Atlassian Software Systems
| Atlassian <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"> | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Mike Cannon-Brookes |
</td></tr>Atlassian Software Systems is an Australian software company specialising in issue tracking and collaboration software. Their main products are JIRA, an issue tracking and project management system, and Confluence, an enterprise wiki.
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 received top honours at the Ernst & Young Eastern Region Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.
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, authorization 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 Apple OS X Open Directory.
External links
- Confluence Rated Editor's Choice for Best Commercial Wiki (PR Web)
- Atlassian Receives Deloitte Fast 500 Award (PR Web)
- Atlassian acquires Authentisoft
Categories
Companies of Australia | Software companies