Organizations increasingly strive to improve data literacy for all their employees and reduce dependence on IT and data scientists while gaining efficiency by moving to the cloud. Existing business intelligence tools can limit business users’ insight into their data....
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. ...
The service management software you choose can make or break a business. And many businesses stick with their historic IT Service Management (ITSM) tool because it can seem like an overwhelming task to transform. But, transforming your service desk is something that...
Christine McHale, CEO and Co-Founder of SPK and Associates, is among the honorees on the 2022 Channel Futures DE&I 101 list. The list recognizes individuals from a wide spectrum of multicultural backgrounds. These individuals are driving diversity, equity and...
This short blog post is designed to show you the top five PowerBi training tips and tricks from our experts at SPK and Associates. Microsoft Power BI is constantly evolving. More importantly, Power BI enables you to turn data into business opportunities. So, keeping...
There’s been a lot of innovation, software and product releases in the past six months alone. So, we are rounding up the best tech review and engineering releases for the first half of 2022. The tech forecast for 2022 was heavily influenced by how the world adjusted...
For decades, mechanical CAD (MCAD) has heavily relied on top of the range workstations, resources and graphics cards. Now, users are moving to more portable options, it’s no surprise they're searching for the best CAD laptop. Previously, desktop and laptop CAD users...
In this blog we'll explore how the principle of Deep Work by Cal Newport can improve your engineers productivity. Does it feel harder for you to focus on your creative, technical work? When I speak to engineers or management staff and ask this question, the answer...
There’s simply too much information. We all know this. So how can the “single pane of glass” (SPOG) dashboard simplify quantitative data? And why is data driven analytics of interest to companies? Every day, more data arrives in our inbox – text messages, reports,...
Atlassian Team 2022 Overview If you didn’t have the opportunity to be in Las Vegas for Atlassian Team ’22 (or join via live stream), this blog post will cover the first half of what you missed - there were so many interesting things that we’ve had to break this up...
SPK comes to the aid of a major medical device maker to solve the mystery of why project-management and employee-utilization metrics couldn’t be trusted—and then fixed the problems, and created powerful dashboards for the CFO and other execs The Client In The...
How To Use Power BI for KPIs in a Service Enterprise There are many important Key Performance Indicators to consider when running your business. Measuring your sales growth and the profitability of your projects help you continue to scale and expand. But how do you...
