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Renewing Microsoft 365 Soon? You May Be Overpaying
Key Takeaways Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium now support up to 100 GB primary mailboxes, removing one reason some organizations previously needed higher-cost licensing. Office 365 E3 users may be candidates for Business Premium, particularly if...
The 2026 State of Strategic Portfolio Management
While many people may have opinions on portfolio management, data to back them up is less common. This eBook details how teams can achieve portfolio management success.What You Will Learn In the 2026 State of Strategic Portfolio Management, you will discover: Teams...
The Total Economic Impact™ Of GitLab Duo Agent Platform
The GitLab Duo Agent Platform is changing the game for software developers by providing a place for AI agents to help with planning, coding, security analysis, and analytics. While help from AI sounds great, ROI often falls short due to teams misusing it or failing to...
Modernizing Product Development by Moving Off Legacy Platforms
Register NowYou’ll be taken to a secure registration page to complete your sign-up.By submitting this form, I acknowledge receipt of SPK and Associates' Privacy Policy.Legacy ALM platforms often remain in place because years of customization, integrations, historical...
Applying AI Across the Digital Thread for Real Business Impact
Key Takeaways AI needs lifecycle context to deliver real value: Standalone AI tools often struggle because they cannot see how requirements, designs, code, tests, and quality data connect across the product lifecycle. The digital thread provides the missing context:...
Atlassian Is Changing How You Pay for Usage: What You Need to Know
Key Takeaways Atlassian is expanding usage-based pricing on December 3, 2026. Existing subscriptions remain, but certain AI, automation, Assets, service management, and Bitbucket capabilities will now include metered usage. Extra usage is enabled by default....
Migrating from Freshservice and Scaling with Atlassian AI
Key Takeaways JSM scales beyond basic ticketing: Jira Service Management connects IT, customer support, operations, and development on one platform, reducing the silos that can slow growing teams. Native DevOps alignment speeds resolution: JSM connects incidents and...
How Product Teams Can Prioritize Better with Foxly for Jira
Key Takeaways Gut-feel prioritization does not scale. A consistent scoring framework helps teams make backlog decisions based on business value, effort, urgency, and risk instead of whoever asks the loudest. Foxly brings prioritization directly into Jira. Teams can...
What We Learned Deploying vCAD at a Fortune 100 Medical Device Company
Introduction Michael Roberts: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another SPK & Associates Vlog. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SPK & Associates, and today we're going to talk about a topic that's really cool:...
GitLab Orbit: Connecting the Software Lifecycle for Smarter AI Agents
Key Takeaways AI agents need lifecycle context, not just code access: Without visibility into dependencies, pipelines, security scans, and production signals, agents are more likely to generate incorrect or incomplete changes. GitLab Orbit creates a live context graph...
Latest White Papers
The Ultimate Guide to VMware Migration and Modernization on Azure
Whether moving to the cloud, shifting to another hypervisor, or refreshing your hardware, your team needs a proper strategy. Dive into this eBook to guide you through VMware modernization.What You Will Learn In this guide, you will discover: Reasons for migrating to...