In 2023, Atlassian continues to evolve with new product features, target markets and demographics. This is keeping their leader status for collaboration and productivity tools. Atlassian software is used by thousands of companies worldwide to manage projects, track...
Michael Roberts
The Top 9 DevOps Trends For 2023 And Beyond
Firstly, if you’re unfamiliar with DevOps, you can check out this video that covers all the basics and how it will benefit your company. But, essentially DevOps is about integrating software development practices, and the processes and procedures of IT Operations. In...
What Is ALM And What Tools Should You Consider?
There are so many acronyms in our industry, it can be hard to keep up if you are still learning the ropes. So in this blog, we’ll answer the question…..” What is ALM?”. Additionally, we’ll introduce you to the basics of how it helps companies to achieve more benefits...
Moving Splunk’s 10,000 users to Atlassian Cloud
Considering if you're ready to migrate to Atlassian Cloud? Check out how Splunk, aka, "the data platform of the hybrid world" moved 10,000 of their users. Venturing out of your comfort zone can seem overwhelming. But, the cost of “this is how we’ve always done it”...
Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibilty Model Explained
Transformative tech trends like the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and dispersed workforces have increased cloud adoption. Why? Because it provides the ability for agility, productivity, and scalability like no other...
Solving for the “Islands of Jenkins”
In October 2022, I wrote a blog post entitled “Scaling Jenkins for the Enterprise”. Within it, I described the “Islands of Jenkins” problem organizations face. Essentially, this problem stems from companies using an open-source Jenkins installation for each team, but...
The Top Reasons to Pick Premium Atlassian Cloud Plans
As I engage with clients in their journey to Atlassian Cloud, I am often asked about capabilities that differentiate the different Atlassian Cloud plans. “What’s the difference between Standard, Premium, and Enterprise?” Because there has been a theme to the...
Latest Atlassian Product News from Q4 2022
As we do every quarter, SPK’s team reviews the latest Atlassian product updates. In this blog post, we’ll cover announcements that happened between September 2022 and December 2022. As you probably know, Atlassian updates their Cloud and on-premise products on a...
2022 Technology Year in Review
In the past 3 years, our world has definitely changed. This year was no exception. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to the great resignation, businesses have had to adapt to changing government regulations, employee needs, and methods of doing business. ...
Confluence Cloud Tutorial for Beginners
Hello and welcome to this video Confluence Cloud tutorial for beginners. I'm Michael Roberts, Vice President at SPK and Associates. Today, we're exploring Confluence which is an Atlassian product. You can either watch the video above, or read the transcript below....
Jira Cloud vs Azure DevOps Cost: Are You Paying Too Much?
Choosing the right issue and feature tracking tools to manage your software development lifecycle is important. It can be the difference between speed to market, budget savings and even boosting DevOps team morale. Whilst there are plenty of tools in the market, in...
Storytelling with Data
Telling a story and telling a story with data are similar, but also different. And many of the differences are points that people don’t consider. In this blog, we’ll try to break down the components of storytelling with data in an effort to share main points to...