The Dynatrace platform consists of the following technologies:
OneAgent for automated data collection
Smartscape for continuously updated topology mapping and visualization
PurePath for code-level distributed tracing
AppEngine for building custom applications based on observability, security, and business data[17]
AutomationEngine for building custom automated DevOps workflows
Grail data lakehouse[18] with indexless, schema-on-read[19] storage for contextual data analytics and management using massively parallel processing and the proprietary Dynatrace query language (DQL),[20][21][22] which uses a sequence of commands to chain (pipe) data processing operations.
Dynatrace invests in building DevOps and SRE automation[28] and contributes developments to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), including the contribution of Keptn,[29][30] an open-source pluggable control plane for cloud-native application lifecycle orchestration. Dynatrace is a key contributor and investor in open-source community activities around observability and performance.[31] Examples include W3C Trace Context, of which Dynatrace is a founding member and co-chair; OpenTelemetry; and OpenFeature.[32] Other open-source technologies Dynatrace contributes to include MONACO, Barista, and Dynahist.[33]
The Dynatrace REST API can be used to retrieve or ingest data.[34]
History
Dynatrace was founded by Bernd Greifeneder, Sok-Kheng Taing and Hubert Gerstmayr on February 2, 2005 in Linz, Austria as dynaTrace Software GmbH,[35] and was acquired by Compuware in 2011. In 2014, the private equity firm Thoma Bravo took the company private, and the Compuware APM group was renamed Dynatrace.[36][37] Dynatrace established the Digital Performance Management category in late 2014.[38]
Celebration of Dynatrace's initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on 1 August 2019.
Dynatrace headquarters is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, with research and development labs based in various locations across Austria, Estonia, Poland, Spain, Israel, and the United States.[40] Dynatrace also hosts 60 further offices globally, including Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Acquisitions
Keynote Systems: In 2015, Dynatrace was merged with Keynote Systems, a rival provider of Application Performance Management (APM) services, which private equity firm Thoma Bravo had also acquired.[41] Keynote, founded in 1995, had been an early provider of Internet performance metrics, including its "Keynote perspective" product in 1996, the Business 40 Internet Performance Index in 1997, and its Streaming Perspective product in 2000.
Matrix.net (Matrix Information and Directory Services, Xaffire): Among the Keynote acquisitions which were eventually merged into Dynatrace were Xaffire Inc., whose Austin business unit Keynote acquired in December 2003, and which itself had emerged from the combination of Alignment Software Inc. with Matrix NetSystems, also known as Matrix.net and Matrix Information and Directory Services Inc. Matrix, operated by early Internet pioneer John Quarterman, was well-known for its Internet host censuses and its statistical maps and "weather reports" of the Internet.[42]
Qumram: On November 9, 2017, Dynatrace announced the acquisition of Qumram, a company offering advanced session replay technology for mobile and web applications.[43]
SpectX: On September 14, 2021, Dynatrace completed the acquisition of high-speed parsing and query analytics company, SpectX.[44]
Rookout: On July 31, 2023, Dynatrace announced the acquisition of Rookout, a company that offers a developer-first observability platform.[45]
Runecast: On January 29, 2024, Dynatrace announced the acquisition of Runecast, a provider of security and compliance solutions.[46]
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