At their inaugural annual event, Atlassian Presents: Unleash, focused on empowering agile & DevOps teams, Atlassian has announced three significant improvements to their Jira suite of products that enable seamless collaboration among teams and tasks from inception to completion.

The co-founders of Atlassian, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have announced that the company will be saying goodbye to around 500 Atlassians, or 5% of its employees, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at better positioning the company for the long term. The executive team and board made the decision, but the co-founders made the final call. They aim to rebalance the team to prioritize the most critical work, such as ITSM and Cloud.

Hello, Jira enthusiasts! Today we have a special treat for you - a Jira project so ridiculous it might just work. Rodney - a.k.a. The Jira Guy - has taken on the challenge of organizing his Pokemon collection using Jira. Yes, you read that right. The man who spends his days helping companies solve their problems and making them more efficient has turned his attention to catching digital monsters. So buckle up, grab your Pokeballs, and get ready to see Jira like you've never seen it before. Let's catch 'em all!

To develop a data integration strategy for your organization, you must take a holistic approach by examining the data used, addressing integration use cases and pain points, and finding the optimal solution to integrate data across platforms and applications. Given the multitude of factors involved, it can be challenging to determine where to start. In this article, Maxwell Travers explains what a data integration strategy is and highlights the benefits of having one in place. 

You may have already been introduced to Jira Product Discovery (Atlassian's new stand-alone product), which is currently in beta but will go into GA soon. It's a centralized platform that collects and organizes product input and leverages data-driven decision-making to help product managers transform their product ideas into reality. 

Hey there! Usually, we don't talk about acquisitions, spin-offs, mergers, or investments - unless we find them essential to our readers. Still, we've got some news to share that involves one of the most popular Jira apps, ScriptRunner. 

As a community leader, Gal Fatal utilized opportunities to continue learning and take Atlassian certification exams. Recently, Gal successfully passed the Jira Admin for Cloud ACP-120 exam on their first attempt. This was not an effortless feat and they would like to offer some tips to those considering taking the exam.

The increasing prevalence and power of IoT devices in industrial control settings, also known as IIoT, pose significant cyber security challenges for critical infrastructure. In this article, Darren Richardson of Eficode talks about various cybersecurity considerations and the social responsibility of all of us, especially those in charge of maintaining this order. 

If you prefer to work in dark mode, get in on an early access preview of a dark theme for Jira Cloud products. This is Jira’s highest-requested feature – according to Amira Badran, Product Manager for Jira Software. And even though there are many limitations as of now, you can check it out in Jira Labs. Many already did, and love it!

Jira Align can help solve many problems organizations face, such as real-time visibility, team-to-strategy alignment, etc. And all of it “at scale.” But anything that requires “at scale” improvement is usually not plug-and-play, and neither is Jira Align. It’s only for some organizations to tackle. 

Atlassian is introducing - and is rolling out - a new billing engine for its cloud products, which will eventually replace the current billing and invoicing system cloud customers have. It offers a refreshed interface that unifies the management of cloud subscriptions, billing, and invoicing across all of Atlassian's cloud products. According to Atlassian, this change will not affect your current site access, subscription set, or product cost, and your users' product use will not be disrupted. 

Take a moment to go through this communication from the Co-CEOs of Atlassian. Alongside sharing financial updates, this letter highlights Atlassian's future product plans. Furthermore, it sheds light on the latest developments in ITSM and much more.