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The Hidden Cost of Disconnecting Requirements from Development
Complex product development is reliant on multiple teams. While a small mistake from one team is not encouraged, more often than not, problems appear when important information across teams drifts apart. For example, a requirement changes, but the development team...
Why the Intelligent Product Lifecycle Is Becoming the Foundation of Digital Engineering
Digital engineering is changing how companies design, build, and manufacture complex products. Instead of relying on disconnected documents and manual handoffs, organizations are moving toward digital threads, simulations, and AI-enabled workflows. However, digital...
Zero-Trust Engineering Environments: Why SPK vCAD Fits the Model
Engineering teams are becoming more distributed due to designers, analysts, contractors, suppliers, and product teams working across locations. Despite their distance, these teams must access the same data. This includes CAD files, simulation results, product...
Preparing for the Atlassian Data Center Sunset How to Plan Your Move to Cloud
Introduction Hello and welcome back to another SPK and Associates vlog. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm the Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK and Associates. In today's vlog, we're going to talk about how Atlassian continues its shift of strategy...
How Industrial Manufacturers Are Accelerating Time-to-Market by 15% With PTC’s Digital Thread
Hello everybody, and welcome back to another SPK and Associates vlog. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm the Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK. Today we're talking about how industrial manufacturers are accelerating their time to market up to 15% by using...
Jira and Azure DevOps Integration: How to Connect and Sync Work in 5 Steps
Jira and Azure DevOps are essential for teams managing agile projects and software development workflows. Connecting these platforms allows you to exchange vital information and improve collaboration between teams. This guide walks you through a Jira Azure DevOps...
Meet the Experts: Ginna Kang
Ginna Khang is an Applications Engineer focused on research and development (R&D). She started at SPK and Associates in 2022 as an intern while she attended UC Santa Cruz. After graduating in 2024, she was brought on full-time. Here is more about Ginna in her...
Why PLM Is Critical for Managing the Entire Product Lifecycle
Bringing a successful product to market takes much more than a strong design. Companies must manage a plethora of information. This includes requirements, data, revisions, manufacturing processes, quality controls, supplier collaboration, service information, and...
Achieving Regulatory Compliance through Connected ALM and PLM Systems
Compliance is not always about having the right documentation. In regulated industries, compliance is about proving that requirements are defined, changes are controlled, risks are addressed, tests are completed, and approvals are captured in a traceable, audit-ready...
AI Pilots Everywhere. Value nowhere.
Companies across industries are launching AI pilot programs, testing copilots, experimenting with agents, and exploring new ways to automate work. While this all sounds like great progress, for many organizations, those pilot programs never turn into meaningful...
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