There are many Business Intelligence (BI) tools on the market, seemingly with similar capabilities. The goal of BI tools is to collect, analyze, and visualize large amounts of data, transforming raw data into actionable insights. A popular open-source BI tool is...
Month: June 2024
Engineering, Manufacturing, Service and Sustainability Glossary of Terms
When working in the engineering and manufacturing fields, it is common to encounter unfamiliar terms. In this glossary, we define important terms that describe processes and components in the engineering, manufacturing, service, and sustainability industries. General...
Using SPK vCAD to Address the Top Time-Wasters in Your Old System
Computer Aided Design has replaced manual design drafting, but with the rise of vCAD will traditional CAD systems also be replaced? Traditional CAD systems work well for designing accurate design representations, but they require extremely powerful (and expensive)...
Jira Software Cloud Best Practices
Atlassian’s Jira is an amazing project management tool, but many users are not unlocking its full potential. While I hate the term “best practices”, there definitely are best practices to using Jira Software in the Cloud. Understanding Jira’s wide range of features...
Exploring the Powerful Features of Creo AAX for Complex Assemblies
Manufacturing can be an intricate and time-consuming process. It is important to utilize the proper software for successful execution, especially when working with complex assemblies. Complex assemblies typically have a high part count of diverse components and...
Key Considerations for Migrating Bitbucket On-Premise to Bitbucket Cloud
Introduction Hi everybody, my name is Michael Roberts with SPK and Associates. I'm here with Edwin Chung, and Edwin's going to talk to us today about a Bitbucket Server to Cloud migration. Ed, if you could give us a few words about the general size and background of...
Jira for Non-Tech Teams
Introduction to Jira for Non-Technical Teams Hello and welcome to Jira for Non-Technical Teams. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President at SPK Associates, a gold solution partner for Atlassian. Before we understand if Jira is the right tool for you to use in your...
6 Google Workspace Trends for 2024
Google Workspace is a collection of tools designed to enhance productivity and collaboration. Formerly known as the G Suite, these cloud-based tools come in a variety of plans tailored to organizational needs. With new advancements in technology come new IT trends for...
A Comparative Analysis of GitLab vs. GitHub
Tracking software changes has never been easier than with Git. Git is an open-source version control system, designed to handle software development projects of all sizes. Git enables collaboration, allowing designers to easily submit and review change requests. Two...
Automating Cloud Infrastructure to Accelerate DevOps Practices
The practice and philosophies of DevOps have become vital to nearly every software development and IT business. DevOps, standing for “development” and “operations”, consists of practices aimed at streamlining the software development lifecycle. Its goal is to deploy...
Next Level of Industrial Automation with PTC Windchill+ and Balluff
Intro A warm welcome from my side. My name is Floren Hamler. I'm representing the Balluff Group. We are based in Germany, close to Stuttgart. Some facts about Balluff: we have half a billion euros in sales, 4,000 employees worldwide, more than 35 own sales...
How Electronic Logbooks Revolutionize Manufacturing Efficiency
Paper logbooks have been used for years to store important business information. In the digital age, many businesses are switching over to electronic logbooks. Electronic logbooks are digital systems designed to record, store, and manage log entries. These log entries...