In 2010 HipChat was a pioneer in the team communications category, and they’re still combining one on one messaging, group chat, voice, video, file sharing, and screen sharing to date. The new addition of HipChat Server is, according to Cannon-Brookes, paving the way for more business teams to benefit from a new type of communication. It’s a significant opportunity when you consider that more than half of the 40,000 customers across Atlassian’s products already run the software behind their personal firewalls. As Atlassian continues to grow, they’re planning on increasing their total workforce by more than 500 employees worldwide this fiscal year, ending in June 2015. As it stands, the team dedicated to HipChat is expected to triple; they won’t stop accelerating product development in this fast growing market anytime soon.
