Keynote Systems

Keynote Systems

Type	Private
Industry	Computer software
Founded	January 1, 1995
Founders	James Barrick and Andy Popell
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Website	keynote.com

Keynote Systems is a US-based Internet company that specializes in developing and marketing software as a service technology solutions 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 around the world.

Headquartered in San Mateo, California, and employing ~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 utilizing a network of over 3,000 strategically located measurement and testing computers and mobile devices in over 275 locations around the world.

Keynote’s delivers its solutions in the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model. The company claims over 2,800 corporate customers representing top Internet and mobile companies including American Express, BP, Caterpillar, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE, Expedia, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone.^[1]

Milestones

1995: Keynote Systems founded
1996: Keynote Systems launches ‘Keynote Perspective’
1997: Keynotes launches Business 40 Internet Performance Index
1998: Keynote globalizes internet-performance metrics

Keynote secures $4.7 million in equity financing

1999: Keynote releases first ever internet multi-page transactional measurement service
2000: Keynote launches Streaming Perspective product^[2]
2001: Keynote adds Google to Business 40 Internet Performance index^[3]
2002: Keynote wins InternetWeek’s ‘Best of Breed’ Award^[4]

Keynotes named 13th fastest growing North American tech company^[5]

Keynote acquires Xaffire’s Insight Service Suite^[6]

2003: the company offered to buy back 7.5 million of its shares, or about 33 percent, for $71.3 million. ^[7]
2004: Keynote introduces Performance Authority: Email alerts to warn public of internet threats
2005: Keynote and Zandan announce product-development and marketing partnership^[8]
2007: Keynote joins Russell 3000 index^[9]

Keynote’s Voice Perspective Service named one of the top 25 innovations of 2007 by VoIP News^[10]

2008: Keynote Systems acquires French mobile company Zandan^[11]

Keynote launches Web Site Performance index for 2008 Olympics^[12] Keynotes introduces KITE (Keynote Internet Testing Environment)^[13]

Keynote launches MITE (Mobile Internet Testing Environment) – desktop based mobile testing^[14]

Keynote Systems wins Gold Mobile Star Award for mobile application testing^[15]

2009: Keynote Systems introduces Mobile Application Perspective 3.0 – real time operational monitoring for text messaging^[16]

Keynote MITE wins Jolt Product Excellence Award Keynote Systems earns ‘On Fire’ ratings from Forrester^[17] Keynote releases Transaction Perspective 9.0 – support for monitoring interactive Flash and Silverlight Web Applications^[18]

2011: Keynote Systems Acquires DeviceAnywhere
2013: Thoma Bravo acquires Keynote Systems^[19]

Acquisitions

In the last 15 years Keynote Systems has grown organically and through a series of acquisitions. Its growth strategy has included mergers and acquisitions. The company has acquired 14 companies since May 2000.

May 10, 2000: Keynote Systems acquires Velogic^[20]
August 18, 2000: Keynote acquires RedAlert^[21]
July 17, 2001:Keynote acquires Envive^[22]
October 23, 2001: Keynote acquires OnDevice^[23]
May 14, 2002:Keynote acquires NetMechanics, adds content testing to companies portfolio^[24]
July 22, 2002: Keynote acquires Streamcheck^[25]
October 28, 2002: Keynote acquires Enviz^[26]
December 3, 2003: Keynote acquires MetrixNet
April 6, 2004: Keynote acquires NetRaker
July 7, 2004:Keynote acquires Hudson-Williams NY^[27]
September 10, 2004: Keynote acquires Vividence^[28]
February 3, 2005:Keynote acquires Hudson-Williams Europe^[29]
December 6, 2005: Keynote acquires GomezPro Business Unit^[30]
April 3, 2006: Keynote acquires Keynote Sigos^[31]
October, 2011: Keynote Systems Acquires DeviceAnywhere

References

External links

Keynote Systems

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