Jira Day 2023 is back on October 17th and 18th in Cracow, Poland. This is your opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of Atlassian and explore the future of the ecosystem. The event is organized by Deviniti and it promises knowledge, collaboration, and inspiration in a beautiful city with a rich historical and cultural heritage. 

Atlassian values trust and security in its Marketplace and works with app vendors to ensure app security. To increase visibility on security indicators for customers, Atlassian is introducing a new Privacy and Security tab for cloud apps in the Marketplace. 

The famous quote, "Love is blind," is a phrase that resonates with us in life, but also when it comes to our preference for a particular platform or tool. According to Isaac Sacolick, we often overlook end-user feedback, workflow complexity, and technology workarounds because of our fondness for a specific tool. This is one of the many reasons why it's crucial to take a step back and objectively evaluate your ITSM tools to determine if they meet your organization's needs.

Organizations are increasingly using the Atlassian Cloud, and, as shared by Valiantys, Gartner estimates that 83% of Fortune 500 companies use at least one Atlassian Cloud product. To ensure a smooth migration to Atlassian Cloud, it's essential to plan well.

As a Product Owner, it's important to understand the optimal size for your backlog in order to manage it effectively. According to this article by Eficode, a good rule of thumb is that the backlog should be between 50 and 150 items and take between two and six months for the team to complete. 

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. 

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. 

Sundaresen Rungasamy, Head of the Agile at Scale Practice for Valiantys South EMEA, is recognized among his friends, family, and colleagues for his ultra-marathon accomplishments and dedication to embodying Valiantys' core value of "never standing still." With a unique and insightful perspective, he connects his ultra-trail running training to essential Agile principles.

On January 10th, 2023, Atlassian announced changes to their Server and Data Center products pricing as of February 15th, 2023. Miles Faulkner of Blended Perspective breaks down the changes and summarizes everything you need to know to help you navigate.

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. 

For most organizations, a significant change is a big undertaking. But, while challenging, large-scale changes are often precisely what many organizations might need, they are not easy to undergo. So, if you’d like to get your company on a path of success, Chris Knotts from Cprime shares a bit about agile transformation and how to get your C-suite fully onboard, what is Agile transformation training, and what problems it can help you solve.

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.