# Keynote

> Keynote Systems was a San Mateo company providing cloud subscriptions, testing systems and consulting to measure web and mobile performance from the end user’s perspective. Founded in 1995, it was acquired by Thoma Bravo in 2013 and merged into Dynatrace in 2015.

- **Founded:** 1995
- **Headquarters:** San Mateo, United States
- **Founders:** James Barrick (Co-founder), Andy Popell (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Keynote Perspective, Keynote SIGOS SITE, Keynote DeviceAnywhere, TCE Automation with HTML5 Web Testing, DeviceAnywhere Free
- **Notable:** Reported more than 7,000 measurement computers and mobile devices across over 275 locations in 2013., Reported over 700 million web and mobile performance measurements per day in August 2013., Exceeded US$100 million annual revenue in fiscal 2011.

## Products & services

- **Keynote Perspective** — On-demand web performance measurement; the Perspective family expanded into website, transaction, application and streaming checks.
- **Keynote SIGOS SITE** — Licensed mobile network testing systems and related support; SIGOS joined Keynote in 2006.
- **Keynote DeviceAnywhere** — Remote access to real mobile devices plus automation and monitoring for mobile apps and websites; acquired in 2011.
- **TCE Automation with HTML5 Web Testing** — Demonstrated at FinovateSpring 2012 to automate testing across real devices.
- **DeviceAnywhere Free** — Free mobile website spot checks in ten-minute sessions; historical offering launched January 2013.
- **Insights consulting** — Digital performance consulting included in the 2015 Dynatrace merger announcement.

## Achievements

- Reported more than 7,000 measurement computers and mobile devices across over 275 locations in 2013.
- Reported over 700 million web and mobile performance measurements per day in August 2013.
- Exceeded US$100 million annual revenue in fiscal 2011.
- Acquired by Thoma Bravo for approximately US$395 million in 2013.

## Latest updates

- **2013-08** — Thoma Bravo completed the approximately US$395 million take-private acquisition; Umang Gupta retired as chairman and CEO.
- **2015-06** — Dynatrace announced that Keynote was becoming part of its business.
- **2015-10** — Keynote mobile testing integration with SAP Mobile Secure was showcased at SAP TechEd.
- **2016-08** — SIGOS announced the incorporation of Keynote Mobile Testing employees and products; its announcement says the business had been part of Dynatrace until July 2016.

## Links

- Website: http://www.keynotesystems.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keynote-systems/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/keynotesystems
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keynotesystemsinc

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