Archives for Laurel Anderson

Thanks Wiki Woman

"If your organization has not embraced wikis, I would highly suggest taking a look at this type of technology for internal collaboration and documentation." Wiki Woman, thanks for your vote of confidence in our wiki. It's cool you're using our free personal wiki version for home "stuff." Also very cool that your company is "embracing" Confluence, too. Thanks for the update!

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JIRA 3.6.4 Released

JIRA 3.6.4 was released on August 22 and offers over 20 bug fixes and improvements. Check out the 3.6.4 release notes for details. If you're currently a JIRA customer with active maintenance, you can download this latest version today. Thanks everyone for submitting your feature requests and bugs, and also for voting on them. A big thanks to all the JIRA developers for their great, quick work on getting this version live!

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Atlassian User Group to Meet in September

Mark your calendars for a new Atlassian User Group meeting! Meet our customers, developers, and people interested in JIRA and/or Confluence. Also learn how JIRA and Confluence can work in an Agile environment. Get an overview of Atlassian development, our Developer Network, and see demos of some new products. Here are the essentials: When: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Time: 6 – 9:30pm Location: Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, Virginia USA Sign up here to attend this free event. More details

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JIRA, the New Required Skill!

A mate of ours first brought it to our attention -- JIRA, our issue tracker, is the new requested "be familiar with" or "have expertise with" program. He forwarded along a job posting seeking candidates with JIRA experience. Being intrigued, I Googled the world of job postings myself. Among the required skills set of Java, J2EE, and AJAX, I noticed JIRA popping up here and there. Pretty cool how JIRA has made its way onto that list of bulleted must-knows.

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Wikis, Access Control, Calendars

In the spirit of being transparent, here's a library managers blog with a good discussion about Confluence, other wikis, and pricing... Yes, [Confluence is] not free, but we've found that it's well worth the price and support is extremely good. They use their Issue tracking system to track bugs, enhancements, support requests, and they monitor it closely. Anyone can submit an issue request and Atlassian actually demonstrates accountability that every issue is resolved to the submitters satisfaction. Read

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Atlassian founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have received top honours at the Ernst & Young Eastern Region Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) August 7, 2006 -- Atlassian founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have received top honours at the Eastern Region Entrepreneur Of The Year awards at a ceremony in Sydney. The Entrepreneur Of The Year program, founded and produced by Ernst & Young and held in 40 different countries, announced the

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