Every hour spent manually granting or removing user access is an hour taken away from innovation. For IT and operations teams managing hundreds (or even thousands) of requests, the traditional model of emailing spreadsheets, waiting for approvals, and tracking...
What is The Value of DevSecOps? Hello and welcome to today’s SPK and Associates vlog. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK. DevSecOps has become a strategic priority for engineering organizations. But with so many platforms and...
Whether building software or supporting employees with the right technology, efficiency and collaboration define success. Enterprises rely on seamless communication between teams to deliver reliable software and maintain top-tier service performance. However, DevOps...
Making the move to Atlassian Cloud Enterprise is a strategic investment in efficiency, security, and scale. According to a commissioned Forrester Consulting study, organizations that adopted Atlassian Cloud Enterprise achieved measurable business impact. The results...
Modern engineering moves too fast for scattered tools and tribal knowledge. A strong Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform becomes your team’s operating system, connecting strategy to execution, requirements to releases, and every artifact along the way. The...
As product organizations head into 2026, the pressure to build the right things faster and with clearer alignment to business outcomes has never been higher. Product leaders are expected to balance customer feedback, strategic priorities, delivery constraints, and...
While HaloITSM is a popular choice, when you’ve reached its limits, consider switching to Jira Service Management as your ITSM solution. JSM offers a robust, modern alternative fit for organizations of any size, anywhere. With a user-friendly interface that brings...
We’ve all seen the headlines: “AI is the future of work,” “AI will automate all your tasks,” “AI is coming for your job.” However, for teams deep in engineering, product, support, and business operations, the truth is more subdued. Instead of fear-mongering, teams...
Artificial intelligence has shifted from experimental to an enterprise priority. Boards want productivity gains, executives want automation, and teams want AI-powered tools that remove friction from daily work. However, as organizations accelerate toward an AI-driven...
Choosing the right platform to manage ideation, roadmapping, and alignment with engineering matters. While there are many, two heavy-hitters in this space are Jira Product Discovery (JPD) from Atlassian and Aha! from the company of the same name. This blog breaks...
The use of Large language models (LLMs) to generate production-ready code for product engineering teams is gaining popularity. With LLM usage gaining traction, quality assurance engineers and software development managers must ensure that these LLMs meet high...
Introduction to Oboard Hello everyone, and welcome back to another SPK and Associates vlog. Today, we're diving into, I think, one of the bigger challenges that organizations face, and that's turning strategy into meaningful execution. It's one thing to set ambitious...