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SPK Wins 2020 Managed Service Provider Award
We are thrilled to announce that SPK and Associates won the Channel Futures / Channel Partners 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 501 Award for a second consecutive year! This prestigious award is widely viewed as the most comprehensive global survey of Information...
Test Management in Windchill RV&S (PTC Integrity)
The importance of test management, especially in highly-regulated industries, cannot be overstated. Efficient management of testing requirements leads to safer products, effective production, and satisfied customers. The PTC Windchill Requirements Validation &...
Flexible Continuous Integration Pipelines With CD
What is a Continuous Integration Pipeline? The purpose of a continuous integration pipeline is to allow teams to constantly integrate and build software updates in order to quicken release cycles, lower costs, and reduce risks. In a simple implementation of a...
Improve your build/test/deployment with CloudBees CD (formerly Electric Cloud Flow)
Repeatability is an intuitive aspect of daily life. If you throw a ball up, it comes down. If you throw it up twenty times, the same thing will happen, up and then down twenty times. When repeatability doesn’t occur and it’s supposed to, we get anxious. ...
Risk Management in Windchill RV&S (formerly PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager)
An important part of creating any product intended for use in any regulated industry vertical is that the manufacturer should have identified all of the risks involved in using the device. Then, they must have done their best to mitigate those risks before their...
Navigating Compliance and Cyber Security Concerns in Smart Medical Devices
A COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF SMART MEDICAL DEVICES, THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS. While the Internet of Things offers great opportunities both for businesses and consumers, compliance and security must be thought through carefully from the very...
Blog: How AWS Cloud Solutions Can Help Your Manufacturing Enterprise Maintain Its Competitive Edge
In manufacturing, cloud solutions provide breathtaking results. like reducing line stoppages by 98 percent, an 86 percent reduction in on-site inventory and a 10 percent increase in overall productivity. Read our white paper, This paper discusses how hybrid cloud...
SPK Earns Place on MSP 501 List of Top Managed Services Providers in the World
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SPK and Associates, LLC (SPK) is excited to announce our recent award as one of 2019's 501 most elite Information Technology managed service providers in the United States. The Channel Futures /...
Engineering Inefficiency is the Enemy of Innovation
I was intrigued by the information and conclusions presented in OnShape’s recent report, “The State of Product Development and Hardware Design 2019.” However, I was not as surprised as they were to hear that the biggest problem in R&D is still complex processes,...
Migrating Safely And Securely To A Much Less Costly Cloud Center
One large client, given its size and varied business lines and information technology demands, relies on a variety of computing resources. For 12 years, it leveraged an SPK-managed private-cloud data center, based in San Jose. Over time, as happens with all data...
Latest White Papers
Agile Software Development and Atlassian Products (Jira, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
Unlocking the Power of Collaboration and Efficiency Tired of trying to overcome the pain points of traditional software development methods? Frustrated with slow project delivery? Struggling with team collaboration? Version control nightmares? Worry no more. You can...