Keysight

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Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Public
Traded as
Industry
  • Electronics
Founded 2014 (from Agilent and HP)
Founder Bill Hewlett, David Packard (from HP)
Headquarters Santa Rosa, California,
United States[1]
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Ronald S. Nersesian
(CEO) & (President)[2]
Products
  • Electronic measurement equipment
Revenue US$ 2.9 billion (2014)[2]
Number of employees
 9,700 (2014)[2]
Divisions
  • EEsof EDA
  • oscilloscopes
  • vector network analyzers
  • modular instruments
  • field instruments
  • bench instruments
Website Keysight.com

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

The name is a portmanteau of key and insight, and was chosen to convey that the company "unlocks" "critical or key insights."[2][3]

Products

Keysight's products include hardware and software for benchtop, modular, and field instruments.[4] 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 and handheld tools. In addition, it produces electronic design automation (EDA) software (EEsof division). It mainly serves the telecommunications, aerospace/defense, industrial, computer, and semiconductor industries.[5]

History

Prior to its existence as an independent company, the group that became Keysight was Hewlett-Packard (HP)'s and then Agilent's electronic test and measurement division. 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.[6] On 1 November 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, intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Agilent shareholders received one share of Keysight common stock for every two shares of Agilent common stock held as of close of business Oct. 22, 2014.

In June 2015, Keysight announced it would acquire the UK’s Anite PLC in a deal worth £388 million.[7]

Keysight also listed in the Top 50 India’s Best Companies to Work for 2015. [8]

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.[9]

See also

References

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External links

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