
“We’ve saved many person-months overall across teams thanks to the introduction of these apps." “Cloud apps help to make Jira a single source of truth for development workflow, support load and triage priority, asset management, and company-wide planning,” Sky says.
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VSCO has also taken full advantage of the hundreds of cloud apps available. Other cloud benefits include access to Atlassian mobile apps and features like sidebar linking and an improved Confluence integration. New cloud features have been a game-changer for VSCO, like Jira’s team-managed projects, which allow teams to create their own configurations without relying on an admin. Now the burden doesn’t fall onto one admin but instead equips everyone with access to the latest in Atlassian innovation. To stay on the cutting edge of technology, VSCO employees need the newest features and technology available. “The team found that the new Cloud UI was much cleaner, unobtrusive, and more flexible,” says Sky.īut it’s so much more than looks. His VSCO teammates have also found their stride in cloud, loving the new user interface, enhanced features, and immediate access to updates. “Performance and uptime have been solid,” he says, relieved to know he no longer has to worry about scheduled service outages or hardware upgrades. Just as important, Sky needed to know his team always had availability to their essential tools. “The unified identity management lets us apply the same permission models across Jira and Confluence, making it easier to reason about system access, onboard new employees and contractors, and partition information as needed.” “We feel good knowing that Atlassian’s taking care of all the updates and patches,” says Sky. Putting their full trust in Atlassian to worry about maintenance, Sky and his team can spend more time focusing on what they do best - fostering creativity and building communities. Since migrating to cloud, VSCO has reaped the benefits, from security and performance to the availability of new features. It’s hard to justify the time spent on internal tool upgrades when they don’t directly contribute to our mission to help people fall in love with their creativity.”

“We’re a lean organization and we want to stay focused on delivering value to our two million members. “Ease of maintenance was the primary reason we migrated,” Sky explains. Sky saw the writing on the wall-it read “cloud.” He took the initiative to develop a migration plan, advocate for the move, and see it through to reality. “Team members spent hours in meetings every week, often just discussing basic updates.” So he made it his personal mission to solve these challenges by fine-tuning and customizing Atlassian tools to optimize the way VSCO teams collaborate.īut new customizations and processes wouldn’t be enough for this growing company. “In my first few months, I noticed some operational and process issues that could easily be improved,” says Sky.
