FutureStack 2022 overview

Social impact

New Relic announces new grant program

New Relic announced a $100,000 Impact Fund to provide unrestricted dollars to eligible U.S. nonprofit organizations for use on technology projects. The fund builds on current programs that enable nonprofit technology and engage New Relic employees and support community partners. The Impact Fund is dedicated to investing in the advancement of nonprofit technology and digital transformation by supporting nonprofits in addressing their most important technological barriers.

Grant size will be determined by NewRelic.org and will range from $5,000-$25,000 per project. Grants will support nonprofits with strategic or innovative technology needs, digital transformation projects, and creative solutions to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

Platzi partnership

Online learning platform, Platzi will now offer New Relic Student Edition to all Platzi students with the help of New Relic. New Relic will also add an observability course to the platform, which will feature in all the cloud engineering educational tracks. Additionally, New Relic will sponsor 2,000 scholarships so more students can sign up to gain skills.

Learn with Jason sponsorship

Learn with Jason is live, hands-on learning that brings in teachers from across the web developer community. New Relic will support Learn with Jason with an annual sponsorship and be part of Observability Week, where students will build an application, instrument it, and learn how to use the data that is generated.

Wilco partnership

New Relic will team with Wilco to produce a hand-on gamified programming experience called League of Observability. Wilco will also add New Relic tracks to their current engineering challenges.

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