AppDynamics
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Application performance management, IT operations analytics, Software |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Jyoti Bansal |
| Headquarters | San Francisco , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Linda Tong (leader of autonomous business unit within Cisco) |
| Products | Application performance management software, IT infrastructure monitoring, observability platform |
| Parent | Cisco Systems |
AppDynamics is a comprehensive application performance management (APM) and IT operations analytics (ITOA) provider headquartered in San Francisco. The company focuses on optimizing application performance and ensuring availability across various domains including cloud computing, IT infrastructure, network architecture, digital user experience design, application security threat identification, observability, and data center environments. In March 2017, Cisco completed the acquisition of AppDynamics for $3.7 billion.
Its software intelligence platform caters to enterprise and public sector SaaS clients spanning industries such as financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, and government, delivering end-to-end observability alongside IT infrastructure monitoring capabilities.
History and founding
Established in 2008 by Jyoti Bansal, who previously served as lead software architect at Wily Technologies—an APM technology provider—AppDynamics secured funding through five rounds amounting to $206.5 million.
In January 2017, Cisco revealed plans to acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 billion just before the company’s anticipated initial public offering. This move was part of Cisco’s broader initiative to grow its software segment. The transaction was finalized in March 2017, with AppDynamics continuing operations as an autonomous business unit within Cisco’s IoT and Applications division under the leadership of Linda Tong.
Controversies
In April 2013, CA Technologies initiated legal action against AppDynamics, alleging infringement of three patents obtained via prior acquisitions. This lawsuit followed a similar patent infringement case CA filed against New Relic in 2012 involving the same patents. The legal dispute between CA Technologies and AppDynamics concluded in April 2015 with AppDynamics agreeing to a "modest fixed payment."
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