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What is a Wiki Part IV: 5 Ways Sales & Marketing Teams Can Use a Wiki

We hope by now you are starting to see why we at Atlassian drink the wiki Kool-Aid, and are so passionate about using Confluence. Every team in our company is able to improve its processes and results by working together in Confluence. Last week you saw how managers can use a wiki to increase productivity, this week we will take a look at how your Sales or Marketing team can achieve incredible results by doing the same. 5 Ways Sales & Marketing Teams Can Use a Wiki It's likely that your Sales

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Business Frameworks with Ad hoc Canvas

Earlier this week we shared the benefits of using Confluence if you're on the management team. We want to give some more love to our managers and business users, with this guest post by Martin Cleaver, Director at Comalatech, showing how easily you can create business frameworks in Confluence using Ad hoc Canvas. Business Frameworks the Wiki Way, with Ad hoc Canvas Flick through just about any book on business & management from the last four decades and you can't help but notice the use of

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Launches Atlassian Into Space

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) uses a host of Atlassian products to build the software used for flight mission planning as well as modeling data sent back from satellites and Mars rovers. I sat down with David Mittman, lead software developer and "default Atlassian guy" at JPL to get a closer look at what they're up to. JPL was founded in the 1930s as a place to test new rocket technologies, and—after the creation of NASA in 1958—was chartered with developing the robotic spacecraft

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What is a Wiki Part III: 5 Ways Managers Can Use a Wiki

  • By Matt, Product Marketing Manager - Confluence
  • About Confluence
  • On May 14, 2012
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 for everyone - from your most basic users in the mail room, to your advanced techies on your development team - YES, even for you too Mr(s). Manager. If you manage a team, you might find it difficult to: Track

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Team Calendars 2.2 Gets Agile with Integrated GreenHopper Sprint Calendars

We're often asked by other Atlassians, 'Does Team Calendars have a release this month?'. To which we satisfyingly respond with another question: Does Atlassian's beer cart roll around every Friday at 4 PM? We don't mean to be rude, or arrogant, but we're proud of our dev speed, and it's turned us into a confident lot. This is our 13th release in 11 months. We simply love putting new features into the hands of our customers as fast as possible. So without further adue, we're excited to announce

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HipChat and Confluence Take Team Communication to the Next Level

Instant Messaging is an effective means for quickly communicating with your team and sharing information. It's more immediate than email, but less distracting then tapping your co-worker on the shoulder to ask a question. HipChat offers instant messaging via both private one-on-one chats and group chats - allowing for either private conversations or team discussions - a perfect communication tool to use alongside Confluence. However, connecting the two can take your team's productivity to new

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