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Why did you GO JIRA?

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On May 16, 2012
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 5 reasons why our customers decide to GO JIRA: Polished User Experience - Create, update, and work through issues using a fast and intuitive web interface with lightning-quick keyboard shortcuts. Customizable Workflows

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JIRA 5 Deep Dive – Remote Integrations

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On March 12, 2012
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 because it's much easier to use REST than the previous SOAP, XML-RPC, and JSON-RPC interfaces for JIRA. Plus, with all of the great resources out there – like the REST API

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Calling All Android Devs – Help Us Help You

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On January 11, 2012
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 gripe that comes up time and time again: Support for Android. And trust me, we hear you loud and clear. We want this as much as

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JIRA Best XI of 2011

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On December 29, 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 felt inspired to borrow the "Best XI" format for my 2011 JIRA wrapup. 2011 was an epic year for the JIRA Family including two massive releases, the launch of a new product – Atlassian Bonfire –

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Mobile User Feedback, available OnDemand

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On November 30, 2011
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 tasks. If you are not already familiar with the recent release of JIRA Mobile Connect, it is a free, open-source library for collecting in-app user feedback from any

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Critical JIRA 4.4.2 bug resolved in JIRA 4.4.3

  • By Ken Olofsen, Product Marketing Manager - JIRA
  • About JIRA
  • On October 13, 2011
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 the JIRA 4.4.2 release. As a result, GreenHopper 5.8 is also on hold because it is dependent on JIRA 4.4.2. Other versions of JIRA are not affected

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