Selecting the best engineering partner can be difficult, and it is a critical decision for your business. It can impact your company’s growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Many organizations mistakenly opt for “body shops” which involve contracting...
Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Why Jira Works for Every Department in Your Organization
Jira has come a long way from its roots as a software development tool. Today, it’s a powerful, flexible platform that enables teams across all business functions—from IT and HR to marketing and finance—to streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and boost...
Navigating Atlassian Support Channels
When you run into issues with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, or other Atlassian products, getting the right support quickly is crucial. However, many users find themselves frustrated when trying to contact Atlassian support. In other cases, they realize that the answer...
Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources
Engineering Excellence Hello and welcome to Engineering Excellence: Real Results, Not Just Resources. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of SPK and Associates, and I'm here with Edwin Chung. Ed, feel free to introduce yourself. Hey, please call me Ed. I'm VP...
Agile Software Development and Atlassian Products (Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
Unlocking the Power of Collaboration and Efficiency Tired of trying to overcome the pain points of traditional software development methods? Frustrated with slow project delivery? Struggling with team collaboration? Version control nightmares? Worry no more. You can...
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Automated Metrics
Our client is a leading medtech company with 46k employees. Earlier this year, they faced the challenge of improving the efficiency of their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process. To stay competitive, they needed to identify bottlenecks within their...
Store and Protect Your Data in the Cloud with AWS: A Guide and Assessment for SMBs
If you’re like most businesses, the volume of data you collect, create, and store is growing exponentially. In fact, the world’s data is expected to nearly triple between 2020 and 2025. So how can Amazon Web Services (AWS) data protection and storage help? AWS Data...
Tackling Cultural Resistance to Enhance Data-Driven Decision Making
Adopting a data-driven approach is essential for companies seeking to enhance decision-making and drive growth. However, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving this is cultural resistance. This resistance is often from HiPPOs (Highest Paid Person's Opinion), who...
Customizing Confluence with Dashboards, People Directories, and More with Mantra
While Confluence is a powerful collaboration tool, customizing it to fit your team’s unique needs can be challenging. With the help of Mantra, you can create dynamic dashboards, intuitive people directories, and more. Here’s how to make Confluence work smarter for...
Why Fortune 1000 Companies Trust SPK’s SOC 2-Certified Cloud Hosting Services
The need for secure data storage and management is paramount in the modern business landscape. This is especially true when working within or migrating to a cloud-hosted environment. Partnering with a SOC 2-compliant cloud hosting vendor like SPK, means your sensitive...
Five Signs That Your Business Outgrew Its IT Service Management Tool
As your business grows and evolves, so do your IT needs. What once worked for managing service requests and incidents may become outdated. Using an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool that cannot handle your business needs can cause inefficiencies, slow response times,...
Five Major Downsides of Changing Software Tools
Switching to new software tools can often seem like an exciting opportunity to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and modernize operations. Some executives seem to think that simply buying a new software tool will solve many problems at once. However, with...