Atlassian introduces JIRA 2.6 - customer driven features and improvements.

Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) March 3, 2004 - Mar. 3, 2004 -

Atlassian Software Systems, the small and innovative Australian software company providing enterprise software to the world's leading organizations, today released JIRA 2.6, the latest version of its flagship web-based, issue tracking and project management application.

Less than three months after the release of JIRA 2.5, Atlassian continues the tradition of frequent, customer driven and worthwhile upgrades with the release of JIRA 2.6 in both Professional and Enterprise editions. JIRA 2.6 creates an even more customisable, interoperable and powerful bug-tracking and issue management application. The browser based application has over 70 new features and improvements to again raise the bar in the bug-tracking and issue management niche. With more advanced source control integration, stronger email integration, Confluence integration and the ability to import issues from the open-source bug tracker Mantis, JIRA 2.6 is another major step forward in usability and functionality.

JIRA continues to help organisations to take the philosophy of project management deeper into the organization with an accessible platform that is highly usable by both technical and business users alike. In fact JIRA's web based, internationalised interface allows for near universal accessibility.

Scott Farquhar, Atlassian Director said, "We continue to focus on making releases focused on user feedback and user demand. One key priority for us is providing legendary service to our customers, and out of this comes an ongoing dialog with our community about changes and enhancements they want to see in the product. With JIRA 2.6, each of the 70 odd new features or improvements has stemmed from a customers' suggestion demonstrating that we continue to meet users evolving needs. I believe this is why JIRA is today used by project managers, developers, managers, testers and other staff across hundreds of organisations in over 30 countries."

New features summary:

• Source Control Integration - direct to a CVS repository
• Quick Search - with more powerful searching, you can find issues even faster
• Streamlined Search Results - navigate and explore search results with ease
• XML-RPC/SOAP interface to JIRA - JIRA gets an external programmatic API
• Screenshots and Thumbnails - easily attach screenshots to issues
• Confluence Integration - JIRA now supports integration with Confluence

• Email Integration - add attachments automatically, threading support, and more!
• Internationalisation - translating is easier and non-English support grows stronger
• Bulk Edit - delete many issues at once
• Import More - import with ease from other issue trackers like Mantis or Bugzilla

Find our more about JIRA 2.6 now at Atlassian's web site:

http://www.atlassian.com/c/PR-J/10171

Availability and Pricing

JIRA 2.6 is available now via Atlassian's web site. JIRA's fair and upfront per-server licensing policy includes unlimited projects, users and issues plus free upgrades and support for 12 months. JIRA is a J2EE application which runs on any platform. JIRA currently averages six releases annually.

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a small and innovative Australian software company providing enterprise software solutions to the world's leading organizations. Our mission is to build a different kind of software company - one that listens to client needs, values innovation in development and solves customer problems with brilliant simplicity. Atlassian's commitment to legendary service provides consistent, high quality support for all our customers.

Today, JIRA is used by project managers, developers, managers, testers and other staff across hundreds of organisations in over 30 countries. Customers include departments from NASA, CERN, Boeing, Cisco, Stanford University, 3M, BP, Sony, Caterpillar, Pfizer, Vodafone, World Bank, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and countless others. Adam Foxson of CPAN says of JIRA, "Thank you for putting out such mind-blowing software. Rarely do I give praise of this magnitude. You are a model of what all software should be.

Thank you for making available the absolute best tool of its class."

This success is in part due to JIRA's world leading price/performance benchmark in the issue tracking and project management application niche.

For further details or to arrange an interview, please contact:

Scott Farquhar

Director

ATLASSIAN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS PTY LTD

Ph: (61 2) 9261 0904

Mob: (61) (0) 414 884 583

E: scott@atlassian.com

http://www.atlassian.com/c/PR-J/10171

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