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May 11, 2026
Product Owners are under pressure from every direction. They need to define product direction, prioritize the backlog, translate stakeholder needs into deliverable work, coordinate with development and QA, track release readiness, and prove that every sprint contributes to business value.
For many teams, Jira Data Center has been the default system for managing product backlogs, user stories, sprints, and development workflows. It is familiar, configurable, and widely adopted. But as Atlassian winds down Data Center, organizations have a strategic opportunity to ask a bigger question: is Jira Data Center really the best long-term platform for Product Owners?
Read MoreMay 5, 2026
For years, Jira Data Center has been a familiar choice for enterprise software teams that need scalable, self-hosted issue and agile project tracking. But with Atlassian now winding down Data Center, including the end of new Data Center subscription sales for new customers on March 30, 2026 and full end of life for impacted Data Center products on March 28, 2029, many organizations are rethinking whether Jira is still the right long-term foundation for software delivery.
For Business Analysts, this transition raises a bigger question than hosting: is Jira really designed around the way BAs work?
Read MoreMay 4, 2026
Risk management isn’t a standalone admin exercise for software teams in healthcare, biotech, financial services, aerospace, defense contracting, and other regulated industries. For these teams, risk management is an integral piece of how software is planned, built, tested, released, and maintained over the entire lifecycle. Instead of treating compliance as a final checkpoint before release, organizations need to build risk awareness into everyday decisions. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of risk management in regulated sectors, how it’s evolving, and how Inflectra’s platforms, like Spira, enhance modern risk management.
Read MoreMay 4, 2026
As software development pivots toward AI-driven agents and autonomous workflows, the stakes for quality assurance have never been higher. At STAREAST 2026, Inflectra stood at the center of this shift, showcasing how organizations can balance the speed of AI with the unwavering reliability required by the enterprise. As a Gold Sponsor, we spent the week engaging with QA leaders to turn the complex nature of AI into a transparent, manageable part of the DevOps lifecycle.
Here is how our presence in Orlando delivered tangible value to the software testing community.
Read MoreApril 27, 2026
In an era where software delivery moves at breakneck speeds, testing shouldn't be the bottleneck—it should be your competitive advantage. We recently hosted a global double-showing of our Rapise 9.0 webinar, where Inflectra’s leadership and engineering teams demonstrated how we’re infusing AI across our suite to transform QA from a hurdle into a launchpad. Read on to access the full recordings, covering everything from the fundamentals of codeless automation to the game-changing power of AI self-healing.
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