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It's no secret working together as a team is really hard. and it's only amplified by the modern business environment in which successfully driving a group of people towards a common goal is needed to at least compete, let a lone flourish. Somehow we've spent decades over-complicating team collaboration, creating an illusion that our teams are well-oiled machines geared for productivity. The sad reality is your team is likely suffering from: an over-reliance on email to share and discuss

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Let’s Get Together with Bamboo 4.1!

Let's face it: most of us don't like working alone. Working on a team satisfies our need for interpersonal interaction (even us nerds are social creatures!) and tends to result in a better product. But it can be challenging to keep up with everyone's activity, and sometimes to-dos get lost in the shuffle. That's why the release of Bamboo 4.1 is all about features that increase team collaboration, and decrease the overhead that comes with it. We've doubled down on integrations with other products

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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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I'm not a huge fan of most notifications, especially the ones that vie for my constant attention -- like badge notifications on my iPhone. However, there is a time and place for focused and timely notifications that have increased my productivity. Many people who've never used HipChat before are quick to dismiss it as a simple group chat application. However, once you use it, it becomes apparent that it's a lot more than a group chat app. One of my favorite features of HipChat is the ability to

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Please give a warm welcome to HipChat, the newest member of the Atlassian family! I'm thrilled to announce that Atlassian has acquired HipChat — a transformative hosted group chat service that helps teams, or entire companies, collaborate in real-time. HipChat's amazing team, including all  three co-founders — Pete, Garret and Chris — will be moving into our new San Francisco digs to continue to drive HipChat's growth. Our mission at Atlassian is to empower product

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Supercharges Collaboration with Private Instant Messaging for Teams of All Sizes SAN FRANCISCO & SYDNEY, March 7 2012 – Atlassian, the leading provider of collaboration software for product teams, today announced it has acquired San Francisco-based HipChat, a hosted private chat service for companies and teams. HipChat has more than 1,200 customers including Groupon, HubSpot and WIRED.  Atlassian will incorporate HipChat into its growing portfolio of software that helps teams at more

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