Atlassian Software Systems

Infobox_Company
company_name = Atlassian
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = N/A
foundation = 2002
location = Sydney, Australia
key_people = Mike Cannon-Brookes
Scott Farquhar
num_employees = Unknown
revenue = Unknown
industry = Software
products = JIRA
Confluence
Crowd
Bamboo |
Fisheye |
Clover |
Crucible
homepage = [http://www.atlassian.com/ www.atlassian.com/]

Atlassian is an Australian software company specializing in issue tracking and collaboration software. Their main products are JIRA, an issue tracking and project management system, Confluence, an enterprise wiki, Bamboo, a continuous integration system, and Crowd, a single sign-on identity management system.

Based in Sydney, Atlassian was founded in 2002 by technology entrepreneurs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. In 2005 the firm was recognised by Deloitte as one of Australia's fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. In 2006 Mike and Scott were named Ernst & Young's Australian Entrepreneur of the Year.

Acquisitions

In Sept of 2006, Atlassian acquired Authentisoft, a Minneapolis-based software company that specialises in application and security technologies from entrepreneurs Justen Stepka and Farzad Freshtekhu. Founded in 2005, Authentisoft produces IDX, a single sign-on Java EE solution for centralizing authentication, authorisation and administrative tasks. IDX enables IT administrators and application developers to integrate and deploy single sign-on infrastructures using popular directory servers such as Microsoft Active Directory and Mac OS X Open Directory.

On 1st of August 2007, Atlassian acquired Cenqua [ [http://www.atlassian.com/cenqua/press-release.jsp Atlassian Press Release - Dev Tools Squared: Atlassian Acquires Cenqua] ] , a supplier of market-leading software engineering tools FishEye, Clover and Crucible, establishing a strong position in the market of producing software development tools.

ee also

Confluence

External links

* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb383807.htm Confluence Rated Editor's Choice for Best Commercial Wiki] (PR Web)
* [http://ca.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb332795.htm Atlassian Receives Deloitte Fast 500 Award] (PR Web)
* [http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/09/18/newscolumn1.html?page=2 Atlassian acquires Authentisoft]
* [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061106005052&newsLang=en Atlassian Ranked 10th Fastest Company in 2006 BRW Fast 100 List] (Business Wire)
* [http://sanfrancisco.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=112759&type_news=latest Atlassian Wins 2007 Jolt Awards for Collaboration and Productivity First Jolt Win for Confluence, Third in a Row "Hat Trick" for JIRA] (dBusinessNews)
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS146023+06-May-2008+BW20080506 Atlassian JIRA Studio] launch at Java One 2008.

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