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By Paul Sawers
November 20, 2023
Yet another software license is vying for the attentions of SaaS companies seeking to align themselves with the open source realm, without compromising their commercial endeavors. Sentry, an app performance monitoring (APM) company that helps companies such as Disney, Microsoft, and Cisco track and resolve laggy or buggy applications, has transitioned its core product to […]
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