Your IT architecture is anything but simple. In fact, it’s more like the complex, yet silent spinal cord of your business functions. But what can you do when something goes wrong? Monitoring tools give you a partial view into business performance (or issues),...
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SolidWorks Subscription Changes: What You Need To Know
We're thrilled to share that all-new SolidWorks Desktop CAD licenses will now encompass "Cloud services" as part of your subscription. Moreover, for our existing SolidWorks users, a seamless avenue will open up to integrate these secure cloud capabilities. You might...
Azure: Data Management and Analytics Capabilities
Data-driven intelligence is the new brain behind the business. Regardless of industry, we’ve seen a dynamic shift over the past two decades we’ve been in business. Now, industries heavily rely on leveraging data to gain insights and make informed decisions. But, to...
What Is Data As A Strategic Asset?
Data is business gold. Today, data has transcended its traditional role and ascended to the status of a strategic asset, capable of propelling organizations to new heights of success. And, this paradigm shift marks a departure from viewing data as a mere byproduct, to...
Big Data, Cloud, Machine Learning and AI Tools: The Innovation Foundation – Part 4
Big Data, Cloud, Machine Learning and AI: The Innovation Foundation - Part 4 Welcome back to our ongoing series, "The Innovation Foundation." If you missed any of the previous blog posts, you’ll see them linked below. In this fourth installment, we dive deep further...
What Is Machine Learning And How To Use It: The Innovation Foundation Part 3
From the moment we enter this world, learning becomes an innate part of our existence. Our brains constantly absorb new information, forming neural pathways that shape our understanding and actions. In a similar vein, Machine Learning (ML) serves as the brain of a...
The Best Approach To R&D Security
It’s not just your products with endpoints that need protection against cybersecurity. Your research and development (R&D) activities need some attention too. In fact, R&D is the cornerstone of innovation, driving progress across various industries. So,...
Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Atlassian Cloud
Cloud-based solutions have become really important for companies in recent years. With their flexibility, scalability, and better teamwork enablement, cloud-based solutions are a bit of a no-brainer. Companies like Atlassian create software tools that do exactly this:...
Using Jira Advanced Roadmaps for Program Management
. Here is the VLOG transcript for Carlos Almeida, Vice President of Engineering, SPK and Associates discussing Jira Advanced Roadmaps. For the best experience, we recommend watching the video so you can follow along with any instructions. Introduction Today we're...
How Bug Analysis Improves Software Engineering Postmortems.
How Bug Analysis Improves Software Engineering Postmortems 2023 So, after countless hours of coding, testing, and debugging, your software project has finally been released into the wild. It's an exciting milestone, but as a diligent software engineer, you know that...
5 Reasons to Celebrate SPK’s 20th Birthday
It’s a landmark year for our team at SPK and Associates this year - we’re celebrating our 20th birthday! We’ve grown from our humble beginnings in Los Gatos, California with two people working for us back in 2003. Now, we’re an internationally established business and...
Codebeamer: Agile ALM For ISO 26262 Standard
Meeting safety standards for road vehicles demands a systematic approach. And this is exactly what is needed to comply with ISO 26262 standard (the road safety standard). Agile's flexibility and rapid iteration may not suffice for ISO 26262. But, Creating Agile ALM...