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What Changes Are Coming To Your Jira and Confluence Bill with Usage-Based Pricing
Key Takeaways Extra-usage billing for Rovo, Automation, Assets, and Bitbucket starts December 3, 2026. Your per-user subscription price doesn't change. Every paid Jira and Confluence plan includes a monthly allowance that's pooled across your organization, refreshes...
How Engineering Teams Use AI With Governance and Jama, Jira, and Microsoft Teams
Introducing SPK AI Launchpad Hi, I'm Carlos with SPK and Associates. Today I want to show you something we've been working on called SPK AI Launchpad. The idea is pretty straightforward. Engineering organizations already have systems for managing requirements,...
Successfully Migrate Your Requirements from IBM DOORS to Codebeamer
Key Takeaways Codebeamer manages the whole lifecycle. Requirements, risk, testing, and change management live in one platform instead of separate tools. Traceability and compliance are built in. End-to-end links and regulatory templates support standards such as ISO...
Automation at Scale: Reducing Repetitive Jira Tasks
Key Takeaways Jira automation gives teams time back. Automating repetitive tasks can save employees 10 to 50% of the time they once spent on manual work. Every rule follows a simple pattern. A trigger, conditions, and actions make rules easy to build, and pre-built...
What Are AI Agents and Why Should Engineering Leaders Care?
Key Takeaways AI agents take action, not just answer questions. They combine a model with memory, reasoning, tools, and connections to complete multistep engineering work. The biggest gains from AI are through the process. AI can be a feature within a final product,...
5 Ways to Reduce Engineering Cycle Time
Key Takeaways Integrate your toolchain to eliminate manual handoffs, re-entry errors, and slow feedback loops between PLM, ALM, DevOps, and ITSM systems. Build end-to-end traceability with a connected digital thread so engineers can run impact analysis in minutes and...
Strategies for Optimizing Software License Costs
Introduction Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another SPK & Associates Vlog. My name is Michael Roberts. I'm the Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK. So today, we're going to talk about something that shows up on every engineering and IT budget...
Jira Service Management for HR and Operations Teams
Key Takeaways JSM brings service management discipline to HR. Jira Service Management gives HR and operations teams a self-service portal, structured request types, approvals, SLAs, and automation in one platform. Atlassian's HR templates are a fast starting point....
Cloud Security Posture Management and AI Governance for Engineering Organizations
Key Takeaways CSPM finds and fixes cloud risk before attackers do. Cloud security posture management continuously scans cloud environments for misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and compliance drift, then drives remediation. AI tools expand your cloud attack...
Why Managed Services Deliver More Value Than Hiring Another Administrator
Key Takeaways Reduce single-person dependency: Managed services eliminate the risk of relying on one administrator for critical engineering systems and institutional knowledge. Access broader expertise: A team of specialists provides expertise across PLM, ALM, CAD,...
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