Helping innovators
everywhere plan,
build, and launch
great software.
Atlassian Press Packet
Serving more than 17,000 companies worldwide
Atlassian is a private, global software company that builds tools for software development and collaboration.
From the Beginning
Legendary ServiceOur tools help both small and large teams with agile project management and documentation, code sharing and continu-ous integration, and even light saber development.*
Our name, Atlassian, was inspired by Atlas, the ancient Greek titan who held up the sky, providing the world’s first incredible service. We strive to provide that same level of
“Legendary Service” to each and every one of our customers.
*Just checking to see if you’re paying attention.
Ready, Set, Go!Atlassian’s co-founders, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, met at university and decided to start a company together at the ripe old age of 22.
Dissatisfied with the state of enterprise software—expensive, difficult to configure, requiring huge investments in consult-ing to implement and years to deploy—Mike and Scott set out to create a different kind of company.
Atlassian was founded in 2002 when we shipped our first product, JIRA, an issue and task management tool. Nearly overnight the company was profitable and self-sustainable. It was only in 2010 that we took our first round of funding from Accel Partners to help us accelerate growth and M&A. By 2011 the company had more than 17,000 customers and 400 employees worldwide.
Software is transforming the world – our robust suite of products transform the teams making it.
A Sweet Suite
MANAGE AND PLAN EVENTS
INTERACTIVE TRAINING
TRACK, PLAN, ANALYZE
CONNECT TO YOUR IDE
AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
CONTENT COLLABORATION
JAVA CODE COVERAGEEXPLORATORY TESTING FOR AGILE TEAMS
CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION
PEER CODE REVIEW
SEARCH YOUR CODE DVCS CODE HOSTING
FREE MERCURIAL & GIT CLIENT
Leadership
Scott FarquharCEO and Co-founder
Scott epitomizes Atlas, our company’s namesake, for his tireless support and deft leadership.
@scottfarkas
Jay SimonsPresident
The John “Hannibal” Smith at Atlassian, Jay has an affinity for unorthodox but well-laid plans.
@jaysimons
Mike Cannon-BrookesCEO and Co-founder
Mike is the Prometheus of Atlassian; he fires up the company every day.
@mcannonbrookes
Alex EstevezCFO
Our George Washington, Alex is at the helm leading us across frigid waters. And he keeps us honest.
Affordable SoftwarePrior to Atlassian, companies and teams were forced to pick between expensive and painful-to-configure enterprise software, or free, unsupported open source software. We challenged the idea that you had to pay a lot of money to get great software. Starting at just $10, our tools fit any budget. They’re a fraction of the price of enterprise software, yet come with the support and service that customers want.
TransparencyBeing open and transparent is a cornerstone of Atlassian’s identity. We’ve deployed a public version of JIRA, our issue tracker, to track all product issues and feature requests made by customers. All of our customers can vote openly for features they want to have developed in future versions. Additionally, we give our source code to every commercial license holder.
No SalesWe’ve eschewed the traditional “feet on the street” sales model in favor of word-of-mouth marketing. We have no sales people. Instead, we make our tools easy to try and easy to buy with a credit card. By focusing on engineering instead of sales, the company has been able to build world-class software that sells itself.
Giving BackWe love the open source community and use many open source components in our own development. Many of our developers participate in open source projects on their own time or company time. Atlassian has a long history of supporting open source and software development communities. Since its inception, the company has provided free licenses to thousands of open source projects and non-profit organizations.
We pride ourselves on being a different kind of company, one that has turned enterprise software sales on its head. Here are some of the reasons our customers have chosen to work with our tools:
A Different Kind of Company
$1,000,000total amount donated to
Room to Read in 2011 from sale of $10 Starter licenses
17,000customers
400employeesworldwide
$10starting price for our tools
142countries where our
software is used
2002ADyear founded
4:00PMthe time the beer cart rolls through the San Francisco office
1:00PMthe time the poker tournament starts every Friday in the Sydney office
3number of offices
1%amount of revenue donated to charity
5days per year employees can volunteer at their favorite charities
The Stats
2002Atlassian is born! JIRA 1.0 is released in the wild.
2003Santa drops Confluence 1.0 into your stocking!
2004We get our 2,000th paying customer... this company might just take off.
2005Good morning, San Francisco! Our US office opens its doors.
2007Atlassian acquires Cenqua, gets a sweet suite of Dev Tools.
2008Van Gogh, bicycles, canals, oh my! Welkom to our new Amsterdam office.
2009$10 Starter licenses launch, $100,000 raised for Room to Read, and we hit 10,000 customers.
2011We made all our products available OnDemand in the cloud! We also add Team Calendars and Bonfire to the family.
2010Dump your code...into Bitbucket, our new code-hosting service.
Accel Partners invests $60M in Atlassian. Party!
Our Starter license donations to Room to Read total $1,000,000.
2k
10kerated
Welcome to the future of issue management.
Atlassian Through the Ages
Asia Pacific
Americas
EMEA
12%
51%
Our Customers: Where Do They Come From?
A few of the companies we serve:
37%
“ Before Bamboo, we’d have no
idea which commit broke the
build, we’d have to look into
Subversion, look at the commits,
run some diffs—it was just too
much effort. Bamboo cut that
time from an hour or two a week
and made it into 30 seconds. ”Michelle HarperInterspire
“ I had no idea Confluence
could do all this . . . it
has blown me away—
you can do anything you
want. You can extend
it and create whatever
webapp you want. ” Mike Starkey Heliodyne
“ We are absolutely thrilled with both JIRA and Confluence. They are both stable and flexible and our developers love using them.”
Robert H. Christensen Lockheed Martin
“ We very firmly feel that
switching to JIRA was a
critical enabler in allowing us
to dramatically improve our
development workflow and
decrease the amount of time
needed to deliver new projects.
Simply put, it’s become
indispensable for us. ” Clark Richie One Economy Corporation
“ Can’t say enough good things about @atlassian support!”
@jayson_r
“ To me, the mark of success for software is when you don’t have to read the manual, and you guys have done a great job with JIRA. ”
Murray LeslieNEPTUNE Canada
Fan Mail
FedEx DayWhat can you do in 24 hours? That was the question we asked our employees, and from that question we started Atlassian “FedEx Days,” a 24-hour period of time for our developers to tap into their creative side, scratch an itch, and build something new. While FedEx Days have produced plugins and features that have shipped in our products, their purpose is to help motivate and inspire people to think big.
Dan Pink, former speech writer for Al Gore, covered Atlassian FedEx Days in his book on motivation, Drive.
24 Hours @ Atlassian
The Winner’s Booty!• FedEx champion shirt • Possession of the FedEx trophy • Bragging rights, pride, and the
envy of your peers.
Thursday WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN 24 HOURS? Friday
Brainstorm! Build It! Watch the Clock! Pitch your Project! Vote. Win. Party!
Open Company, No BullshitWe embrace transparency. All information, both internal and external, is public by default.
Don’t #@!% the CustomerWe want our customers to respect us in the morning. That’s why whenever we make decisions we ask ourselves how it will affect our customers first.
Build with Heart & BalanceEvery day we try to build products that are useful and that people lust after, and that account for our colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.
Be the Change You SeekWe think Gandhi had it pretty right when he said
“We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.” At Atlassian we encourage everyone to create positive change.
Play, as a TeamIt’s important to have fun with your workmates while contributing to the Atlassian team.
These are the values that guide our business, our product development, and our brand. They’re what we look for in every employee. As the company continues to evolve, one thing that remains a constant is our five values.
Our Core Values
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ADDRESS 173-185 Sussex Street Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia
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Contact Us
@atlassian
We pride ourselves on our company shirts – whether we’re commemorating an event, person, team, or inside joke – we’ll look for any excuse to lay down some threads.
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