Atlassian software systems
Wednesday, 07 February 2007 20:50
Source: http://www.austrade.gov.au/EMDG-Case-Studies/default.aspx
2007
Industry sector: Management advice & consulting services
First-time EMDG recipient, Atlassian Software Systems, provides enterprise software solutions to leading global organisations. Recognised as Australia's fastest-growing software company by BRW magazine for the past two years, Atlassian has over 6,800 customers in more than 80 countries, and offices in Sydney and San Francisco.
The company was started by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar who at 27 years of age, have created an international technology house that touches hundreds of thousands of people globally. The pair received top honours at the Australian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards and will now progress to the global awards in Monte Carlo on 2nd June where the Ernest & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year will be announced.
Atlassian sells to some of world's most well-known organisations, including nearly half of the Fortune 50. The company’s success has been achieved as a result of providing excellent service to customers, bringing brilliant simplicity and ease of use to enterprise software, constantly looking at product improvement, as well as developing fair and reasonable software licensing policies.
The founders remarked, "The EMDG grant helped us fund international online marketing activities and retain local consultants in the US, our biggest export market. The overall effect of the grant has been to help maintain strong profitability. This has in turn contributed to our ongoing growth by helping fund organic growth and acquisitions."
