 15 turbulent years, Dynatrace is not just back on top and basking in the sun, but redefining what the top looks like ...
Riding the Wave: A Mid-Year Look at CNCF Project Momentum
The latest mid-year snapshot from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), based on contributions from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, confirms that Kubernetes remains firmly planted on the throne with ...
Cloud-Native Infrastructure in the Age of AI: Open Control and Orchestration
At KubeCon Europe 2025, Alan Shimel sits down with CTO Shaun O’Meara and CEO Alex Freedland to explore where cloud-native infrastructure is headed now that AI workloads are moving from pilot projects ...
Rethinking Kubernetes Complexity in the Enterprise with Paul Turner
Running Kubernetes in production still intimidates a lot of enterprises—not because they doubt its potential, but because the complexity of managing it at scale continues to get in the way. In this ...
Mirantis Optimizes AI Inferencing in Cloud-Native Environments
Mirantis Inc., a 25-year leader in cloud computing, is on a mission to revolutionize how organizations leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-native technologies. With its innovative new platform, k0rdent, it aims to ...
I Have Seen the Future of Cloud-Native: SUSE Expands Cloud-Native Offerings With DevX Validated Designs
SUSE’s presentation at SUSECON 25 highlighted its commitment to providing a structured and security-focused cloud-native stack ...
Mark Cusack on Kubernetes Transforming Scalable Analytics in Hybrid Cloud
Mark Cusack, CTO at Yellowbrick Data, explores how Kubernetes revolutionizes scalable analytics, offering enterprises agility, scalability and resilience in hybrid cloud strategies. As businesses generate and store increasing amounts of data across ...
