Jira has the potential to transform your organization, but harnessing its power requires expertise at all levels, from end-users to system architects. Regularly evaluating whether you're truly maximizing your Atlassian investment should be a fundamental part of your...
There are plenty of false economies that place your business at risk, For example, leaving system administration to engineers and the vulnerabilities tied to hardware failures. However, hardware isn't the sole point of failure. Software and the unpredictable human...
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),...
Managing requirements can feel like a flawed game of telephone—messages get distorted by the time they reach their destination. This doesn't just waste time and resources, but puts the entire project at risk. Legacy tools often fall short in meeting modern project...
In this video, Carlos Almeida, Vice President of Engineering at SPK and Associates will show you how to master release management. And, how to do it by creating versioned artifacts in Codebeamer. You can watch the video as he walks through the step-by-step tutorial....
The world’s largest defense contractor uses GitLab’s end-to-end DevSecOps platform to shrink toolchains, speed production, and improve security. Lockheed Martin Corp., an American aerospace, defense, information security, and technology giant, has adopted...
Change is inevitable, especially in our industry. And even more so since the birth of cloud services. So, as Jira Service Management (JSM) Data Center approaches its end of life in February 2024, you’ll need to gear up. Otherwise you risk a seamless transition...
Maintaining your AWS infrastructure to ensure it remains secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient should be a scheduled activity. So, to maintain your posture, AWS has developed the Well-Architected Framework. Essentially, this details a systematic approach...
Metrics to Improve DevOps Performance DevOps has revolutionized the way organizations deliver high-quality applications. By seamlessly integrating software development and IT operations, DevOps drives efficiency and collaboration. However, to unlock the true potential...
In the rapidly growing ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) market, your business is likely striving for efficient collaboration and timely software delivery. Codebeamer and Jama Connect are often compared with our own clients. So, we’ve put the two, head-to-head...
Does your software development organization have a well defined and implemented configuration management (CM) process? For many organizations, they equate the CM process with having a revision control tool in place. While versioning is a necessary prerequisite to...
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...