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Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
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The latest round in the battle between WordPress owner Automattic and WP Engine was won by the latter with California District Court judge Araceli Martnez-Olgun issuing an injunction to prevent Automattic blocking WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources and continuing to interfere with its plugins. “While Defendants characterize WP Engines harm as self-imposed because it built its business around a website that it had no contractual right to use… Defendants role in helpin
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Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Manager
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