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November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19
Atlassian products aid BizDevOps, but integration work remains

IT pros have found Atlassian tools useful for BizDevOps initiatives but would like more integration and consolidated points of management among them in the future.
November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19
Atlassian CISO Adrian Ludwig shares DevOps security outlook

Atlassian's CISO believes that eventually, application security mechanisms will be absorbed completely into Agile and DevOps tools -- including his own company's products.
September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19
DevOps tools market shrinks with SmartBear, TPG Capital moves

The DevOps tools space has seen a steady stream of mergers and acquisitions, as private equity investors and larger companies see money in software development and delivery tools.
September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19
Atlassian cloud woos enterprises with SLA, security boost

Large enterprise users of Atlassian's on-premises software say the vendor's cloud tools have piqued their interest with updates to security and support.

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Can we fully automate our software testing?

Your boss has jumped on the bandwagon to automate software testing. Don't despair. Software testing expert Matt Heusser walks through what to say -- and do -- to keep everyone happy. Continue Reading
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