The week we discuss New Relic’s open source plans, why monitoring is so complicated and try to unravel the mystery of enterprise pricing. Plus, Coté finds out that you can indeed use too much soap.
The Rundown
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New Relic Changes Business Model, Open Sources Agents and Instrumentation
Analysts Estimate New Relic (NEWR) to Report a Decline in Earnings:
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Conferences
SpringOne Platform, Sep 2nd and 3rd.
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th.
GitLab Commit: You Belong Here on Aug 26th.
SDT news & hype
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Brandon: Audio Hijack.
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