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Agents are in Confluence (and wherever you need them to be)

@mention an agent on any page and it creates, edits, and comments alongside your team. Through the Atlassian Rovo MCP, the same agents work from Claude, Cursor, or your IDE. Agents have been working in Confluence since we launched custom agents in May 2024, and teams now run more than 5 million agent invocations a month. In February alone, Agents saved Atlassian customers more than 200,000 hours.

Rocket.Chat 8.7 brings XMPP interoperability for coalition operations

Coalition operations depend on XMPP. NATO's Federated Mission Networking (FMN) builds on it, it is a standing requirement in coalition RFPs, and it has carried mission communications for more than 20 years. With release 8.7, Rocket.Chat federates with XMPP, so organisations can coordinate with every partner on the mission network from a single sovereign platform. This release is the first step in a larger build: native XMPP federation, engineered into the platform rather than bolted on.

Simpplr's Rewards Store evolution: built into the everyday employee experience

Recognition works best when it doesn't ask people to leave where they already are. Say thank you in one app, redeem it in another, and the moment loses its shape before it ever lands. Most recognition programs were built as bolt-ons, sitting next to the intranet instead of inside it. That gap is where participation quietly stalls.

Why better tickets help agents write better code

A reflection on building an enterprise product using AI agents, and what the data says about how we worked. The observation For the past few months we have been rapidly building an enterprise-wide, production-grade application that helps with employee compensation planning, management and communication. I compared what we built against a traditionally-built product to draw out insights about our new ways of working.

IT Helpdesk Automation: From Ticket Routing to Resolution

Employees do not contact the IT helpdesk because they want a ticket created. They want their password reset, software installed, access approved, VPN fixed, or device issue resolved. However, many AI helpdesk automation tools stop after answering a question, categorizing the request, or routing the ticket. The actual resolution still depends on an IT technician. True IT helpdesk automation goes further.

What Our Report Says on NIS2 Readiness

NIS2 has moved from a directive text to a daily operational reality for thousands of organizations across the EU, and Wire's new State of Secure Collaboration 2026 report shows how far everyday collaboration habits have to travel to catch up with that reality. We surveyed 208 IT, security, and compliance leaders across France, Germany, and the UK about how they collaborate, what they consider sensitive, and how prepared they feel for the regulation.

Why frontline workers miss critical updates and what IC teams can do about it

Frontline employees are the nuts and bolts that hold your business together. When they’re all in the right place and thoughtfully aligned, they create a stable foundation. But if they’re not aligned, the structure starts to wobble.

Slack School | Deploy Your Bolt App Anywhere

Ready to take your custom Slack app off your screen and out into the wild? In this episode, we'll show you how to clone a Bolt app from GitHub, install what it needs to run, and lock down your settings safely. Then, we'll wrap the whole thing inside a tidy Docker container so your app is travel-ready and prepared to host wherever you like. Class dismissed!

How to Automate Employee Offboarding Without Security Gaps

When an employee’s final working day is recorded in the HR system, the offboarding process has only just begun. IT must remove access, equipment needs to be returned, HR has to schedule the exit interview, benefits teams may need to send a COBRA notification, and final documents must be completed. When these steps are handled separately and manually, important actions can be missed. So, what is employee offboarding automation?