Business leaders: Flexible work is here to stay. And, in this eBook from Microsoft and SPK and Associates, we’ll show you exactly how to successfully embed hybrid work in your business. Hybrid Work: Why You Need It Over a year into the pandemic, digital...
The term “Value Stream Management” is not new. In fact, it has been part of the Lean Manufacturing philosophy and practice since 1998. As with many other excellent manufacturing practices, we appropriated the concept in software development and the services...
Modernizing legacy systems means businesses can improve efficiency, enhance security, increase agility, drive better customer experience and more. Fundamentally, modernizing old, archaic, outdated, or just plain niggly systems can drive operational efficiency. That's...
Organizations increasingly strive to improve data literacy for all their employees and reduce dependence on IT and data scientists while gaining efficiency by moving to the cloud. Existing business intelligence tools can limit business users’ insight into their data....
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. ...
The service management software you choose can make or break a business. And many businesses stick with their historic IT Service Management (ITSM) tool because it can seem like an overwhelming task to transform. But, transforming your service desk is something that...
Christine McHale, CEO and Co-Founder of SPK and Associates, is among the honorees on the 2022 Channel Futures DE&I 101 list. The list recognizes individuals from a wide spectrum of multicultural backgrounds. These individuals are driving diversity, equity and...
This short blog post is designed to show you the top five PowerBi training tips and tricks from our experts at SPK and Associates. Microsoft Power BI is constantly evolving. More importantly, Power BI enables you to turn data into business opportunities. So, keeping...
There’s been a lot of innovation, software and product releases in the past six months alone. So, we are rounding up the best tech review and engineering releases for the first half of 2022. The tech forecast for 2022 was heavily influenced by how the world adjusted...
For decades, mechanical CAD (MCAD) has heavily relied on top of the range workstations, resources and graphics cards. Now, users are moving to more portable options, it’s no surprise they're searching for the best CAD laptop. Previously, desktop and laptop CAD users...
In this blog we'll explore how the principle of Deep Work by Cal Newport can improve your engineers productivity. Does it feel harder for you to focus on your creative, technical work? When I speak to engineers or management staff and ask this question, the answer...
There’s simply too much information. We all know this. So how can the “single pane of glass” (SPOG) dashboard simplify quantitative data? And why is data driven analytics of interest to companies? Every day, more data arrives in our inbox – text messages, reports,...
