Why is Atlassian ahead of the pack?

What's the deal with Atlassian? Why is Atlassian so cool? As a budding or experienced IT professional, you've probably asked yourself these questions before. Today, we'd like to tell you why Atlassian is indispensable to us and why we chose these products over others back then. Why we work with Atlassian, why we use their products as solutions for our customers. We also asked our employees for their thoughts. You can find some of our experts' comments below.

The year was 2002 – and catworkx had a stroke of luck: while searching for a tool to manage software issues internally, one of the founders at the time discovered the bug tracking tool ‘Jira’, which had just been launched on the market. They tried it out, were satisfied, and immediately became a customer of Atlassian.
The two founders of Atlassian, Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes, were pioneers who specialised in creating collaboration interfaces for companies. What began in Australia in 2002 as an IT start-up is now a billion-dollar publicly traded company with thousands of employees and renowned customers. Today, Atlassian's best-known products include Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence and Bitbucket.
Now, in 2023, catworkx has been working with Atlassian products for more than 20 years. Since 2014, we have specialised 100% in Atlassian solutions – and there's a good reason for that.

Why catworkx has relied on Atlassian since then and continues to do so today

Whether it's ‘classic’ software development, optimising human resources management or efficiently designing all kinds of processes in companies, Atlassian tools are versatile and adaptable. This results in an endless number of possible applications, which is what makes working with Atlassian tools so exciting (for us). What they all have in common is that they close gaps in organisational, project and communication management, thus ensuring effective collaboration. The software is suitable for companies of all sizes and can be used in all areas of a company: development, IT, marketing, HR, finance, etc. Since Atlassian tailors its product development to the constantly changing requirements of companies, its solutions are always up to date and can be adapted very flexibly to individual workflows. This enables catworkx to always offer its customers up-to-date and suitable solutions. In addition, the products can be adapted to individual needs through a variety of apps offered on the Atlassian Marketplace. If required, catworkx also develops customer-specific apps.

Everyone is discussing digitalisation. We are implementing it. By people, for people.

Digitalisation poses major challenges for many companies. Atlassian's tools are building blocks on the way to achieving this. A ticket system for IT support? Agile software development or waterfall? No problem, that's standard. But it doesn't have to be just IT. Our customers also use Jira to record and process requests to building services, marketing or human resources (onboarding). Not complex enough yet?

How about fibre optic expansion for internet connections? Tasks such as calculation, route and connection planning across multiple service providers, some of which run in parallel, need to be managed and monitored. Anything that fits into a form and goes through a process can be easily mapped in Jira.

And then there's Confluence: a great way to collaborate seamlessly across national borders – a place where you can store and share information and knowledge of all kinds (intranet, knowledge base). Confluence can also be used in combination with Jira Software to record and share release notes for programming controlled via Jira, for example.

It is the wide range of functions and maximum flexibility of Atlassian tools that enable first-class digital mapping of business processes. And one thing is clear: with Atlassian products, we never get bored. The areas of application, the range of tasks and the customer projects are diverse.

Why catworkx employees rely on Atlassian training and certification

catworkx supports customers from consulting and product implementation to productive operation. This requires expertise and practical experience. In order to always provide the best service, all employees place great importance on Atlassian certifications. catworkx supports both employees and customers with a wide range of training courses.

And what do our colleagues say about Atlassian products?