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How to Account for Complex Risk with Jama in Medical Device Manufacturing
Requirements management isn’t optional in many fields. Medical technology and finance are just two fields where regulatory compliance necessitates requirements management. You and other stakeholders simply must be in total agreement about the requirements of a given...
Security and Compliance – What Your Company Needs to Know Part 2: MBSA
You need more than just an antivirus and security suite to keep your system safe. You need multiple, non-redundant solutions covering various aspects of network security. In our last blog, we discussed the role of whitelisting in keeping your network secure. Now we’re...
Security and Compliance – What Your Company Needs to Know Part 1: Whitelisting
Security in the 21st century is a complicated game. The good guys are always playing catch up with the bad guys. Security is particularly important for medtech companies due to their specific compliance needs. Banking and fintech likewise have a high bar for security...
Creating “Custom” Facts in Puppet
The servers that I’m managing can be divided into two groups, colo and local servers. While most of the configuration has been similar between these two, there have been a growing number of things which I’ve had to configure differently through Puppet. The latest...
How to Navigate Compliance and Cyber Security Concerns in Smart Medical Devices
The Internet of Things is revolutionizing the medical device field. However, it’s also introducing new compliance headaches. What’s more, large-scale medical hacks loom large in the background. Medical device manufacturers can’t ignore the Internet of Things, but nor...
How to Pinpoint the Benefits and Security Risks of Intelligent Medical Devices
Traditional medical devices are quickly going the way of the ear horn for one simple reason: their valuable data is confined to the device. Some have short-term storage capabilities. None, however, capture data over time for long-term analytics or storage. Intelligent...
Allowing Custom API Applications in your PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager Environment
Recently, I was working on a custom API program for a customer, when I came across something that could be a sticky little problem for someone trying to add custom API programs to their PTC Integrity Lifecycle Manager Environment. The problem was first manifested...
Using Audit Log To Track Promoted Change Requests with PTC Integrity
Recently, a customer came to me because they wanted to record when changes were promoted from their development environment to their test environment, and later from their test environment to their production environment. They wanted a way to simply tell when changes...
The Purpose of Unit Testing
The way you test software (or don’t) is heavily influenced by your theoretical perspective of its purpose. I've learned that, contrary to my initial belief, unit testing is not about finding bugs. It turns out that manual testing is much more cost effective for...
How to Solve Costly Monotony and Redundancy with Automation
Redundant and repetitive tasks present a number of challenges for your business. Your engineering team feels bored, like they’re wasting their time. Pretty soon, they’re done being bored and looking for more challenging and rewarding work. With skilled engineers in...
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IT Asset and Service Configuration Management in Jira Service Management
At SPK and Associates, we understand the significance of IT asset management and service configuration management in achieving outstanding IT service management (ITSM). Just like the fundamental ITSM practices such as incident, problem, and change management, IT asset...