New Relic, Inc., the leading software-as-a-service provider of application performance management solutions, today announced that 11 more organizations have joined its Affiliate Program. The program enables web development firms, software vendors, and user groups who focus on Java or Ruby applications to make New Relic RPM available to their clients and has attracted more than 80 members to date.

The newest affiliates include TheFunded.com and The Founder Institute, Aptana, Inc., Devver, East Agile Ltd., Entryway Software Development, Incutio Ltd., New Bamboo, RightTrac Ltd., Ruby Bayou, Jack Russell Software, and Charles Max Wood.

"The Founder Institute is committed to identifying best of breed partners to help our companies succeed," said Adeo Ressi, Founding Member of TheFunded.com and The Founder Institute. "Making New Relic’s monitoring capabilities available to our companies through the New Relic affiliate program helps them effectively manage web application performance to meet their business goals."

"New Relic’s affiliate program provides essential advantages for organizations and individuals involved with web application development, deployment, and consultation," said Bill Lapcevic, vice president of business development for New Relic. "It enables affiliates to work directly with their clients to monitor live application performance post-deployment, to troubleshoot issues proactively, and to ensure superior service delivery through effective SLA management."

About the New Relic Affiliate Program

The New Relic Affiliate Program is designed for application development firms, systems integrators, VAR’s, Rails and Java user groups, application hosting services and any other organization or individual with contacts within the Rails and Java communities. It enables these organizations to combine their best-of-breed solutions for developing and deploying Java applications with New Relic’s proven, on-demand application management solutions. The program is free. Once approved and enrolled in the program, the affiliate can promote RPM to their customers or members. Affiliates are also entitled to provide RPM Gold level subscriptions for limited periods to assist clients with application issues. Benefits of the program include:

• Free use of New Relic RPM for 30 days in client engagements to monitor, tune, and optimize their applications
• Real-time visibility into code delivered to clients for efficient SLA management and customer support
• Referral fees equivalent to the first month of a customer’s paid subscription to New Relic RPM

More information about the New Relic Affiliate Program is available here.

About The Founder Institute

The Founder Institute is a business incubator and executive training program for high-tech entrepreneurs. The Institute brings together experienced CEOs and Founders providers in a collaborative environment to help launch 1,000 companies per year worldwide. Leading service providers are invited to support the Founders by reducing the cost and complexity of launching new companies. Semesters are currently being held in the Bay Area, and expanding to other cities in 2009.