# New Relic to Monitor Performance of Rails Applications - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: May 1, 2008 (2008-05-01T06:07:37Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ebb2a2851056/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ebb2a2851056.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) New Relic is looking to capitalize on the growing number of Ruby on Rails application deployments, having recently raised $3.5M from Benchmark Capital for their Rails Performance Management (RPM) product. RPM is a combination of installed software and cloud services that helps developers understand performance problems in their RoR applications. A Rails developer first installs a standard plugin that continuously sends performance data to New Relics servers. He or she can then use an RPM dashboard to identify the specific points in their code that are causing bottlenecks. Several brand name Rails developers are already using a beta version of the RPM service, including Rails core developer Rick Olson. While the company is reluctant to disclose its current enterprise-size clients, they are obviously going after the several billion-dollar-plus businesses already using Rails in production. New Relic was founded by Lewis Cirne, who in 1998 started a company that offered similar monitoring software for the then-young Java application industry. Cirne successfully sold that company and has brought several of his old colleagues with him to this new Rails venture. Other startups working to make Rails deployment less painful include Heroku, which offers online development and one-click cloud deployment, and Engine Yard, which offers managed Rails service infrastructure. CrunchBase Information RPM Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because its time for you to find a new Job2.0 ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Who Are The Biggest Users of Amazon Web Services? Its Not Startups.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d80fc1f6ac1d/) (techcrunch.com, April 21, 2008) - [Twitter Trends: Twist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/383823ace932/) (techcrunch.com, April 23, 2008) - [CBS SportsLine Founder to Launch OPEN Sports Network](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77d6dab962ee/) (techcrunch.com, April 25, 2008) - [Mint Moves Into Investment Tracking](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6df2c46bfeb3/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) - [Zenbe: Next-Generation Webmail, With A Platform Twist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4cd3eb9bfb1/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [Architecture astronauts take over](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e5c51a4d53f5/) (joelonsoftware.com, May 1, 2008) - [Goodbye, my dearest Marco...](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/18d39d44271d/) (minigirl.typepad.com, May 1, 2008) - [Christopher Mark Leighton-Brooder](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/239f933815a2/) (minigirl.typepad.com, May 1, 2008) - [AT&T offers free WiFi for iPhone users](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c897f2b0b258/) (tuaw.com, May 1, 2008) - [mod_rails articles](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/16cddca201a4/) (slicehost.com, May 1, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/30/new-relic-to-monitor-performance-of-rails-applications/