AppDynamics
APM Monitoring platform for cloud applications
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::summary APM Monitoring platform for cloud applications ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| logo | Appd-logo-340x0 q100.png |
| logo_size | 340x100 |
| name | AppDynamics, Inc. |
| parent | Cisco |
| type | Private company |
| industry | (APM) Application Performance Management System Monitoring |
| products | {{Collapsible list |
| foundation | |
| location_city | San Francisco, CA |
| location_country | United States |
| key_people | * Jyoti Bansal, Founder, Executive Chairman, and Chief Strategist |
| revenue | US$ 143.8 million (2015) |
| website | www.appdynamics.com |
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| logo = Appd-logo-340x0 q100.png | logo_size = 340x100 | name = AppDynamics, Inc. | parent = Cisco | type = Private company | industry = (APM) Application Performance Management System Monitoring | products = {{Collapsible list|
- Application performance monitoring
- Business performance monitoring
- Network monitoring
- End user monitoring
- Infrastructure monitoring
- DevOps monitoring
- Observability | foundation = | location_city = San Francisco, CA | location_country = United States | key_people = * Jyoti Bansal, Founder, Executive Chairman, and Chief Strategist
- Linda Tong, General Manager | revenue = US$ 143.8 million (2015) | website = www.appdynamics.com
AppDynamics is a full-stack application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) company based in San Francisco. The company focuses on managing the performance and availability of applications across cloud computing environments, IT infrastructure, network architecture, digital user experience design, application security threat detection, observability, and data centers. In March 2017, AppDynamics was acquired by Cisco for $3.7 billion. The software intelligence platform is used in enterprise and public sector SaaS applications such as the financial service sector, healthcare, telecom, manufacturing, and government for full-stack observability and IT infrastructure monitoring.
History and founding
AppDynamics was founded in 2008 by Jyoti Bansal, a former lead software architect at Wily Technologies, a provider of application performance management technology. AppDynamics received five rounds of funding totaling $206.5 Million.
In January 2017, Cisco announced their intention to acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, just days before a planned IPO of the company. The move was seen as a continuation of Cisco's strategy of growing its software oriented business.
In March 2017, Cisco completed the acquisition of AppDynamics. AppDynamics is currently headed by Linda Tong as an independent business unit within Cisco's IoT and Applications business.
Controversies
On April 10, 2013, CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District in New York. The lawsuit claims that AppDynamics violated three patents that came into CA Technologies' possession through acquisitions. This was the second action CA Technologies filed in connection with alleged infringement of patents obtained in the acquisition of Wily Technology. In November 2012, CA Technologies filed a lawsuit asserting patent infringement of the same three APM patents against software company, New Relic. On April 20, 2015, AppDynamics and CA settled the two-year-old patent dispute. AppDynamics said that it paid a "modest fixed payment."
Notes
References
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- "Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire AppDynamics". [[Cisco]].
- Smythe, Christie. (11 April 2013). "CA Technologies Sues AppDynamics Over IT Patents".
- Dulaney, Chelsey. (20 April 2015). "AppDynamics, CA Inc. Settle Two-Year-Old Patent Dispute". Wall Street Journal.
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