Atlassian defies ‘SaaSpocalypse’ fears, jumps 35% after strong earnings

Mike Cannon-Brookes handed down what could be a landmark earnings report for Atlassian, with the company swinging from a US$24 million loss a year ago to US$139 million of profit. Key Takeaways Key background It has been a tough year for Atlassian investors – before these earnings, its stock was down 40 per cent over […]

Indigenous edtech platform championed at TechDiversity 2026 Awards

A free app to help Australians quit smoking and “flight simulator for healthcare” were among other award winners at the 2026 TechDiversity Awards in Sydney. An AI-powered edtech platform that helps corporations build inclusive workplaces for First Nations cultures has been awarded the TechDiversity Champion title, the highest honour bestowed at the annual Tech Diversity […]

Four versions of the truth and no owner: AI’s ‘deployment debt’

Opinion: As companies rush to deploy AI, a new kind of organisational debt is building: capability without clear ownership, workflow or accountability, argues Lucio Ribeiro Last year in South Australia, ambulances spent close to 49,000 hours parked outside hospitals with patients still inside. Six years earlier, the figure was around 15,000. Paramedics kept monitoring patients […]

Atlassian warns more AI use will not magically lift productivity

Fortune 500 companies are embracing AI, but few can measure a tangible return. Atlassian’s chief people and AI enablement officer says widespread adoption means little unless businesses redesign the processes around it. The executive in charge of Atlassian’s internal AI tooling says the world’s biggest companies are struggling to see productivity gains from AI, and […]