AppDynamics
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AppDynamics, Inc. is an application performance management
(APM) company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The company focuses on managing the performance and availability of applications across cloud computing environments as well as inside the data center. Specializing in complex, distributed environments, the company currently supports Java and .NET applications as well as hybrid Java/.NET, and offers both a Software-as-a-service
or an on-premise deployment. The company also provides a free download intended to help application owners troubleshoot production performance problems.
, a provider of application performance management technology. Bansal formed AppDynamics in response to the kinds of APM tools he had seen in the industry, which were tailored towards the demand of monolithic applications running on top of the traditional IT architectures. Such monolithic applications were becoming less common in the face of emerging, increasingly distributed architectures built with Service-Oriented Architecture
principles.
Bansal felt that in order to perform in these new environments, APM tools needed to not only provide visibility into the application as well as code-level detail into specific issues, but also have the ability to dynamically act based upon what the software is able to learn about the application’s overall health and performance. Doing so would allow application owners to be more agile and better respond to rapid code releases, keeping up with their counterparts in development who were already following an agile software development
philosophy. Another goal was to enable large-scale cloud monitoring, where companies with sizable deployments might need thousands of cloud-based nodes monitored—such as at Netflix, which uses AppDynamics to monitor its public cloud deployment.
AppDynamics has received two rounds of funding. In April 2008 the company obtained a Series A round for 5.5 million from Greylock Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. In May, 2010, the same investors backed the company’s Series B round for $11 million.
Application Performance Management
Application performance management, or APM, refers to the discipline within systems management that focuses on monitoring and managing the performance and service availability of software applications....
(APM) company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The company focuses on managing the performance and availability of applications across cloud computing environments as well as inside the data center. Specializing in complex, distributed environments, the company currently supports Java and .NET applications as well as hybrid Java/.NET, and offers both a Software-as-a-service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
or an on-premise deployment. The company also provides a free download intended to help application owners troubleshoot production performance problems.
History and Founding
AppDynamics was founded in April 2008 by current CEO Jyoti Bansal, a former lead software architect at Wily TechnologiesWily Technology
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, a provider of application performance management technology. Bansal formed AppDynamics in response to the kinds of APM tools he had seen in the industry, which were tailored towards the demand of monolithic applications running on top of the traditional IT architectures. Such monolithic applications were becoming less common in the face of emerging, increasingly distributed architectures built with Service-Oriented Architecture
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
principles.
Bansal felt that in order to perform in these new environments, APM tools needed to not only provide visibility into the application as well as code-level detail into specific issues, but also have the ability to dynamically act based upon what the software is able to learn about the application’s overall health and performance. Doing so would allow application owners to be more agile and better respond to rapid code releases, keeping up with their counterparts in development who were already following an agile software development
Agile software development
Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams...
philosophy. Another goal was to enable large-scale cloud monitoring, where companies with sizable deployments might need thousands of cloud-based nodes monitored—such as at Netflix, which uses AppDynamics to monitor its public cloud deployment.
AppDynamics has received two rounds of funding. In April 2008 the company obtained a Series A round for 5.5 million from Greylock Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. In May, 2010, the same investors backed the company’s Series B round for $11 million.