SmartBear Software
{{short description|American information technology company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SmartBear Software, Inc.
| logo = 2019 SmartBear logo.jpg
| type = Computer software
| industry = Technology
| successor =
| founded = {{start date and age|2009}}
| founder = Jason Cohen
| hq_location_city = Somerville, Massachusetts
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| key_people = Dan Faulkner (CEO){{Cite web|url=https://smartbear.com/news/news-releases/smartbear-announces-ceo-transition,-appoints-dan-f/|title=SmartBear Announces CEO Transition, Appoints Dan Faulkner to Lead Next Phase of Innovation and Growth|website=SmartBear Software}}
| num_employees = 1000+
| website = {{URL|smartbear.com}}
}}
SmartBear Software is an American privately-held information technology company that delivers tools for application performance monitoring (APM), software development, software testing, API testing and API management. The company is based in Assembly Square in Somerville in the Greater Boston Area. The company was founded in 2009 when SmartBear, AutomatedQA and Pragmatic Software were acquired by Insight Venture Partners.
History and founding
The original Smart Bear company was founded by Jason Cohen in 2003.{{cite web|title=How A Smart Bear Built A Company So He Could Sell It|url=https://mixergy.com/interviews/jason-cohen-smart-bear/|website=Mixergy |author= Jason Cohen |date= December 30, 2009 |access-date= October 26, 2021 }} Insight Venture Partners acquired three companies, Smart Bear, AutomatedQA and Pragmatic Software, between 2007 and early 2009. These companies operated as AQA Holdings until being rebranded as SmartBear Software in 2010.{{cite web|last1=Galen Moore|title=Triple merger creates SmartBear Software in Beverly|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2010/07/triple-merger-creates-smartbear-software.html|website=Business Journal|access-date=December 12, 2016}}
After the rebranding, the company acquired Eviware in 2011, leading to API promoter and SoapUI's founder, Ole Lensmar, joining the company. He later served as chief technology officer (CTO) of SmartBear.{{cite web|title=SmartBear Software Acquires Eviware|url=http://www.stockholminnovation.com/blog/2011/07/07/smartbear-software-acquires-eviware/|website=Stockholm Innovation & Growth|access-date=December 12, 2016}} That same year, the company acquired APM vendor AlertSite.{{cite web|last1=Zaroban|first1=Stefany|title=SmartBear Software buys AlertSite, a web and mobile monitoring firm|url=https://www.internetretailer.com/2011/04/05/smartbear-software-buys-alertsite-web-monitoring-firm|website=Internet Retailer|access-date=December 12, 2016}}
In 2013 SmartBear acquired Spanish APM vendor Lucierna.{{cite web|title=Los líderes mundiales en tecnología se fijan en las 'start-up' catalanas|url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/economia/los-lideres-mundiales-tecnologia-fijan-las-start-up-catalanas-3615624|website=El Periodico|date=October 19, 2014 |access-date=December 12, 2016}} SmartBear then acquired the Open-Source Community Swagger in 2015 and its founder, Tony Tam, joined the company as head of products for Swagger and the commercial version of Swagger, SwaggerHub.{{cite web|title=SmartBear Moves APIs Beyond Code With SwaggerHub|url=http://www.eweek.com/developer/smartbear-moves-apis-beyond-code-with-swaggerhub.html|publisher=eWeek.com|access-date=December 12, 2016}} In 2016, SmartBear acquired CrossBrowserTesting.com (CBT) and Ken Hamric, founder of CBT, joined the company as general manager of CrossBrowserTesting.com.{{cite web|last1=Arnold|first1=Ed|title=Memphis tech firm sold to Boston company|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2016/05/10/memphis-tech-firm-sold-to-boston-company.html|website=Business Journal|access-date=December 12, 2016}}
In 2017, Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in SmartBear Software.{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Laura|title=SmartBear Receives Investment From Francisco Partners|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/smartbear-receives-investment-from-francisco-partners-1493809200|website=WSJ Pro|date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Diakantonis|first1=Demitri|title=Francisco Partners backs SmartBear, a maker of tools for software developers|url=https://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/francisco-partners-backs-software-maker-smartbear-to-accelerate-the-targets-growth|website=The Middle Market|date=May 3, 2017 |publisher=SourceMedia|access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Engel|first1=Jeff|title=Source: SmartBear Software Sold to Francisco Partners for $410M|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2017/05/03/source-smartbear-software-sold-to-francisco-partners-for-410m/#|website=xconomy}}{{cite web|last1=O'Brien|first1=Kelly|title=Somerville software company sold for up to $500M|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2017/05/03/somerville-software-company-sold-for-up-to-500m.html|website=Boston Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|access-date=May 15, 2017}}
= AutomatedQA =
AutomatedQA Corporation specialized in automated software testing tools and developer tools. It was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company's first product was AQtime, a binary instrumentation profiler to help optimize performance for applications developed with Microsoft and Borland compilers. It was released on November 12, 1999. The first version of TestComplete, AutomatedQA's automated software testing tool, was released in December 2000. In 2004, AutomatedQA released Automated Build Studio, an automated build management and continuous integration application. AQtrace, a new product by AutomatedQA, was released in June 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2005/11_14_05_borland_announces_technology_partners_of_the_year.html |title=Borland Announces Technology Partner of the Year Award Winners |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221195111/http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2005/11_14_05_borland_announces_technology_partners_of_the_year.html |archivedate=2009-02-21}}{{cite web| url = http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/applicationplatform/launch2005/partners/automatedqa.mspx| title = Microsoft Gold Certified Partner| website = Microsoft}} AutomatedQA had received an SD Times 100 award three times, including the most recent SD Times 100 list for 2008. The SD Times 100 award honors the top 100 leaders and innovators in the software development industry as judged by SD Times magazine.{{cite web| url = http://www.sdtimes.com/link/32287| title = SD Times 100: 2008| publisher = SD Times| date = 2008-06-02}}
AutomatedQA remained an independent subsidiary of SmartBear from 2007 to 2010 until being merged into SmartBear Software.
Company
SmartBear is based in the Greater Boston Area and has U.S. offices in Tennessee, and Florida.{{cite web|title=Assembly Row signs up first tech tenant, SmartBear Software|url=http://www.betaboston.com/news/2014/11/04/assembly-row-signs-up-first-tech-tenant-smartbear-software/|work=Boston Globe|publisher=BetaBoston.com|access-date=December 14, 2016}} SmartBear also has offices and development centers in Ireland, India, Finland, Poland, Melbourne, and Sweden.{{cite web|last1=Kennedy|first1=John|title=SmartBear to create 25 jobs at new software centre in Galway this year|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/smartbear-galway-jobs|website=Silicon Republic Knowledge & Events Management Ltd.|date=March 14, 2017 |publisher=Silicon Republic|access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|last1=O'Dowd|first1=Barry|title=IRELAND IS NOW THE NUMBER ONE LOCATION OF CHOICE BY MARKET SHARE FOR SCALING BUSINESSES BETWEEN 10-200 EMPLOYEES|url=http://irishtechnews.ie/ireland-is-now-the-number-one-location-of-choice-by-market-share-for-scaling-businesses-between-10-200-employees/|website=Irish Tech News|date=March 5, 2017 |publisher=2017 Irish Tech News|access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Three firms to create jobs in Galway and Dublin|date=June 12, 2014 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0612/623236-smartbear-galway-jobs/|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Software firm to create 100 new jobs in city|url=http://connachttribune.ie/software-firm-create-100-new-jobs-city/|website=Connacht Tribune|publisher=Connacht Tribune Group}}{{cite web|last1=Hof|first1=Robert|title=Startup Mecca Rises From Abandoned Guinness Storehouse|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2015/12/31/startup-mecca-rises-from-abandoned-guinness-storehouse/|work=Forbes}} Frank Roe became chief executive in March 2020.{{Cite web |title= SmartBear Announces CEO Transition |work= Press release |date= March 2, 2020 |url= https://smartbear.com/news/news-releases/smartbear-announces-ceo-transition/| access-date= October 26, 2021 |publisher=SmartBear Software}}
SmartBear Software offers products in the following categories: API lifecycle, automated testing, behaviour-driven development (BDD), test management, performance testing, mobile testing, monitoring, code review, and three open-source tools.{{cite web|title=SoapUI|url=https://github.com/SmartBear/soapui|publisher=GitHub.com|access-date=December 13, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Swagger API|url=http://swagger.io/|website=Swagger.io|access-date=December 13, 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.smartbear.com}}
Category:Cloud computing providers
Category:Software companies based in Massachusetts
Category:Software performance management
Category:Technology companies based in the Boston area
Category:Software companies established in 2009
Category:Companies based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:Somerville, Massachusetts