In October 2022, I wrote a blog post entitled “Scaling Jenkins for the Enterprise”. Within it, I described the “Islands of Jenkins” problem organizations face. Essentially, this problem stems from companies using an open-source Jenkins installation for each team, but...
As I engage with clients in their journey to Atlassian Cloud, I am often asked about capabilities that differentiate the different Atlassian Cloud plans. “What’s the difference between Standard, Premium, and Enterprise?” Because there has been a theme to the...
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. ...
As we do every quarter, SPK’s team reviews the latest Atlassian product updates. In this blog post, we’ll cover announcements that happened between September 2022 and December 2022. As you probably know, Atlassian updates their Cloud and on-premise products on a...
Hello and welcome to this video Confluence Cloud tutorial for beginners. I'm Michael Roberts, Vice President at SPK and Associates. Today, we're exploring Confluence which is an Atlassian product. You can either watch the video above, or read the transcript below....
Choosing the right issue and feature tracking tools to manage your software development lifecycle is important. It can be the difference between speed to market, budget savings and even boosting DevOps team morale. Whilst there are plenty of tools in the market, in...
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...
DevOps World 2022 was originally set to take place in Orlando, FL on Wednesday 28th September and Thursday 29th September. Unfortunately, Hurricane Ian had other plans and the DevOps World in-person component was canceled. Instead, a virtual conference was launched....
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...
Distributed workforces are commonplace in today’s manufacturing and IT worlds. More and more colleagues work remotely. Additionally, we use more data to drive decisions as the market competition increases. Alongside this, our businesses are expected to meet...
Today, CloudBees announced that SPK and Associates has received CloudBees Service Partner of the year award in 2022. This includes exceptional efforts in developing new business, thought leadership, and products and services that complement CloudBees technology...
PTC have been leaders for the past 30 years. They’ve led the charge in helping manufacturers solve key business challenges to achieve their goals with digital solutions in real-world applications. PTC has a wide variety of products like ThingWorx, Creo, Onshape,...