<s>
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
American	O
privately-held	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
company	O
that	O
delivers	O
tools	O
for	O
application	B-Application
performance	I-Application
monitoring	I-Application
(	O
APM	O
)	O
,	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
software	O
testing	O
,	O
API	B-General_Concept
testing	O
and	O
API	B-General_Concept
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
companies	O
operated	O
as	O
AQA	O
Holdings	O
until	O
being	O
rebranded	O
as	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
rebranding	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
Eviware	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
API	B-General_Concept
promoter	O
and	O
SoapUI	B-Application
's	O
founder	O
,	O
Ole	O
Lensmar	O
,	O
joining	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
served	O
as	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
(	O
CTO	O
)	O
of	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Spanish	O
APM	O
vendor	O
Lucierna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
then	O
acquired	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Community	O
Swagger	B-Application
in	O
2015	O
and	O
its	O
founder	O
,	O
Tony	O
Tam	O
,	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
head	O
of	O
products	O
for	O
Swagger	B-Application
and	O
the	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
Swagger	B-Application
,	O
SwaggerHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
CrossBrowserTesting.com	O
(	O
CBT	O
)	O
and	O
Ken	O
Hamric	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
CBT	O
,	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
CrossBrowserTesting.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Francisco	O
Partners	O
acquired	O
a	O
majority	O
stake	O
in	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutomatedQA	O
Corporation	O
specialized	O
in	O
automated	B-Application
software	I-Application
testing	I-Application
tools	O
and	O
developer	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
AQtime	B-Application
,	O
a	O
binary	O
instrumentation	O
profiler	O
to	O
help	O
optimize	O
performance	O
for	O
applications	B-Application
developed	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Borland	O
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
TestComplete	O
,	O
AutomatedQA	O
's	O
automated	B-Application
software	I-Application
testing	I-Application
tool	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
AutomatedQA	O
released	O
Automated	O
Build	O
Studio	O
,	O
an	O
automated	B-Application
build	I-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
continuous	O
integration	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutomatedQA	O
remained	O
an	O
independent	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
from	O
2007	O
to	O
2010	O
until	O
being	O
merged	O
into	O
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
is	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
Greater	O
Boston	O
Area	O
and	O
has	O
U.S.	O
offices	O
in	O
Tennessee	O
,	O
and	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
also	O
has	O
offices	O
and	O
development	O
centers	O
in	O
Ireland	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Finland	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Melbourne	O
,	O
and	O
Sweden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmartBear	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
offers	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
categories	O
:	O
API	B-General_Concept
lifecycle	O
,	O
automated	B-Application
testing	I-Application
,	O
behaviour-driven	O
development	O
(	O
BDD	O
)	O
,	O
test	O
management	O
,	O
performance	O
testing	O
,	O
mobile	O
testing	O
,	O
monitoring	O
,	O
code	O
review	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
open-source	B-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
