Keysight Increases SW Testing Capabilities with Acquisition of Eggplant
Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence Platform
Testing available for all devices, OSs, and browser technologies


Keysight Technologies announced on the 31st that it has acquired Eggplant, a company specializing in digital intelligent automation.

Eggplant is a software test automation platform provider that automates test creation and execution by leveraging AI and analytics. Eggplant's digital automation intelligence platform can test any technology on any device, OS, or browser, regardless of the layer, ranging from user interfaces (UI) to application programming interfaces (APIs) and databases.

The value of software content continues to increase due to digital innovation. Interconnected smart products are based on millions of lines of code. Companies must accelerate digital transformation (DX) to maintain competitiveness and relevance, while simultaneously continuing to support existing platforms.

As the scale of testing required for digital products increases, complexity grows and product launch times become longer. Eggplant uses analytics on AI and test automation to accelerate software application development, improve quality, secure a competitive advantage, and support differentiation.

Keysight stated, “Eggplant’s customers are in very diverse fields and overlap with Keysight’s existing customer base,” but added, “We expect to expand the software testing market in new end markets.”

With this acquisition, Keysight is now able to drive innovation across the physical, protocol, and application layers of the automated software test market. The ability to bidirectionally leverage measurement technologies from both companies is expected to enhance the differentiation of solutions across a broader range of support.

Keysight CEO Ron Nersesian commented on the acquisition, stating, “We are pleased to add Eggplant’s testing capabilities to the software application layer in line with our software-centric solution growth strategy. We look forward to achieving results in the rapidly growing intelligent software testing market with differentiated SaaS (software-as-a-service) technology that combines the capabilities of both companies.”

The acquisition price for this merger is valued at $330 million. Eggplant generated $38 million in revenue last year, and CEO John Bates has joined Keysight's management team and will be led by Soon Chai Gooi, President of Keysight's Electronic Industry Solutions Group.