Appfire

Cybersecurity is no longer just about defending infrastructure. It’s about enabling businesses to operate with confidence. In @CyberTech_In, our CISO Doug Kersten shares how leading security thinkers are reframing cyber resilience as an enterprise-wide discipline, and how organizations can build intelligence and governance frameworks to support resilience, uptime, and revenue protection in an increasingly volatile digital environment. Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4uFbI5H

Ever ship a feature only to learn another team just broke it? BigPicture draws dependency lines across every project so those surprises vanish. On March 25 at 9 am ET, we’ll walk through: ✅ Real-time cross-team dependency mapping ✅ Alerts when a linked task slips ✅ A program board that keeps back-end, front-end, and ops in sync Skip the detective work, register here: bit.ly/4uQw786

You’re not bad at focusing. It’s just that your system might not be protecting your focus. Research shows it takes 23 minutes to refocus after a context switch. Add to that Slack, meetings, incidents, documentation searches, and handoffs. You can lose half your day to distractions. It’s tempting to treat this like a productivity problem when it’s actually a design problem. In this episode of “Beyond the flame,” Solution Architects @edgaile and Dan Tombs unpack: ☑️ Why context switching drives burnout ☑️ How tool and knowledge silos multiply the damage ☑️ What automation and AI actually fix (and what they don’t) ☑️ The metrics that reveal whether your team is stuck or in flow If your team feels busy but not effective, this conversation will hit home. ▶️ Watch the full episode here: bit.ly/4btUVuN

This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #GiveToGain, reminds us that real progress happens when we collaborate, mentor, and invest in women — creating shared momentum that advances teams, companies, and communities. We’re especially excited to see our VP of Product Marketing Michelle Eichner and Director of Data Insights Aida Rodriguez representing Appfire on the Nasdaq tower in partnership with @PledgeOne today. Their leadership reflects what this movement is all about: opening doors, elevating others, and building forward together.

As we approach #IWD2026, and every day, we celebrate the women and allies who are leading, building, and shaping the future of Appfire, including half of our executive team and numerous directors, VPs, managers, product leaders, IT leads, marketers, and engineers. Representation matters. When women see leaders who look like them, ambition feels attainable. But progress requires more than visibility, it requires structure and a #GiveToGain mindset. Championing female leadership means embedding equity into how we operate: equitable access to stretch opportunities, sponsorship beyond mentorship, measurable representation goals, and more. Advancing women into leadership isn’t symbolic. It's a strategic business priority.

As AI adoption accelerates and its access to data expands, responsible implementation is essential. But what does that actually look like? ➡️ With the rapid evolution of this technology, continuously assessing and refining your AI vendor evaluation approach is critical to building trust. Read more insights from Appfire CISO Doug Kersten in @InformationWeek: bit.ly/3OHy5Hj

🎉 Appfire is included in the 2026 @CRN Partner Program Guide for the third consecutive year! As cloud and AI transformation accelerate, partner programs must deliver more than incentives. We’re continuously evolving our program to strengthen alignment across sales and customer success, advance cloud migrations, and equip partners with practical, outcome-driven AI solutions. Our focus is clear: empowering partners to lead strategic conversations and deliver measurable impact. Learn more: bit.ly/4r6Eh9b

🤔 Your automation might be working. But is it thinking? In the newest episode of “Beyond the flame,” Appfire Solution Architects Dan Tombs and @edgaile unpack the shift from rule-based automation to contextual automation, where workflows factor in sentiment, skills, history, and business impact before acting. If you design workflows in Jira or lead ITSM or engineering teams, this conversation will challenge how you think about “smart.” ▶️ Watch here: bit.ly/4cK5db7

#DeveloperWeek is in full swing, and Booth 322 is buzzing! We’re meeting engineers, sharing stories, and showing how Flow helps leaders move faster by surfacing what’s working, what’s stuck, and what to fix next. If you’re onsite, swing by for a live demo, grab some exclusive swag, and talk shop with our team. Whether you’re scaling teams or chasing better delivery outcomes, we’re here for it. You can learn more about Flow here: appfire.com/flow

Your workday lives in fifteen browser tabs, and none of them agree on where the project stands. Give us 60 minutes on February 25 at 9 AM EDT, and we’ll show BigPicture running one dashboard that: ☑️ Pulls every Jira issue into a living roadmap ☑️ Updates progress the second a dev hits “Done” ☑️ Hands execs a real-time view so they stop asking “Status?” every hour Trade the tab-chaos for clarity. Register here: bit.ly/4rVOdTG

If this sounds like your kind of romance, we see you! What’s been your ultimate “be still my heart” moment in tech? Or...😬 what broke your heart? Whether you've found love in tech or are mending a broken heart, check out our Workflow & Automation apps - there's something for everyone! appfire.com/solutions/work…

❤️‍🔥 Valentine’s Day might be over… but good workflows deserve year-round love, so here’s a poem, just for you! Roses are red, violets are blue, Devs & IT feel love when the workflow flows too. Love isn’t chocolates or heart-shaped art, It’s clean documentation from the very start. It’s workflows automated (no duct tape in sight). No “hope and a prayer” deploys late at night. It’s integrations that fit like they’re fated. Hello Jira, yes… we’re fully integrated. (It’s not a perplexing situationship. It’s a stable relationship.) It’s safe deployments. No fires to fight. Nothing broke? That’s romance done right. And true love? (The kind that makes engineers smirk.) It just works… at scale… and keeps on working. And Valentine’s may come and go, But the smoothest workflows still make teams glow.

🔒Three years. Zero findings. One big win for our customers. Appfire has received our SOC 2, Type II audit report with no exceptions — for the third year in a row. Security and compliance aren’t check-the-box exercises. They’ve been core priorities at Appfire from day one, and we’ll continue to invest in them for our customers as technology — and threats — evolve. This report reflects not just a moment in time, but our ongoing commitment to transparency, continuous monitoring, and improvement. Visit our Trust Center: bit.ly/4avKfdw

One week until we’re in San Jose! We can’t wait to see you at #DeveloperWeek 2026 – come visit us at booth 322! Here’s what’s happening: ✅ Flow demos, live and hands-on ✅ Surya Mereddy's session: Why 10x code generation didn't give us 10x throughput ✅ Our sponsor spotlight and hackathon challenge ✅ Raffle entries and exclusive swag at the booth 💬 Want to connect with the team? Stop by to ask your questions in person. 🗓️ Not registered yet? Grab your spot today: developerweek.com

We’re excited to share that our CMO @CatSolazzo has been selected for @ChannelInsider's Channel Marketing Leaders 100 list! 🎉 The #CML100 recognizes leaders driving measurable partner impact and advancing the global IT partner ecosystem through GTM and enablement excellence. This recognition reflects Catherine’s leadership in scaling ecosystem-led go-to-market strategies — and the impactful work of the broader team delivering value to partners and customers worldwide. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4qu2K84

Take it from our CTO Ed Frederici 👉 in 2026, treating AI as a side project is officially out. This year is all about operationalizing AI as core business infrastructure, with the same standards for accuracy, security, and performance as any mission-critical system. Read more in @CIOonline: bit.ly/4rEJPZj

🔥 Setting the tone for 2026. Over the past month, we brought our teams together for our inaugural Blaze kickoff events to align on what matters most: focus, simplification, and coordinated execution. More than a kickoff, Blaze was about meaningful conversations, transparency, and starting the year with strong collective energy. We’re aligned with our mission. We’re moving with clarity. And we’re going for it in 2026. 🚀

Your team’s using AI and generating more code than ever. So why does delivery still feel slow? At #DevWeek26, Appfire’s Surya Mereddy shares a leadership playbook for finding your real bottlenecks, governing your AI agents, and tracking the metrics that actually move throughput. Add the session: Thursday, Feb 19 | 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM (PT) | Main stage #Flow #EngineeringLeadership #AIDrivenEngineering

🎉 Meet our 2025 Appfire Partner Award winners! These partners delivered standout performance across the Atlassian ecosystem and were key collaborators in helping Appfire support customers around the world. ⭐Global partner of the year: Valiantys Regional partners of the year ⭐ Americas: Cprime ⭐ EMEA: @Eficode ⭐ APAC: Open Source Consulting We’re incredibly proud to work with these teams and can’t wait to see what we’ll achieve together next. See the full list → bit.ly/4kjZV83

In @Inc., our CEO Matt Dircks shares his perspective on balancing growth investments while maintaining profitability. Check out his insights and how other leaders are approaching the same challenge: bit.ly/4ruNY1U