<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
full-stack	B-Application
application	B-Application
performance	I-Application
management	I-Application
(	O
APM	O
)	O
and	O
IT	B-Architecture
operations	I-Architecture
analytics	I-Architecture
(	O
ITOA	B-Architecture
)	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
focuses	O
on	O
managing	O
the	O
performance	O
and	O
availability	O
of	O
applications	O
across	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
,	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
,	O
network	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
digital	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
design	I-Application
,	O
application	O
security	O
threat	O
detection	O
,	O
observability	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Cisco	O
for	O
$3.7	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
platform	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
enterprise	O
and	O
public	O
sector	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
applications	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
financial	O
service	O
sector	O
,	O
healthcare	O
,	O
telecom	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
and	O
government	O
for	O
full-stack	B-Application
observability	O
and	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Jyoti	O
Bansal	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
lead	O
software	O
architect	O
at	O
Wily	O
Technologies	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
application	B-Application
performance	I-Application
management	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
received	O
five	O
rounds	O
of	O
funding	O
totaling	O
$206.5	O
Million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
was	O
ranked	O
#9	O
on	O
the	O
Forbes	O
Cloud	O
100	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Cisco	O
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
acquire	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
for	O
$3.7	O
billion	O
,	O
just	O
days	O
before	O
a	O
planned	O
IPO	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Cisco	O
completed	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
is	O
currently	O
headed	O
by	O
Linda	O
Tong	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
business	O
unit	O
within	O
Cisco	O
's	O
IoT	O
and	O
Applications	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
the	O
APM	O
market	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
eight	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
ranked	O
first	O
in	O
Gartner	O
's	O
2020	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
Report	O
for	O
APM	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
ability	O
to	O
execute.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
claims	O
that	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
violated	O
three	O
patents	O
that	O
came	O
into	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
 '	O
possession	O
through	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
CA	O
Technologies	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
asserting	O
patent	O
infringement	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
three	O
APM	O
patents	O
against	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
New	B-Application
Relic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
and	O
CA	O
settled	O
the	O
two-year-old	O
patent	O
dispute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
said	O
that	O
it	O
paid	O
a	O
"	O
modest	O
fixed	O
payment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
AppDynamics	B-General_Concept
and	O
IBM	O
have	O
a	O
collaboration	O
using	O
Z	O
APM	O
Connect	O
with	O
AppDynamics’	O
Map	O
iQ	O
and	O
Diagnostic	O
iQ	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
mainframe	O
transaction	O
visibility	O
.	O
</s>
