Atlassian, a maker of software development and collaboration tools, has released Jira Studio 2.0, a hosted, integrated suite of tools that includes Jira 4, a new version of issue tracker and Bamboo, a continuous integration (CI) server that allows builds to be run in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
Atlassian said that OpenSocial dashboards allow users to create customised dashboards, containing information from any of the applications included in Jira Studio, as well as external applications such as Gmail and Google Calendars. The new Jira Query Language (JQL) enables team members to run queries using SQL-like syntax enhanced with auto-completion.
According to Atlassian, the Jira Studio includes new planning and tracking features of Greenhopper. It allows teams to manage multiple product backlogs and then assign tasks to iterations using a drag-and-drop interface. Burndown charts can be displayed in any dashboard and task-tracking is done by dragging tasks between states like To Do, In Progress and Done. It supports methods including Scrum, Kanban, Lean and Extreme Programming.
With Bamboo, teams can run customised build agents using EC2 resources and pay for the time that their build agents are running. Build agents can be started and shut down based on known peaks in demand and the Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) can be customised to include any tools needed such as compilers and automated testing, the company said.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder and CEO of Atlassian, said: “Jira Studio combines Atlassian’s most popular development tools with Subversion source control in a fully-integrated system to let development teams get up and running in minutes.
“The addition of Bamboo to Jira Studio makes it the most complete on-demand offering available to development teams today. With Studio and their IDEs of choice, a development team has all the tools they need to work together effectively, available in minutes at an unbeatable price.”
