Private | |
Industry | Computer software |
Founded | January 1, 1995 |
Founders | James Barrick and Andy Popell |
Headquarters | San Mateo, California |
Website | www |
Keynote Systems was a US-based company that specializes in developing and marketing software as a service technology to measure, test, improve, from the end user perspective, the performance of websites, online content, applications, and services across browsers, networks, and mobile devices. Keynote provides independent testing, measurement and monitoring of mobile content, applications, and services on real devices across multiple mobile operator networks.
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, and employing about 300 people, the company went public on NASDAQ on September 24, 1999.
The company's Internet and mobile monitoring products and services run its proprietary software that measure online business performance from the viewpoint of a geographically dispersed user base.
The company claims corporate customers including American Express, BP, Caterpillar, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone.
Keynote secured $4.7 million in equity financing
Keynotes named 13th fastest growing North American tech company
Keynote acquires Xaffire’s Insight Service Suite
Keynote’s Voice Perspective Service named one of the top 25 innovations of 2007 by VoIP News
Keynote launches Web Site Performance index for 2008 Olympics Keynotes introduces KITE (Keynote Internet Testing Environment)
Keynote launches MITE (Mobile Internet Testing Environment) – desktop based mobile testing
Keynote Systems wins Gold Mobile Star Award for mobile application testing
Keynote MITE wins Jolt Product Excellence Award Keynote Systems earns ‘On Fire’ ratings from Forrester Keynote releases Transaction Perspective 9.0 – support for monitoring interactive Flash and Silverlight Web Applications
In August, 2013, private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired Keynote Systems for about $395 million.
The company acquired 14 companies .