Adopting a data-driven approach is essential for companies seeking to enhance decision-making and drive growth. However, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving this is cultural resistance. This resistance is often from HiPPOs (Highest Paid Person's Opinion), who...
While Confluence is a powerful collaboration tool, customizing it to fit your team’s unique needs can be challenging. With the help of Mantra, you can create dynamic dashboards, intuitive people directories, and more. Here’s how to make Confluence work smarter for...
The need for secure data storage and management is paramount in the modern business landscape. This is especially true when working within or migrating to a cloud-hosted environment. Partnering with a SOC 2-compliant cloud hosting vendor like SPK, means your sensitive...
As your business grows and evolves, so do your IT needs. What once worked for managing service requests and incidents may become outdated. Using an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool that cannot handle your business needs can cause inefficiencies, slow response times,...
Switching to new software tools can often seem like an exciting opportunity to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and modernize operations. Some executives seem to think that simply buying a new software tool will solve many problems at once. However, with...
Organizations need more than just a solid business strategy. They need a framework to ensure that every team member aligns with the company's overarching goals. This is where Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) come into play. OKRs have become a powerful tool for...
There are many Business Intelligence (BI) tools on the market, seemingly with similar capabilities. The goal of BI tools is to collect, analyze, and visualize large amounts of data, transforming raw data into actionable insights. A popular open-source BI tool is...
“Data engineering is the unsung hero of data science, the foundation upon which great data analysis is built.”Everyone in the computer science field is familiar with the phrase, “garbage in, garbage out.” This phrase encapsulates the importance of what goes on behind...
Adaptability is important for the success of organizations in the modern era. Markets are continuously changing and the economy is constantly shifting. Over the 20 plus years of SPK being in business, our goal has always been to help companies get their products to...
Hello and welcome to this SPK and Associates video, "Why Businesses Must Embrace Digital Transformation." My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President at SPK and Associates, and I'm here with Chris McHale, CEO and Co-founder of SPK and Associates. What is Digital...
SPK’s vCAD continues to alter the engineering landscape with new additions to its wide range of virtual abilities. vCAD is a cloud-based engineering platform that allows users to design 3D components from anywhere. It easily integrates with popular applications such...
Every click and keystroke holds digital value. And, for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), there’s a fine balancing act between budget, expertise and agility to drive business value. Plus, with cybersecurity attacks higher than ever, the struggle to fortify digital...