I’m Chris McHale, CEO and co-founder of SPK and Associates. Over the years, I’ve watched businesses grow. And as they do, they sometimes begin to wonder, “do I still need an MSP?” Today, I want you to discover why businesses, regardless of size, need an MSP. You see,...
The pandemic definitely changed the way many businesses around the world work. Remote work has become not just the preference, but the norm for many businesses. Through remote work, businesses have realized they can reduce their footprint cost and reinvest those funds...
According to a definition from Forbes in 2019, Value Stream Management (VSM) is a lean business practice. It helps determine the value of software development and delivery efforts and resources. Additionally, it also helps to improve the flow of value to the...
I’m Michael Roberts, Vice President for SPK. And I want to tell you the tricks for scaling your business effectively with a Jenkins enterprise solution. I'll also explain how to avoid, and remediate both a Jenkins monolith, and islands of Jenkins. In the early part of...
Migrating to Atlassian Cloud takes some planning. You’ve been using that same server or data center version for years gone by. Now, you’ve seen the great cloud adoption from competitors. And you’ve seen global leaders like Atlassian driving a cloud-first approach for...
As a manufacturer, you have to be both structured and agile to constantly stay in line or ahead of the industry. You have to deliver quality products that meet the customer’s needs today whilst being future-proofed for tomorrow. Aside from that, you also need to...
Medical devices manufacturers can now benefit from Jira integration with Greenlight Guru. The only electronic quality management system (eQMS) specifically designed for medical device companies. This Greenlight Guru integration with Jira creates an agile system for...
Looking to accelerate your continuous delivery pipeline? We have the answer. In this white paper, sponsored by CloudBees, you'll get an introduction and step-by-step guide on how to use Jenkins Pipeline. Jenkins And The Continuous Delivery Pipeline Jenkins Pipeline...
Get ready to discover the latest in a series of updates about Atlassian products and services from SPK, an Atlassian Solution Partner. Atlassian updates their Cloud and on-premise products on a regular basis. So this quarterly update is designed to share highlights...
Today, modern security tools including Bitdefender antivirus are known as EDR solutions (Endpoint Detection and Response). They are the next evolution of anti-virus software. Anti-virus software has always operated based on a “database” of malicious software...
Our client is Fortune 100 Medical Device manufacturer. SPKAA acts as a product cybersecurity managed service provider for their hospital products which have embedded Windows or Windows OS. Fortune 100 MedDevice Problem For over 10 years, SPK has provided ongoing...
What is software as a medical device? Software as a medical device, or SaMD is software that is intended for one or more medical purposes. This software performs those purposes without being part of a hardware medical device. SaMD devices also need to meet the...
