Wily Technology

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CA Wily Technology, formerly Wily Technology, Inc., is a software company based in California. Founded in 1998, it was purchased by CA, Inc. in March 2006, and CA Wily Technology is now a division of CA's Service Assurance business unit.

History

Wily was founded in 1998 by Lew Cirne. The Wily name comes from Cirne's previous experiences in the development and marketing of advanced technologies, where the most impressive and valuable were referred to affectionately as "wily technology." Cirne chose the Wily name to embody the creative and aggressive approach to the company's products and business culture. It was founded in Brisbane, California.

In 2001, it had 50 employees. In 2003, it opened an office in Munich, Germany. That year, it received $15 million in funding, led by Focus Ventures. Between 2004 and 2005, revenue grew 48%, with $53 million in reported revenue in 2005.

After eight years of consistent growth, Wily was acquired by CA Technologies for $375 million in March 2006. CA made the purchase to add to its application management software portfolio. When it was acquired, it had offices in Japan, Singapore, the UK, Germany, and France, and was headquartered in San Francisco, California. When it was acquired, it had around 450 employees.

In 2013, CA Technologies sued AppDynamics for allegedly using Wily Technology patents.

Products

The company's software "monitors the performance of applications and lets IT managers diagnose bottlenecks and other problems."

In 2019, ca technologies released CA Application Performance Management (APM), a software suite. CA APM was the main product by the division. In November, 2018 CA became of subsidiary of Broadcom Inc., and product has since been renamed to DX APM.

There are former products as well:

• CA Wily Introscope
• CA Wily Introscope for SAP ABAP
• CA Wily Customer Experience Manager
• CA Wily Customer Experience Manager for Siebel
• CA Wily Portal Manager for BEA WebLogic
• CA Wily Portal Manager for IBM WebSphere
• CA Wily SOA Manager

References

References

1. Rogers, Bruce. "CEO Coder Lew Cirne Created New Relic To Measure Software Code Performance". [[Forbes]].
2. (January 6, 2006). "CA to Pay $375 Million in Cash for Wily Tech".
3. Wasserman, Noam. (October 22, 2012). "The case study: When founders step aside". [[Financial Times]].
4. (May 20, 2003). "Wily Technology opens Germany office". [[San Francisco Business Times]].
5. (February 4, 2003). "Wily Technology Gets $15 Million". [[Wall Street Journal]].
6. Clarke, Gavin. (January 6, 2006). "CA swallows Wily". [[The Register]].
7. (7 March 2006). "CA Acquires Wily Technology Fact Sheet Overview". CA.
8. Dubie, Denise. (January 5, 2006). "CA set to acquire Wily Technology". [[Network World]].
9. "Company Overview of Wily Technology, Inc.". [[Bloomberg News.
10. Shinal, John. (July 4, 2013). "Silicon Valley not waiting for U.S. immigration reform". [[USA Today]].
11. China, Martens. (January 5, 2006). "Update: CA to acquire Wily for $375 million cash". [[InfoWorld]].
12. Jackson, Joab. (April 10, 2013). "CA Technologies sues AppDynamics for patent pilfering". [[PCWorld]].
13. Martens, China. (January 5, 2006). "CA buys Wily for $375M in cash". [[Computerworld]].
14. "Awesome Application Performance Management for Exceptional Business Outcomes.".
15. (November 5, 2018). "Broadcom Inc. Completes Acquisition of CA Technologies". [[PR Newswire]].
16. "CA Wily Introscope".
17. "CA Wily Introscope for SAP ABAP".
18. "CA Wily Customer Experience Manager".
19. "CA Wily Customer Experience Manager for Siebel".
20. "CA Wily Portal Manager for BEA WebLogic".
21. "CA Wily Portal Manager for IBM WebSphere".
22. "CA Wily SOA Manager".

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