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Business

Atlassian’s income grew by a third in a year, but quarterly losses continue as the revenue outlook falls

- November 4, 2022 3 MIN READ

US-based Australian tech giant Atlassian has seen revenue rise by nearly a third (31%) to US$807 million in the first quarter (Q1) of the 2023 financial year, but the 20-year-old business continues to post losses as growth begins to slow. Quarterly subscription revenue grew by 50% on 12 months ago, to US$651 million, but the… Read more »

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Business

Atlassian is now officially an American company

- October 5, 2022 2 MIN READ

NASDAQ-listed Australian software venture Atlassian has moved its parent company from the United Kingdom to the US. Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) announced plans for the shift in February. The workplace collaboration business originally set up in the UK in 2014 ahead of its listing on the NASDAQ in 2015. At the time the company said it… Read more »

Business

The build on Atlassian’s new Sydney HQ gets underway

- August 23, 2022 2 MIN READ

Construction 0f Atlassian’s new 39-storey headquarters at Sydney’s Tech Central precinct got underway last week, with the build expected to take five years to complete. The 180-metre hybrid timber skyscraper next to Central railway station will be the world’s tallest commercial hybrid timber building in the world and is expected to cost $546 million and… Read more »

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Business

20 years on, Atlassian continues to be unprofitable

- August 5, 2022 3 MIN READ

Australian tech company Atlassian was famously started by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar using $10,000 in credit card debt. The idea has since turned them into multi-billionaires. The NASDAQ-listed venture recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and this week celebrates posting another annual net loss of more than US$600 million (A860m). Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) posted its… Read more »

Cyber security

Atlassian just had a big cybersecurity scare on its Confluence Server

- June 8, 2022 2 MIN READ

Spare a thought for admins running Atlassian Confluence Server or Data Centre on the weekend after a cyber security company discovered bad actors actively exploiting a previously undiscovered vulnerability in those Atlassian products. On Friday morning, Steven Adair, President of security firm Volexity, tweeted about the vulnerability, saying it was “10/10 on the badness scale”. “Get your… Read more »

Global tech

BILLIONAIRES BICKER: Elon Musk’s now having a war of words with Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar over working from home

- June 3, 2022 2 MIN READ

Twitter pugilist Elon Musk has a new war to fight on the micro-blogging site he’s buying. After ordering his executives back into the office for a “minimum” of 40 hours a week via email, Musk followed up with an all staff email saying “If you don’t show up, we’ll assume you’ve resigned”. Taking a dig… Read more »

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Other tech

‘We let our customers down’: Atlassian stops short of saying sorry for April outage

- May 2, 2022 2 MIN READ

Atlassian co-founders and co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have told shareholders that the company “let our customers down” when an outage disrupted service for 775 subscribers earlier this month. The acknowledgement, which stopped short of an apology, kicked off the Q3 FY22 shareholders letter coinciding with the company’s quarterly results. The workplace software venture… Read more »

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People

Tech storms into top 10 rich list as Canva and Atlassian founders reshape Australian wealth

- March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ

The dramatic shift from mining and property to technology to generate wealth in Australia has made Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, and Canva’s Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht among the country’s top 10 richest people. The Australian’s 2022 edition of The List – Australia’s Richest 250, to be released on Friday, names Hancock… Read more »

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Global tech

Atlassian ponders US move

- February 15, 2022 2 MIN READ

NASDAQ-listed Australian software venture Atlassian is looking at moving its parent company from the United Kingdom to the US. Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) announced last week that it had undertaken an exploration of redomiciling the parent holding company across the Atlantic. The workplace collaboration software business originally set up in the UK in 2014 ahead of… Read more »

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Topic

Atlassian wants to hire 5,000 more Aussie staff

- January 24, 2022 2 MIN READ

Australian tech darling Atlassian is looking to hire an additional 5,000 local employees in the next few years as it prepares to open its new offices in Sydney’s Tech Central. Atlassian’s Chief of Staff Amy Glancey went on the record with Business Insider Australia last week to admit it will “be challenging” to add 5,000… Read more »

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Global tech

Nearly 20 years on, Atlassian’s revenue is continuing to skyrocket – and the losses too

- October 29, 2021 2 MIN READ

Atlassian continues to grow rapidly, with quarterly revenue up 34% on 12 months ago. Releasing its first quarter FY22 results today, Nasdaq-listed Australian tech company posted revenue of US$614 million, with quarterly subscription revenue up 57% year-on-year to US$435 million. But the company’s losses remain equally impressive, with a net loss of US$400.1 million for… Read more »

Politics

Atlassian’s new 40-storey HQ has been approved a part of Sydney’s Tech Central

- October 20, 2021 2 MIN READ

The NSW government has approved tech giant Atlassian’s plan for a 40-storey timber skyscraper next to Sydney’s Central Railway The 180-metre tower will be the tallest commercial hybrid timber building in the world with construction to get underway next year. The tower concept is by New York-based architects SHoP, with Australian practice BVN as the… Read more »