Doing agile right at Starz Entertainment
Today we’re excited to present a new customer story with Starz Entertainment, the global media and entertainment powerhouse behind hit TV shows like Spartacus and Magic City. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Starz Entertainment has been evolving since 1991 to meet the demands of an “anytime, anywhere” audience. To overcome this challenge, Starz has been moving towards […]
How to integrate Jira and Oracle’s Siebel (guest post)
This guest post comes courtesy of Dewayne Lavelle, a Quality Engineer. He administers a diverse set of tools, including a Jira server with over 500 users. His company uses Jira, Confluence and Fisheye for everyday development, planning, scheduling, etc. When asked why Jira is important to us, our Transportation Technical lead said, “We get a full featured issue and […]
Casting call for customers who are advancing humanity
Why do we build products? At Atlassian, we frequently hear stories of customers who are building amazing, life-changing products that advance humanity. As a company, its incredibly humbling, and inspiring, to learn that we’ve played a small part of a greater cause. Why do you build products? What’s your company mission? Are you, like us, […]
How Netflix scaled its API
When you think of scale, you usually think of adding more servers. But at Netflix, a “cloud-native” company fully hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), you won’t find a huge datacenter in the background. That’s nothing to sneeze at when you consider that the video streaming provider accounts for 33 percent of all Internet traffic in North […]
#Shipit23 #SF
“Why did I sign up for this?” It’s the question every participant in ShipIt Day inevitably asks him or herself at the 22nd hour of the 24-hour hackathon (typically when the Red Bull high has worn off, the last build just broke, and the fear of presenting in front of the entire office has set […]
“Wooster Bot, What’s for Lunch Today?”
A few weeks ago, a couple videographers and I flew out to Boston to check out HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company, and one of Hipchat’s earliest (read: pre-Atlassian-acquisition) customers. To put that into context, HubSpot began using Hipchat when it looked more like this. Walking into HubSpot for the first time, we felt at home. […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Become the Most Popular Guy at Work
Like a lot of tech companies here in the Bay area, at Atlassian San Francisco, we roll out the beer and wine cart every Friday afternoon. Except that our beer cart is actually a beer bicycle driven around the office by a new hire, who hand-delivers a cold tallboy to every employee who wants one. […]
Do You Build Great Things With Atlassian? Tell Us Your Story!
Is your company developing at warp speed thanks to Jira? Busting silos with Confluence, Hipchat, and other collaboration software from Atlassian? We’re looking for awesome customer stories to feature as written/video case studies on our blogs, newsletters, social media feeds, and more. Our customers are transforming the way teams develop software, and we want to shout about it! All […]