AppDynamics
AppDynamics is a full-stack application performance management and IT operations analytics 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.