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Highlights and Key Insights from Atlassian Team ’25
How Engineering Leaders Can Improve CAD Training and Adoption
The Codebeamer Product Roadmap 2025 Explained
A Review of Jira Product Discovery 2025
The Best Marketplace Apps for Jira and Confluence for 2025
Protected Container Repositories and more in the latest GitLab releases
How Medical Device Engineers Can Streamline CAD Workflows for Faster FDA Approval
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Reduce Friction in DevSecOps with Black Duck
The Future of Work with Atlassian Intelligence and AI-Driven Collaboration
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10 Reasons Why GitLab over GitHub
Case Study – Customer Success
A Breakthrough in Custom Medical Implants with Creo
New medical approaches combined with innovative technologies are transforming how medical professionals treat patients. In this case study, we will explore how a young patient’s life was changed through the use of PTC Creo’s extensive capabilities. “Bioactive printed...
Achieving Zero-Downtime Nightly Releases in a Highly Regulated Environment
Market traders understand the importance of timing in the trading industry. Each day missed (or hour missed) is considered lost revenue. When a proprietary trading firm began to miss trading days due to issues with its software, leaders of the firm contacted SPK to...
How the Design Team at Tide Cleaners Radically Reduced Time-To-Market by Leveraging Loom
Overview Laundry industry leader Tide Cleaners needed to remove friction from its design process. Its design team was scheduling in-person meetings at every step of a project’s progress. This was bringing an avalanche of unfocused feedback, slowing solution...
EnerSys Speeds Time To Market with Windchill SaaS
EnerSys is an industrial technology leader serving the global community with mission-critical stored energy solutions that meet the growing demand for energy efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. They are dedicated to providing people everywhere with accessible...
Hawk Ridge Systems’ Journey to Azure Success with SPK and Associates
Quickly delivering high-quality services to customers is the main goal of every service provider. When Hawk Ridge Systems realized their current managed service provider was providing less than world-class services and response times, they knew they had to make a...
Manulife Supercharges Development and Reduces Costs by 50 Percent with Microsoft Azure
Manulife has been helping customers make smarter financial choices for the past 134 years. The Toronto-based insurance and financial services company has a thriving global presence with operations in Canada, the United States, and Asia because it never compromises on...
White Papers
A Comprehensive Checklist for Implementing DevOps Best Practices
DevOps has completely changed the software development sphere by enabling faster, more reliable software delivery. Implementing DevOps best practices can improve your business outcomes. Explore how to use DevOps technologies and trends to your advantage in this...
Understanding Part Management in Windchill
Managing parts is a vital component of product manufacturing. Properly tracking each piece of a final product can result in reduced costs, accelerated time to market, increased efficiency, and improved sustainability. Let’s explore how Windchill streamlines part...
Understanding Manufacturing Engineering in Windchill
When working in the manufacturing industry, using a PLM solution like Windchill helps prevent issues like market delays, poor quality, and additional costs. Explore how Windchill’s manufacturing engineering capabilities can help your business in this eBook.What You...
The 7-Step Guide to Effective Application Lifecycle Management
Application Lifecycle Management is vital to high-quality software delivery. In this eBook, we will explore seven best practices to ensure ALM success. What You Will Learn Explore these 7 steps for effective ALM: Planning Requirements Managing Workflows Risk...
Revolutionizing Product Development: The Power of Simulation-Driven Design
Simulation-driven design (SDD) is an approach to product development that uses simulation tools throughout the design lifecycle. Dive into this eBook to discover how Ansys and PTC are utilizing SDD to empower design engineers and drive innovation and efficiency.What...
The Role of AI in Modernizing Manufacturing Operations
AI and machine learning play a critical role in modern manufacturing. AI integration helps create more efficient workflows through automation. Along with automation, manufacturers can also use these tools to create predictive analytics from customer data to anticipate...