It’s a landmark year for our team at SPK and Associates this year - we’re celebrating our 20th birthday! We’ve grown from our humble beginnings in Los Gatos, California with two people working for us back in 2003. Now, we’re an internationally established business and...
Meeting safety standards for road vehicles demands a systematic approach. And this is exactly what is needed to comply with ISO 26262 standard (the road safety standard). Agile's flexibility and rapid iteration may not suffice for ISO 26262. But, Creating Agile ALM...
Businesses simply can’t afford to ignore the power of business intelligence tools like Amazon Web Services (AWS) QuickSight and Microsoft PowerBI. In fact, These tools provide valuable insights and enable business leaders to make informed decisions. Therefore they can...
Struggling with communication and process fragmentation issues in your engineering operations? PTC Windchill was seen as the best Product Lifecycle Management tool in these success stories. It helped two engineering companies achieve improved productivity and reduced...
Here is the VLOG transcript for Carlos Almeida, Vice President of Engineering, SPK and Associates discussing Jira Advanced Roadmaps. For the best experience, we recommend watching the video so you can follow along with any instructions. Introduction Today we're going...
In the past 3 years, our world has definitely changed. This year was no exception. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to the great resignation, businesses have had to adapt to changing government regulations, employee needs, and methods of doing business. ...
Telling a story and telling a story with data are similar, but also different. And many of the differences are points that people don’t consider. In this blog, we’ll try to break down the components of storytelling with data in an effort to share main points to...
Data engineering supports digital transformation. Fact. But, how do companies move away from more paper processes and towards digital transformation? It’s not easy. And, the larger the organization, the more difficult it is. Companies can take solace in knowing there...
As a decision-maker in your small and medium business, you will be looking to drive your stability and growth. Data teams play a pivotal role in how you achieve this. After all, they are the team responsible for building, measuring, analyzing and reporting everything...
Data analytics and visualization tools like Microsoft Power BI are synonymous with making big data simple. And that’s critical in today’s market. Making data-driven decisions give businesses a competitive advantage. Traditionally, data-driven intelligence was reserved...
Get ready to discover the latest in a series of updates about Atlassian products and services from SPK, an Atlassian Solution Partner. Atlassian updates their Cloud and on-premise products on a regular basis. So this quarterly update is designed to share highlights...
As SPK’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, our customers always have the same question for me. Technology leaders and executives repeatedly ask me, “Michael, what are the best tools for DevOps?” or “I want to use xyz tool. Is it the best?” These are hard...