Atlassian Releases JIRA 3.7 Professional Issue Tracker, Now With Project Roles.SYDNEY, Australia -- Atlassian Software Systems 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, Confluence, an enterprise wiki, Bamboo, a continuous integration system, and Crowd, today announced the release of JIRA JIRA Japan Industries Association of Radiological Systems (trade organization) JIRA Japan Investor Relations Association 3.7, the latest version of the world's most popular professional issue and bug tracker. This major release introduces a project roles feature and includes over 100 bug fixes and 60 improvements. A free, fully functional 30-day evaluation of JIRA is available at http://www.atlassian.com/c/PR-J/11833. Project roles in 3.7 make it very easy to set precise permissions and notification schemes according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a person's role, so that each user receives appropriate access and notifications. From the administrator's standpoint, project roles significantly lessen time-consuming configuration work, particularly within instances of multiple, project-specific groups. Existing JIRA customers can elect when/if to migrate from user groups to project roles by way of a free converter. "After much hard work, we're very happy to offer project roles in JIRA," said Scott Farquhar, co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Atlassian. "I think customers are going to be really pleased with the improved precision and ease of defining notifications and permission schemes. This is a huge deal for larger organisations, a relief to the admin, and a big detail that makes JIRA even more scalable and accessible for every organisation." Additional improvements to JIRA 3.7 include reader-friendly personalised RSS feeds for issues and comments; an SVN SVN Subversion (version control system) SVN Slovenia (international traffic code) SVN Social Venture Network SVN South Vietnam SVN Secure Virtual Network SVN Supervised Visitation Network Project Panel plugin that displays a new tab with all issue-related commits; 'user properties' that allow administrators to capture specified user attributes (e.g. phone, location, cost centre); an HSQL HSQL Hyperthreaded Sql database upgrade; AJAX-loading of dashboard portlets; instant chart views in the issue navigator; and more. Complete release notes can be viewed at http://www.atlassian.com/c/PR-J/11926. JIRA 3.7 is available now for evaluation and purchase at http://www.atlassian.com/c/PR-J/11833. About Atlassian Atlassian offers refreshingly simple, fully featured software for small teams and global enterprise customers. In just four years, nearly 5,000 businesses in more than 60 countries have deployed award-winning Atlassian products to help improve communication, knowledge sharing, and productivity. Atlassian's products include JIRA, a professional issue tracker, and Confluence, an enterprise wiki A Web site that can be quickly edited by its visitors with simple formatting rules. Developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s to provide collaborative discussions, there are several "wiki" tools on the market for creating such sites, including www.editme.com, www.seedwiki.com, www. . Atlassian has recently announced two new products, including Bamboo, a continuous integration server, and Crowd, for user management and single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. . To learn more, visit www.atlassian.com. |
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