The pandemic definitely changed the way many businesses around the world work. Remote work has become not just the preference, but the norm for many businesses. Through remote work, businesses have realized they can reduce their footprint cost and reinvest those funds...
Software Development & Release Management
Value Stream Management and DevOps – Get Products to Market Faster
According to a definition from Forbes in 2019, Value Stream Management (VSM) is a lean business practice. It helps determine the value of software development and delivery efforts and resources. Additionally, it also helps to improve the flow of value to the...
Easing Your Transition to Atlassian Cloud From Assessment to Launch
Migrating to Atlassian Cloud takes some planning. You’ve been using that same server or data center version for years gone by. Now, you’ve seen the great cloud adoption from competitors. And you’ve seen global leaders like Atlassian driving a cloud-first approach for...
Scaling Jenkins for the Enterprise
I’m Michael Roberts, Vice President for SPK. And I want to tell you the tricks for scaling your business effectively with a Jenkins enterprise solution. I'll also explain how to avoid, and remediate both a Jenkins monolith, and islands of Jenkins. In the early part of...
Why You Should Be Using PTC Windchill As Your PLM Software
As a manufacturer, you have to be both structured and agile to constantly stay in line or ahead of the industry. You have to deliver quality products that meet the customer’s needs today whilst being future-proofed for tomorrow. Aside from that, you also need to...
Jira Integration For Greenlight Guru: Top 3 Reasons To Do It
Medical devices manufacturers can now benefit from Jira integration with Greenlight Guru. The only electronic quality management system (eQMS) specifically designed for medical device companies. This Greenlight Guru integration with Jira creates an agile system for...
Latest Atlassian Products News for Q3 2022
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...
Bitdefender Antivirus In AWS – Top Five Advantages
Today, modern security tools including Bitdefender antivirus are known as EDR solutions (Endpoint Detection and Response). They are the next evolution of anti-virus software. Anti-virus software has always operated based on a “database” of malicious software...
Choosing The Right Tools For DevOps
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...
PTC Creo 9 Review
PTC Creo 9 promises to deliver enhancements that empower you to make your best designs yet. In this blog, we provide a PTC Creo 9 review and explore the latest updates and key features. Robust and versatile sketching environments are critical for any 2D and 3D CAD...
vCAD Use Cases For Software Engineering
Overview Here is the VLOG transcript for Chris McHale, CEO of SPK, and Director of Engineering Ed Chung discussing virtual CAD (vCAD) use cases for software engineering.. Your hosts Chris McHale – Co-founder and CEO of SPK and Associates Ed Chung – Director of...
Top 6 Ways To Improve Your DevOps Journey
Knowing how to improve DevOps can be challenging. But, creating an integrated DevOps toolchain can set organizations apart from the rest. This is because having a well-defined business DevOps journey can reduce errors, improve collaboration and drastically increase...