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News

Why Agentic AI Becomes the Standard in 2026

Agentic AI systems are replacing the chatbot era. No more hype – real automation that takes over workflows instead of just responding to them.

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DevOps

The Agent Harness: The Real Foundation of Enterprise AI

Why the agent harness – not the AI model or the generated code – determines the success of enterprise AI initiatives, and how to build one in five steps.

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DevOps

Governing Agentic AI Safely: Zero Trust and Compliance for AI Agents

AI agents are transforming the enterprise at speed – and the risk is growing just as fast. How the "in dubio pro securitate" principle, formal verification, and zero trust keep agentic AI safe and compliant.

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News

XALT Named Finalist for Atlassian Partner of the Year 2026 – Government EMEA: What It Means for the Public Sector in DACH

Atlassian has named XALT a finalist for "Government Partner of the Year – EMEA." What that means for our public-sector approach, and why Atlassian cloud migration is now a priority for government agencies.

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News

Insights from the Enterprise AI Summit 2026: How Leading Companies Turn AI into Real Business Outcomes

From the Enterprise AI Summit 2026 in San Jose: the 5 key takeaways for IT leaders, plus real business outcomes from Cisco, John Deere, LaunchDarkly, Skypoint Health, Disney, and Vanguard.

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Software Development

Breaking Down Silos with Jira Product Discovery: Connecting Strategy and Software Delivery

How XALT uses Jira Product Discovery to turn idea chaos into clear prioritization and seamlessly connect product strategy with software delivery.

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Business

How to Build an AI Security Strategy That Accelerates Innovation Instead of Slowing It Down – A 3-Pillar Framework for IT Leaders

A practical 3-pillar framework for IT decision-makers: how to get data leaks, model poisoning, and shadow AI under control and turn AI security into an innovation driver.

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Atlassian

Atlassian Team’25 Europe: Rovo News and Highlights

Rovo is becoming the AI layer for Atlassian’s System of Work: news about Rovo Search, Chat, agents, Studio, governance and the Teamwork Graph.

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Atlassian Cloud

Atlassian Cloud Migration: From Server and Data Center to the Cloud

Why moving to Atlassian Cloud matters now, what the cloud offers and how a migration succeeds from assessment to go-live.

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Atlassian

Atlassian Team’25 Europe: Cloud News and Collections

The key cloud and collections announcements from Atlassian Team’25 Europe: AI-native software, service, teamwork and strategy collections plus new enterprise capabilities.

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News

XALT Expands in the US: Customers Now Benefit from Global Atlassian Platinum Expertise and Local Gold Excellence

XALT has achieved Atlassian Gold Solution Partner status in the US – bringing local Gold-level resources to US customers, combined with the experience of a global Platinum partner.

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DevOps

Shift Left: Catching Bugs Earlier in Your Development Cycle

Bugs found late cost time, money, and trust. The shift-left approach moves testing and quality assurance as early as possible into the development cycle.

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DevOps

Release Management with Jira: Fixing Problems, Streamlining Processes, Securing Quality

Unclear ownership, manual steps, and time pressure turn releases into chaos. Here's how Jira brings structure, automation, and quality to your release management.

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DevOps

Post-Incident Review Best Practices for Jira Service Management

A post-incident review is more than a closing report – it helps you understand root causes, improve processes, and draw valuable lessons from every incident. Here's how to run one effectively in Jira Service Management.

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DevOps

Self-Service: Meaning and Challenges

Without self-service, companies drown in administrative tasks. We explain what self-service is, which challenges it solves, and which tools you can use to build it.

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DevOps

What Is Developer Self-Service? An Overview

What developer self-service is, the types that exist, its advantages and drawbacks, and how it works in practice – a comprehensive overview.

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DevOps

Webinar Recap: Platform Engineering – AWS Account Setup With JSM

Transform your cloud infrastructure with Platform Engineering and JSM Cloud – our webinar shows you how.

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DevOps

What Is Platform Engineering?

Platform engineering, internal developer platforms, and developer self-service – we explain the terms, the differences between them, and walk through a real-world example built on Jira Service Management and AWS.

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DevOps

A Comparison of Popular Container Orchestration Tools

Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Azure Container Apps compared head-to-head: features, benefits, use cases, and a comparison table to help you decide.

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DevOps

Deep Dive: Monitoring and Observability for DevOps Teams

Concepts, best practices, and tools: how monitoring and observability help DevOps teams catch problems earlier and ship software faster and more reliably.

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News

Team XALT in Vegas at Atlassian's Team23

In April 2023, TeamXALT headed to Las Vegas for Atlassian's Team23 – to soak up fresh ideas from the ecosystem and grow closer as a team.

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DevOps

DevOps: Advanced Techniques for Optimizing Your Build-Test-Deploy (CI/CD) Pipeline

From incremental builds to blue/green deployments: advanced techniques DevOps teams use to fine-tune their build-test-deploy pipeline.

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News

XALT's Girls'Day 2023 Program

On April 27, 2023, XALT opens its doors at two locations – Munich and Leipzig – for Germany's nationwide Girls'Day. Here's what's on the agenda.

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DevOps

DevSecOps in Manufacturing

Manufacturers are increasingly becoming software companies. DevSecOps helps them break down silos, build in security from the start, and stay competitive.

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DevOps

DevSecOps Glossary

From Agile to vulnerability scanning: the key DevSecOps terms explained in one place.

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DevOps

The Essential Role of Security in DevSecOps

DevOps ships fast – but speed without security is risky. Why DevSecOps brings development and security together, and how companies benefit.

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DevOps

Guide: Troubleshooting and Fixing Production Issues in Distributed Systems

A structured guide to troubleshooting distributed systems – from post-mortem analysis to post-incident review.

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DevOps

10 Best Practices for Deploying and Managing Microservices in Production

From clear ownership to chaos testing: 10 best practices for running microservices reliably in production.

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DevOps

What Is DevSecOps and How Does It Improve the Software Development Process?

How DevSecOps builds security into the entire development process – with real-world examples from Capital One and eBay, and metrics for measuring success.

What Is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
DevOps

What Is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?

Infrastructure as code replaces manual server configuration with machine-readable definition files. Here are the benefits, the challenges, and the key tools.

5 Key Skills for Becoming a DevSecOps Engineer
DevOps

5 Key Skills for Becoming a DevSecOps Engineer

DevOps knowledge, secure SDLC, application security, cloud infrastructure, and communication: the five skills that define a DevSecOps engineer.

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News

The Best Home Office Equipment Setup

Remote work is now a permanent part of modern working life. We break down which home office equipment actually makes a difference – from standing desks to headsets.

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News

Shortlisted for the INKOMETA Award – Intranet Category

The BSH intranet made the INKOMETA shortlist for best intranet in the "Intranet & Digital Workplace" category – built together with XALT and [\]init[\].

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News

Console.log Podcast: Interview with Fabienne

Our colleague Fabienne Gerhard was a guest on "console.log", the podcast of her alma mater, Munich University of Applied Sciences – the first episode is all about IT, digitalization, and transformation.

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News

Team Event in Munich – June 2022

Two days, a homemade raft on the Isar river, and a communication workshop at our Munich office: a look back at our June 2022 team event.

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DevOps

How to Get Started with DevOps Automation – and Why It Matters

DevOps automation enables faster, more consistent deployments and fewer manual errors. We cover the typical challenges and how to get started.

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