Rediscover Productivity with Confluence 4.3 – Available Today
Between excessive emails, pointless meetings, and constant interruptions it’s no wonder teams struggle to get any work done these days. A lot of time is wasted at work, and it has a huge impact on your team’s productivity. Shocking right? To make matters worse it’s likely that you’re constantly working with teammates in other timezones and […]
The E-mail Culture – Why do people use e-mail to begin with?
This is a guest post by Jacob Morgan, the principal of Chess Media Group, a management consulting and strategic advisory firm on collaboration. Jacob is also the author of the Amazon best-selling book, The Collaborative Organization, which is the first comprehensive strategy guide to emergent workplace collaboration. The book has been endorsed by leaders such as the […]
An Early Present for Admins – Set Default Permissions for New Spaces
With Christmas in July fast approaching we’ve got an early present for all you Confluence admins out there. You might have missed it amongst all the post-Summit hype about all the killer new features coming in Confluence 4.3 – including Confluence mobile, tasks, and in-app notifications – but with more than 100 of your votes on our public issue-tracker […]
Confluence 4.3 EAP Now Available – It Will Change the Way You Work
Confluence 4.3 has been released. See what’s new >> That’s right folks, less than two months since we shipped Confluence 4.2, the Confluence Development Team have another major release coming your way. Mike shared the news in this morning’s keynote at Summit 2012. Big news. News that’s sure to get you fired up and counting down […]
What is a Wiki Part III: 5 Ways Managers Can Use a Wiki
With 14 wiki myths busted, and 10 reasons to use a wiki as clear as day, it’s time to take a closer look at how different teams can benefit from using a wiki, starting with management teams in part three of this ‘What is a Wiki‘ series. 5 Ways Managers Can Use a Wiki Confluence is built […]
What is a Wiki Part II: 10 Reasons to Use a Wiki
Last week we revealed the truth about wikis, busting 14 wiki myths. Today we take a look at 10 reasons why you should use a wiki, one in particular, Confluence. 10 Reasons to Use a Wiki #1 Get More Done, Together Get the best people on the right tasks and produce better overall results by […]
Landscape Your Wiki with Ad hoc Canvas
This is a guest post by Roberto Dominguez, founder and President of Comalatech, creators of Ad hoc Workflows, a tool that provides content approvals and tasks management to Confluence. Roberto introduces Ad hoc Canvas, a new add-on that brings new ways to visualize and organize your content. Landscaping Your Wiki with Ad hoc Canvas It’s common wisdom […]
What is a Wiki: 14 Myths, Busted
Wiki – we’ve all heard the word before. When you ask someone “what is a wiki?”, the typical response is usually, “oh, a wiki, that’s Wikipedia right?”. Well, kind of. Wikipedia is based on wiki software, but not the kind that’s built for the needs of team and enterprise-wide collaboration. This association is why people have […]
Fast, Usable Diagrams & Mockups with Creately for Confluence
This is a guest blog post by Chandika Jayasundara, Co-Founder and CEO of Creately, an online diagramming plugin for Confluence which lets you create and add all kinds of diagrams like flowcharts, wireframes, UML diagrams and mindmaps for your wiki pages and blogs. Since we launched the Creately Confluence diagram plugin a few months ago, hundreds of customers have chosen Creately for […]
How Gliffy is managing the risk of re-writing their product in HTML5
This is a guest blog post by Chris Kolhardt, CEO and Founder of Gliffy, a tool that makes it easy to create, share, and collaborate on a wide range of diagrams. In this post Chris shares the process, risks, and rewards of migrating away from the outdated technology that powers the editor in Gliffy Confluence Plugin, a web based […]
Webinar Recording: Confluence as a Platform for Technical Documentation
Thanks to everyone who joined us for yesterday’s webinar – Confluence as a Platform for Technical Documentation – hosted by Sarah Maddox of Atlassian with special guests Darryl Duke of StepStone Technologies and Tobias Anstett of K15t Software. Relive the Webinar We took the liberty of recording the webinar for those that couldn’t attend. Sit back and relax […]
What are people saying about Confluence 4.2?
It’s been barely 24 hours since we released Confluence 4.2, our first release for the 2012 calendar year. Packed full of new features and improvements, it takes content creation and discovery to new heights, helping users make sense of information overload. We’ve been stoked with the response Confluence 4.2 has received so far. What’s the word […]
Get Your Hands on Confluence 4.2 – Available Today
You’ve probably heard us talking up Confluence 4.2 over the past two weeks. Trust us, it’s for good reason. We already shared three improvements in better share notifications, attachment labels, and easy user invites, but they were just appetizers. Get ready for the main course… Encourage Collaboration that Leads to Real Results Not only have we continued our […]
Improved Share Notifications and Blog Comments – Coming Soon in Confluence 4.2
It’s time to get amped people. Confluence 4.2 is just around the corner and it’s so jam-packed with new features and improvements that we need to start sharing them with you, now! Share notifications get a boost The Share button is perfect for connecting people with content you’d like to get feedback on, or work they […]
Share Confluence Pages and Attachments Securely with SSLPost
This is a guest blog post by Gareth Wilson from Adaptavist, an Atlassian Platinum Expert. Adaptavist provide services and best practice that help ensure customers’ success with Jira, Confluence, and Dev Tools. Introducing SSLPost for Confluence The new SSLPost Document Encryption add-on for Confluence enables you to securely send Confluence pages and attachments to colleagues, customers and […]