Keysight

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Keysight Technologies, Inc.
TypePublic
Industry
  • Electronics
PredecessorsElectronic test and measurement division of HP and later Agilent
Founded2014; 8 years ago (2014)
HeadquartersSanta Rosa, California, U.S.[1]
Key people
Ronald S. Nersesian
(CEO) & (president)[2]
Products
  • Electronic measurement equipment
RevenueIncreaseUS$4.3 billion (2019)[3]
IncreaseUS$711 million (2019)[3]
IncreaseUS$621 million (2019)[3]
Total assetsIncreaseUS$5.93 billion (2017)[3]
Total equityIncreaseUS$2.31 billion (2017)[3]
Number of employees
14,000[4] (2019)
Divisions
  • PathWave Design
  • PathWave Test
  • oscilloscopes
  • vector network analyzers
  • modular instruments
  • field instruments
  • bench instruments
Websitewww.keysight.com

Keysight Technologies, or Keysight, is an American company that manufactures electronics test and measurement equipment and software. In 2014, Keysight was spun off from Agilent Technologies, taking with it the product lines focused on electronics and radio, leaving Agilent with the chemical and bio-analytical products.[5]

The name is a blend of key and insight, and was chosen to convey that the company "unlocks" "critical or key insights".[2][6]

Products[]

Keysight's products include hardware and software for benchtop, modular, and field instruments.[7] Instruments include oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, atomic force microscopes (AFM), automated optical inspection, automated X-ray inspection (5DX), in-circuit testers, power supplies, tunable lasers, optical power meters, wavelength-meters, electro-optic converters, optical modulation analyzers and handheld tools.[8] In addition, it produces electronic design automation (EDA) software (EEsof division).[9] It mainly serves the telecommunications, aerospace/defense, industrial, computer, and semiconductor industries.[10]Base Station Emulators for cellular technologies since 2G up to 5G.

History[]

Prior to its existence as an independent company, the group that became Keysight was the electronic test and measurement division of first Hewlett-Packard, and later Agilent. HP began as a company making electronic test equipment, with the computer and life sciences products coming later. In 1999, HP spun-off all test and measurement products into Agilent and retained the computer and printer businesses.[11] On November 1, 2014, the formal separation of Agilent and Keysight Technologies was completed, with Agilent retaining the life science businesses. The separation was implemented through a spinoff of Keysight’s common stock. Agilent shareholders received one share of Keysight common stock for every two shares of Agilent common stock held October 22, 2014.

In June 2015, Keysight announced it would acquire the UK’s Anite PLC in a deal worth £388 million.[12]

In 2017, Keysight acquired Ixia for about $1.6 billion in cash.[13][14][15]

On 25 June 2020, Keysight acquired Eggplant for $330 million from the Carlyle Group. [16][non-primary source needed]

Accusations of support for Russian censorship[]

In 2021, the Washington Post together with Russian dissident authors Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, accused the company of supplying several Internet traffic analysis solutions developed by IXIA, which is part of Keysight Technologies, to the Moscow control center for Internet censorship in Russia.[17]

Awards[]

Keysight won the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan award for market leadership with $300 million in instrumentation software revenue. The citation states R&D investment of 12% of revenue ($365 million in 2013) as an important factor.[18][non-primary source needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Form 10-12B, Registration of securities, for SEC Accession No. 0001047469-14-001833". US Securities and Exchange Commission. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Keysight Technologies Fact Sheet" (PDF). Keysight. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Keysight page at Yahoo! Finance
  4. ^ "Keysight Technologies". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  5. ^ Keysight. "Keysight Technologies History". Keysight.
  6. ^ "Agilent Technologies Reveals Name of Electronic Measurement Spin-Off Company". Agilent. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ^ Kelly Hill (December 9, 2014). "After spin-off, Keysight strikes out on its own". RCR Wireless News. Retrieved 2015-01-03. ...high-performance instrumentation approach for benchtop equipment ... also has been adding to its modular portfolio ... as well as portable testing products...
  8. ^ "Keysight News Archive | Agilent Technologies Reveals Name of Electronic Measurement Spin-Off Company | Keysight Press Release". about.keysight.com. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
  9. ^ Keysight. "Circuit Design Software". Keysight.
  10. ^ Hindle, Patrick; Lerude, Gary (January 14, 2015). "Keysight Technologies: Reborn". Microwave Journal. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  11. ^ Rowe, Martin (August 1, 2014). "Goodbye Agilent, hello Keysight". EDN. Retrieved 2015-01-03. Keysight is, of course, the third name for the business, having been the original company started by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939. Agilent severed from HP in 1999 and now Bill and Dave's core business is once again independent.
  12. ^ Mamidipudi Soumithri (17 June 2015). "Keysight Technologies to buy UK's Anite in $607 million deal". Reuters. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  13. ^ Hufford, Austen (January 30, 2017), Keysight to Buy Ixia for About $1.6 Billion, New York City: Wall Street Journal, retrieved January 31, 2017
  14. ^ Baker, Liana B. (2017-01-30). "Keysight Technologies to buy Ixia for $1.6 billion". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  15. ^ "Keysight Technologies Announces Closing of Acquisition of Ixia -". keysight.com (Press release). 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  16. ^ Keysight (2020-06-25). "Keysight Technologies Press Release - Keysight Acquires Eggplant". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  17. ^ "Opinion | How Western tech companies are helping Russia censor the Internet - The Washington Post".
  18. ^ "Frost & Sullivan Lauds Keysight Technologies for Maintaining its Lead in the Instrumentation Software Market". Frost & Sullivan. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-03. Investing over 12% of its revenues in R&D, resulting into $365 million in its last fiscal year (2013), has led to the company's success, enabling it to introduce new software meeting evolving end-user technologies.

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