SPK supports an established credit union up against the ticking clock to migrate to Jira on cloud. Switching is critical before its Jira IT service-management application will no longer work on its local server. The need to move to Jira on Cloud Back in October 2020,...
Software Development & Release Management
Atlassian Team 22 Announcements – Part 2/2
Welcome back to Atlassian Team 22 Announcements This follow up blog deep dives into even more exciting Atlassian Team 22 updates announced in Las Vegas, April 2022. Read part 1, then explore part 2 below. Part 2 provides a deeper review on Atlassian’s DevOps...
Atlassian Team ’22 Announcements – Part 1/2
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...
DevOps and CloudBees Accelerate Banking Innovation Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, we talked about the banking innovation industry threats and market conditions. We discussed how DevOps and CI/CD tools can help to mitigate threats. We also discussed why tools like Jenkins, CloudBees CD/RO and CloudBees Software Delivery...
DevOps and CloudBees Accelerate Banking Innovation Part 1
Welcome to part 1/2 of our blog exploring banking innovation industry threats and market conditions. We will discuss how DevOps and CI/CD tools can help to mitigate threats. Part 1 will also discuss why tools like Jenkins, CloudBees CD/RO and CloudBees Software...
What Does DevOps Look Like In The Small Or Mid Market Enterprise
https://youtu.be/gcnx_xT1OKc Overview Here is the VLOG transcript for Chris McHale, CEO of SPK, and Director of Cloud and DevOps, Mike Solinap, discussing what DevOps services and DevOps consulting services look like in the Small or Mid Market Enterprise. Your hosts...
The Power of CloudBees Procedures
What are Procedures in CloudBees SDA? In CloudBees SDA, procedures are the basis for reusable code. Any engineer familiar with setting up CD pipelines knows the irritation of re-coding the same task in a multitude of different ways for different teams. With...
10-Point Checklist for Atlassian Server Migrations
Introduction As applications, such as Jira, become more mainstream for Enterprises, it was inevitable that Atlassian and others would create their own service (SaaS) that provides numerous benefits to users across the globe. The benefits of having a SaaS solution for...
What Is DevOps?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aXoYaWReY Introduction Hello and welcome to what is DevOps? So in this video we're going to talk through not just the book definition of DevOps but I'm going to give you some examples of how DevOps is applied in an organization and...
Moving IT Help Desk To A Cloud-based Jira Solution
SPK helps a leading nonprofit to streamline its internal IT support, while adopting best practice and saving money. The ClientA socially-conscious nonprofit research center found its internal IT staff overloaded. It’s a small group—just four people—who were tasked...
Using DevOps and Cloud to rapidly respond and scale
BackgroundSPK was contacted by a software company that provides healthcare cost optimization through a web platform. Their mission is to provide customers with a method to reduce spending while maintaining quality healthcare for their employees. With an expanding...
Reducing Software Deployment Time and Necessary Engineer Effort through Custom Automation and UI Implementation
BackgroundA major fintech and financial services firm implemented Electric Flow (now known as CloudBees CD) for software deployment. The organization spent too much money on man hours for weekend and overnight hours due to the need for engineers to “babysit” software...