Instant Setup
Not only is it cheaper but you can have your machine up and running almost instantly. You just set up an Amazon EC2 account and download the instant Atlassian tool. The tool then creates a server for you, with Jira and Confluence pre-installed, and 10 gigabytes of space for storing your data.
Don’t Need 24-Hour Access?
Not all teams need 24/7 access to their wiki or bug tracker. Imagine a world where your bug tracker starts itself up at 8 a.m. each morning so it’s ready to go when you report for work at 10 a.m. – and it shuts itself down at 8 p.m. when you’re busy running on a treadmill at the gym, out to dinner, or sleeping. In today’s instant cloud computing environment there is no reason you should be paying hosting costs to keep these servers running when you don’t need them! Even just turning your machines off for the weekend can amount to real savings.
Great for Side-Projects
Do your support an educational environment that shuts down during the summer? Great! Do you have side projects that you only work on during the weekend? Great! The possibilities are endless.
The Instant Atlassian tool is a great complement to the five-dollar, five-user Confluence and Jira licenses available this week. Give it a try and let us know how you like it. Complete instructions can be found on the Atlassian Developer Blog. And if you have a larger team, or would prefer to leave the hosting, installation, and support to us, check out Atlassian’s Confluence Hosted and Jira Hosted, starting at $15/user.
