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Why did you GO Jira?

We have recently been talking to lots of customers about the main reasons why they decided to GO Jira. Whether they switched to Jira from an old bug tracker or just started up a new project, we found the same reasons came up again and again. Top reasons to GO Jira Here are the top […]

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Jira 5 Deep Dive – Remote Integrations

With the release of Jira 5, we made significant improvements to the Jira REST API. The full featured Jira REST API allows you to create, update, and search for issues. You can even take advantage of Jira 5’s newest features by creating remote issue links and adding custom events to the activity stream. Developers love this […]

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Calling All Android Devs – Help Us Help You

Since the release of Jira Mobile Connect we’ve had almost nothing but positive reaction from mobile developers. They love the ability to collect feedback from their end users – including custom data, screenshots, voice audio, and crash reports – and have it show up directly into their favorite bug tracker, Jira. I say “almost” because there is one small […]

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Jira Best XI of 2011

If you follow me on twitter or have ever spent more than 10 minutes with me in person, you’ll probably know I’m a huge football fan. I’m not talking gridiron here; I mean the kind you actually play with your feet – aka soccer. So, with my beloved Spurs having their best season in my lifetime, I […]

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Mobile User Feedback, available OnDemand

With the introduction of Jira OnDemand, it’s now easier than ever to collect feedback from your mobile app users. Since Jira Mobile Connect is included with every instance of Jira OnDemand, your mobile development team can engage directly with your users from the same tool they use to track bugs and manage all other development […]

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Critical Jira 4.4.2 bug resolved in Jira 4.4.3

UPDATED: The critical bug discovered in Jira 4.4.2 (JRA-25914) has been resolved. Please upgrade to Jira 4.4.3 at your earliest convenience in order to access GreenHopper 5.8. We all strive for perfection, but sometimes things slip through the cracks. Unfortunately, today is one of those days.  Due to an unexpected bug, we have taken down […]

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Jira Mobile Connect 1.0 – Building better mobile apps

Just in time for Apple’s release of iOS 5, I’m proud to announce the official release of Jira Mobile Connect for iOS. If you are developing mobile applications, Jira Mobile Connect is a must for collecting valuable feedback and making your apps better. If you are not familiar with JMC you probably have a few questions, so I […]

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Instant issue creation with Atlassian Bonfire

In the short few months Atlassian Bonfire has been available, it’s clear to see it’s already having a huge impact on the way we work here at Atlassian. And this doesn’t just apply to how our agile development teams focus on quality or execute session-based testing, Bonfire has changed the way many people work within […]

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Jira Mobile Connect now in beta – Get free hosted Jira project

I’m happy to announce the public beta of Jira Mobile Connect. We received some great feedback from the initial set of alpha testers and after showing Jira Mobile Connect at recent evenets – including iOSDevCamp 2011 and Appsterdam.rs.  As a result, we have made several improvements and released the beta of Jira Mobile Connect with the […]

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Jira Mobile Connect offers free hosted alpha @ iOSDevCamp 2011

This past weekend, I was at iOSDevCamp 2011 to talk about the new alpha of Jira Mobile Connect for iOS and offer a free hosted Jira project to anyone who wants to play around with it. It is very exciting to see the energy and excitement around the mobile development showing no signs of letting up. What’s even […]

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Introducing Atlassian Bonfire 1.0 – Rapid agile testing for Jira

Shortly after introducing the Bonfire beta program at Atlassian Summit 2011, I’m happy to announce the official release of Bonfire for Jira. Bonfire is a tool for QA teams, testers, and developers – or anyone, really – to rapidly file comprehensive bug reports directly from the web application they are testing. Why testers love Bonfire […]

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Jira State of the Union – Atlassian Summit 2011

Atlassian Summit 2011 was action packed with news and announcements. In case you missed any part of it, we’ve made nearly every Summit 2011 session available for you watch online. What’s new in the world of Jira This year’s Jira State of the Union, Bryan Rollins and I covered all of great stuff we have been working […]

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Atlassian Bonfire for Jira – Try the beta, win a t-shirt

As we announced at Summit 2011, the beta release of Bonfire for Jira is available for you to try out for FREE! We would love to get your feedback to help make the product even better, so we have a little incentive for you.. read on. Still haven’t tried Bonfire? What are you waiting for?  It […]

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Jira supporting change in the Eclipse community

Last week, the Eclipse Foundation has released the results of the Eclipse Community Survey 2011. It’s really interesting to see how the Eclipse community uses Eclipse and other software development tools. As you would expect, open source tools dominate the responses in almost every category except, of course, for one.. Jira for Change Management It’s […]

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Jira 4.3 Deep Dive – Centralise User Management with Jira

With the release of Jira 4.3, we introduced a slew of new search improvements and even tighter integration with Confluence for linking wiki content to your issues in Jira. Another huge feature in this release is the new User Management capabilities of Jira. Simplicity for everyone Whether you are connecting a single Jira instance to […]