Organizations increasingly strive to improve data literacy for all their employees and reduce dependence on IT and data scientists while gaining efficiency by moving to the cloud. Existing business intelligence tools can limit business users’ insight into their data....
Business Intelligence
A Comprehensive Guide for Business Intelligence with Microsoft Power BI
Are you interested in implementing a Business Intelligence tool for better data analysis and visualization? Dive into this ebook to discover how implementing Power BI may be the best choice for your business needs. What You Will Learn This in-depth guide takes you...
Hybrid Work: A Guide for Business Leaders
Business leaders: Flexible work is here to stay. And, in this eBook from Microsoft and SPK and Associates, we’ll show you exactly how to successfully embed hybrid work in your business. Hybrid Work: Why You Need It Over a year into the pandemic, digital...
How Executives Can Proactively Remove Obstacles to Data Success
I’ll never forget my first experience analyzing a data set. Now, I know that does not sound particularly exciting, but stay with me. It was shortly after I graduated from college, and I was working in the area of international economic development. I was in Togo...
Three Levels of Automated Time Tracking in Jira
The Atlassian Marketplace offers over 300 time-tracking apps, and if you aren’t tracking those apps yourself, you might easily miss a trend that is occurring across all of them. The trend of automated time tracking. This dream of having timesheets be all-knowing and...
Top 5 Power BI Features You Need to Know in 2025
As data needs evolve, Microsoft continues to introduce powerful features to its Power BI platform. If you are looking to enhance analytics, accessibility, and security, while simplifying complex data tasks, Power BI has you covered. Here’s a look at the top 5 Power BI...
Top 10 draw.io Tips to Boost Your Productivity
While Atlassian offers many plugins for its apps on the Marketplace, its most popular add-ons resolve common problems seemingly every business has. For example, draw.io (also known as Diagrams.net) has emerged as a top choice for creating flowcharts, process maps,...
The Power of OKRs: Who Uses Them and Why They Work
Organizations need more than just a solid business strategy. They need a framework to ensure that every team member aligns with the company's overarching goals. This is where Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) come into play. OKRs have become a powerful tool for...
Adapting to the Swift Evolution of Generative AI
Introduction Welcome to this session. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SPK and Associates, and I'm joined with— Hi, this is Mike Solinap. I lead up our Cloud Infrastructure Practice here at SPK. The ability to adapt to the swift...
A Beginner’s Guide for Metabase
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...
The Future of Data Engineering in 2024
“Data engineering is the unsung hero of data science, the foundation upon which great data analysis is built.”Everyone in the computer science field is familiar with the phrase, “garbage in, garbage out.” This phrase encapsulates the importance of what goes on behind...
Why Businesses Must Embrace Digital Transformation
Hello and welcome to this SPK and Associates video, "Why Businesses Must Embrace Digital Transformation." My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President at SPK and Associates, and I'm here with Chris McHale, CEO and Co-founder of SPK and Associates. What is Digital...