Scotts Valley, CA-based consulting firm, SPK and Associates, is on Channel Partners 2025 MSP 501 for the 7th year in a row. The annual Channel Partners MSP 501 list, a technology industry benchmark, ranks companies based on a wide range of metrics. These include...
The EU Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) transition is a significant regulatory shift that medical device companies must take seriously. Replacing the previous Medical Device Directive (MDD), the EU MDR (Regulation (EU) 2017/745) introduces more stringent...
Due to new, innovative competitors, modern marketing teams are under pressure to deliver high-impact campaigns with speed, precision, and creativity. Fortunately, AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot are transforming the way marketing managers work. Copilot enables...
Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing how products are designed, produced, and delivered. At the heart of this transformation is smart factory design. Automation, data, and connected systems all come together to create highly efficient, flexible, and intelligent production...
As companies grow and product complexity increases, selecting the right Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system becomes a critical decision. Two of the most widely used PLM platforms—Arena and Windchill—offer distinct approaches to managing product data, enabling...
Regulated industries face immense complexity in designing, producing, and maintaining high-quality products. Balancing this while ensuring compliance, managing data, and accelerating innovation is not possible without the proper tools. That’s why Product Lifecycle...
As Atlassian continues to unify its toolset, many teams using Opsgenie are now preparing to migrate to Jira Service Management (JSM) operations. This evolution promises a tighter integration between incident management, service delivery, and operational workflow....
Traditional desktop-based CAD tools, while powerful, can have a hard time meeting the growing demands of modern engineering teams. They need better connectivity, scalability, and flexibility. That’s why cloud-based CAD (Computer-Aided Design) is quickly becoming the...
Darla Kost started as a DevOps engineer at SPK and Associates in July of 2024. Prior to joining SPK, Darla was an engineer in the U.S. military. Now, she works with similar tools and focuses much of her time on managing infrastructure and automating processes.My Role...
As new technologies arise, product development teams are under increasing pressure to innovate faster, delivering higher-quality results. The tools these teams use can make or break the development process. Google Workspace is a flexible, cloud-native productivity...
From raw material extraction to landfill disposal, every phase of a product’s lifecycle carries an environmental cost. Due to ethical considerations and regulatory pressure, many manufacturers are transitioning away from wasteful production models. In response to...
Innovation-driven industries require fast-moving, collaborative product development cycles to stay competitive. From aerospace to medical device production, uncompromising compliance is the goal. Disconnected systems, siloed data, and manual workflows can’t keep up...