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Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibilty Model Explained
Transformative tech trends like the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and dispersed workforces have increased cloud adoption. Why? Because it provides the ability for agility, productivity, and scalability like no other...
Solidworks PDM: Hidden Data Card Values
Hi everyone, I am Daniela, the SolidWorks PDM SME for SPK and Associates. Today, I’ll be showing you the quick and easy SolidWorks help trick for how to recover SolidWorks files. In this SolidWorks PDM tutorial, we'll explore how to add a hidden variable to your data...
SPK and Associates Expands Expertise as Atlassian Gold Solution Partner
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA - Christine McHale, Co-Founder and CEO at SPK and Associates, a leading woman-owned Engineering and IT Services Company, is proud to announce her organization has achieved the Atlassian Gold Solution Partner status as of late 2022. The status is...
Top 3 Tips To Protect Code For Developers
When it comes to knowing how to protect code for developers, it’s as valuable as gold in an old safe. The risks are high as attackers becoming wiser, and that precious code is at risk from evolving technology too. That’s why in this article, we’ll share a...
Q1 2023 vCAD Updates Are Here!
Hello vCAD users! Some of our potential customers ask us "what are the best use cases for vCAD?" Our response is "there are many!" vCAD Use Cases: Hardware Elasticity Is your company working on a new project, and you've recently onboarded lots of new employees or...
AWS re:Invent 2022: Everything You Need To Know
Miss out on AWS re:Invent 2022? Or, just looking for a recap on the latest AWS updates and releases from the event? Check out the summary below. What is AWS re:Invent? AWS re:Invent is an annual conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for developers, customers,...
Solving for the “Islands of Jenkins”
In October 2022, I wrote a blog post entitled “Scaling Jenkins for the Enterprise”. Within it, I described the “Islands of Jenkins” problem organizations face. Essentially, this problem stems from companies using an open-source Jenkins installation for each team, but...
How To: Basic SolidWorks Automation
Hi, I 'm Daniela, the SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM SME for SPK and Associates. Today, we'll discover SolidWorks automation. That means how to automate certain tasks using your workflow, So, in the video, I'll show you some popular practices. I'll also show you some...
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Before we begin to talk in detail about this topic, we should clarify some definitions first. The first term comes from the DevOps movement where IT Operations staff use the concept of revision history/version control by using the concept of infrastructure as code. ...
The Top Reasons to Pick Premium Atlassian Cloud Plans
As I engage with clients in their journey to Atlassian Cloud, I am often asked about capabilities that differentiate the different Atlassian Cloud plans. “What’s the difference between Standard, Premium, and Enterprise?” Because there has been a theme to the...
Latest White Papers
How to Enable Digital Thread in Your Organization eBook
Digital technology is causing rapid changes to our physical reality. With this, the necessity for a digital thread to run across the enterprise and product development process is increasing. So, are you ready to explore how it can positively impact your organization?...