AppFusions Speeds Enterprise Software Development, Integrating iRise® Visualization with Atlassian JIRA, Confluence

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iRise^®, the global leader in enterprise visualization solutions, and AppFusions, experts in Atlassian system integrations and services, today announced new integrations between iRise and two leading products from Atlassian, one of the world’s most popular providers of collaborative platforms for software developers.

“The availability of these two integrations will bring unprecedented speed and accuracy to the development process for JIRA and Confluence users.”

iRise visualization gives users the ability to create visual prototypes of new software projects that look and act just like the real thing, before a single line of code is written. The technology lets stakeholders and target users “kick the tires” on new applications, including mobile apps, and give feedback while it’s still easy and less costly to make changes.

AppFusions’ integrations of iRise visualization with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence brings significant new value to two of Atlassian’s most popular development products: JIRA – their issue tracking tool, and Confluence, their enterprise collaboration wiki platform.

About iRise Simulations for JIRA

Users can easily link to and preview working iRise visualizations from any JIRA issue. Associating JIRA tasks with simulations naturally speeds development. There is no faster way to understand an “agile story” or use case than through a live simulation. See video | more info.

About iRise Simulations for Confluence

Users can embed iRise visualizations directly within Confluence pages, enabling others to interact with and comment on live, working simulations without leaving the page. Through live simulations, vague textual use case descriptions are strengthened and quickly understood, saving endless hours of design time and confusion between engineering and product teams. See video | more info.

iRise’s patented software visualization technology helps companies and government agencies meet their workforce’s raised expectations of elegant design and ease of use, a by-product of users’ personal experience with mobile platforms such as the iPhone and the iPad. The demands that stem from the skyrocketing use of such platforms in business—often referred to as "the consumerization of IT"—have put many organizations under intense pressure to create business applications for stakeholders who expect to take their apps with them wherever they go, and who are quickly irritated by even small usability flaws.

iRise Simulations for JIRA and iRise Simulations for Confluence are available now for purchase from AppFusions.

“Integrated iRise simulations in Confluence and JIRA are a natural fit, enabling fast and efficient design, vetting, and code rework cycles,” said Ellen Feaheny, CEO and Co-Founder of AppFusions. “With high-fidelity iRise simulations early in the development lifecycle, requirements are conveyed crystal clear, misunderstandings are mitigated, and most importantly, costly design pitfalls are avoided.”

“As a trusted Atlassian integrations partner, AppFusions is an expert at developing integrations for Atlassian products. We couldn’t have found a better partner to integrate iRise to JIRA and Confluence,” stated Emmet B. Keeffe III, CEO and Co-Founder of iRise. “The availability of these two integrations will bring unprecedented speed and accuracy to the development process for JIRA and Confluence users.”

“We’re excited to see these new iRise integrations. Atlassian’s core objective is ‘to help software development products work faster and smarter, together.’ Simulated user experiences drive home this goal directly, and teams will now be able to diligently collaborate, tune, and drive their projects even faster in Confluence and JIRA, so when coding does begin, it is done right—the first time,” said Audra Eng, VP of Product Management at Atlassian.

"The use of iRise with other popular tools such as JIRA and Confluence can only help to streamline application development and accelerate time to market," says John Nevin, Manager of Technical Operations for The Community Corps at NPower and a user of both JIRA and iRise. “We've already experienced an order of magnitude improvement in speed and efficiency using iRise, and look forward to even greater gains now that these products are easier to use together."

AppFusions’ integrations of iRise into JIRA and Confluence were enabled by the iRise iConnect API, which provides web services that allow bi-directional linking between iRise and almost any requirements definition and management system. To learn more about extending and integrating with the iRise platform, visit the iRise Developer Network at http://idn.irise.com.

About iRise

iRise is the world's leading provider of enterprise visualization software for business applications. Visualization has become a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to interact with and fully experience applications before they are built. Companies of all sizes—such as General Motors, UPS, FedEx, Haworth, Manpower, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and hundreds of others—use iRise to "test drive" their applications before building, which accelerates time to market, improves customer experience, and drives cost down. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., iRise is backed by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, and Deutsche Bank, and has sales offices across North America and in London.

About Atlassian

Atlassian products help innovators everywhere track, build, and launch great software. More than 18,000 large and small organizations – including Citigroup, eBay, Netflix and Nike – use Atlassian’s issue tracking, collaboration and software-development products to work smarter and deliver quality results on time.

About AppFusions

AppFusions is a social, business, and engineering systems integrations firm offering multi-technology application solutions, enabling enterprises to harness together key systems for improved efficiencies. AppFusions' Atlassian technologies' expertise is some of the most technically capable in the industry. Their products portfolio includes integrations with Atlassian, Jive, IBM, Box, Google, UserVoice, Attensa, Alfresco, and more. AppFusions' customers overlap with their technology partners' customers – from SMB to Fortune 100s, worldwide. AppFusions works in U.S., Australia, and Europe.

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