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Using Jira and Confluence to Work From Mt. Everest
For most of us, working remotely involves a computing device, a smartphone, and a solid Internet connection. But for technical project manager Astrid Byro, the requirements are a little more complex. This April, Astrid will be working from the trail up to Mount Everest Base Camp! Her trek aims to raise money for a fantastic […]
Managers, meet your new favorite gadget
One of my favorite Jira gadgets is also one of the most overlooked. The name’s a mouthful, but the Two-Dimensional Filter Statistics gadget is a must-have for any great Jira dashboard. This gadget lets you view a summary of issue counts broken down across two axes, which you pick from any field you use in […]
Why Developers <3 CI: a guide to loving continuous integration
There’s a new report out from our pals at ZeroTurnaround’s Rebel Labs covering the value of continuous integration, commonly used tools & technologies (Atlassian’s own Bamboo gets a nice shout-out), and how CI works in a team setting. Whether you’re an agilist getting your team started with CI, or automated testing enthusiast looking to scale […]
5 Ways to Drive Intranet Adoption
Your intranet is the online portal for your company. It contains all of the information that keeps your company going from day-to-day. A successful intranet is one that keeps users coming back day after day to stay on top of everything they need to get their jobs done. The problem is, too often intranets are forgotten. Either […]
Admin Love, User Power: Atlassian Releases Universal Plugin Manager 2.8
As a company, few things make we Atlassians prouder than our amazing ecosystem of developers building add-ons for our products. So, tucked away in a corner of our San Francisco office, the Atlassian Ecosystem dev team quietly works to ensure that the integration between third-party add-ons and our core products is absolutely seamless. And they’re […]
Moving at the Speed of Dev – Fisheye & Crucible 2.10 Now Available!
The fact that you’re reading this is highly suspicious. Wouldn’t you rather be coding right now? Are you really a developer, or are you some alien life form in an over-worn “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1” t-shirt masquerading as a coder? See, we’ve been made to understand that, more than anything, devs just want to get back to coding. […]
Marketplace Monday: Connect Databases with nFeed for Jira
Getting all your data repositories in sync is a painful process. You might find yourself manually copying data from other sources on to Jira issues. If filling up field after field with the same information has become a nightmare, nFeed for Jira by Valiantys is a fantastic solution to display information directly from your database! […]
Upgrade Tasks
TL;DR: never change the functionality of upgrade tasks that have been released – create new fixer tasks instead. Keep your upgrade tasks independent of other services. From time to time we get bugs in our products that are caused by changes to upgrade tasks. In general, changing the functionality of upgrade tasks is a bad idea. […]
Atlassian Hack House is Back!
As part of our unique on-boarding program, we’re sending our new Sydney-based graduate hires to an upscale apartment in the city’s hip Surry Hills neighborhood. Similar to last year, the grads will spend a week receiving training and mentorship from our top engineers, begin working on some of our products and build products to be sold in the […]
Confluence 5.0 Beta Now Available
It’s been a busy and exciting start of the year for the Confluence development team. Today we are happy to announce the Confluence 5.0 Beta is now available through our Early Access Program (EAP). Over the last week we’ve had plenty of Confluence developer bums on seats cranking out the Beta for you guys to try […]
Jira Tip of the Month: How to Receive Notifications in Hipchat
The Tip of the Month, brought to you by Atlassian University, is a monthly series to help master Atlassian tools. Products are more fun to use when you know all the tricks. Here at Atlassian, we live in Hipchat, the fastest way to communicate with everyone on your team. The brutal truth is, many of […]
Marketplace Monday: CUTE Theming for Jira and Confluence
What would you get if you crossed the movie Inception with the Atlassian Marketplace? Leonardo DiCaprio going inside devs’ dreams to close out thorny Jira issues? CUTE for Confluence and Jira by Communardo Software isn’t quite that awesome, but it’s pretty close. It offers plugins inside of plugins for Jira and Confluence, making theming and UI customization for […]
GreenHopper Tip of the Month: How Atlassian uses GreenHopper
The Tip of the Month, brought to you by Atlassian University, is a monthly series to help master Atlassian tools. Products are more fun to use when you know all the tricks. To build great products, we use the same exact products we offer to you. Lets take a sneak peak at how the Interactive […]
Your 2013 Continuous Delivery Resolution Just Got Easier
This is a guest post by Krishnan Badrinarayanan – product marketing manager for LiveRebel. A Java geek turned product marketer, Krishnan is well versed with issues that plague IT teams and is passionate about applying technology to solve their challenges. As a SaaS vendor, provider of online apps, or online retailer you already understand how important, […]
Atlassian ID: Coming to a Service Near You
Atlassian ID has become the new Atlassian Account. Read more about it here. Ever wished you could have one key to access your house, car, bike lock, and office? No more thick keychain bulging in your pocket or weighing down your purse. Well, we don’t (yet) have a solution for your house keys, but we […]