{{short description|Automated software testing company, and its products}} {{COI|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Eggplant Software, Inc. | genre = [[Test automation]] | foundation = 2002 | fate = Acquired by Keysight Technologies in June 2020 | owner = [[Keysight Technologies]] | location = {{ubl|London, England|[[Boulder, Colorado]]}} | area_served = Worldwide | products = [[SenseTalk]], Eggplant Functional, Eggplant Performance, Eggplant Test Studio, Digital Automation Intelligence, Eggplant Monitoring, Real Customer Insights | website = {{URL|https://www.keysight.com/us/en/cmp/2023/eggplant-test-automation.html}} }}
'''Eggplant Software, Inc.''' was a [[software testing]] and [[website monitoring|monitoring]] company headquartered in [[London]], England, with offices in [[Boulder, Colorado]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Berlin]]. The company developed automated testing tools that interacted with software through its user interface rather than via [[application programming interface|APIs]] or code injection, allowing tests to be run across a range of platforms without access to the underlying source code. [[Keysight Technologies]] acquired Eggplant in June 2020 for $330 million.
==Products== Eggplant's products covered automated [[functional testing]], [[software performance testing|performance testing]], [[robotic process automation]] (RPA), and [[website monitoring|performance monitoring]] including both real-user and [[synthetic monitoring]]. The core Eggplant Functional product was built on the [[SenseTalk]] scripting language and used image recognition to interact with on-screen elements, allowing it to test any application regardless of the underlying technology. These products were grouped under the Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) suite.
==History== The Eggplant test automation product was originally developed from 2002 by Redstone Software, a subsidiary of [[Gresham Technologies plc|Gresham Computing]]. In 2008, the Eggplant software and the associated [[SenseTalk]] scripting language were acquired by a group of investors who established a new company called TestPlant to continue developing and selling the product.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Testplant rebrands itself after acquiring NCC Group's Web Performance Division|url=https://sdtimes.com/test/testplant-rebrands-acquiring-ncc-groups-web-performance-division/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=SD Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
On 28 March 2018, TestPlant rebranded as Eggplant following its acquisition of [[NCC Group]]'s Web Performance Division.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Testplant rebrands itself after acquiring NCC Group's Web Performance Division|url=https://sdtimes.com/test/testplant-rebrands-acquiring-ncc-groups-web-performance-division/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=SD Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
On 25 June 2020, Eggplant was acquired by [[Keysight Technologies]] for $330 million from the [[Carlyle Group]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Keysight Technologies Press Release - Keysight Acquires Eggplant |url=https://investor.keysight.com/investor-news-and-events/financial-press-releases/press-release-details/2020/Keysight-Technologies-Acquires-Eggplant/default.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Keysight Technologies Acquires Eggplant|url=https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about/newsroom/news-releases/2020/keysight-technologies-acquires-eggplant-.html|url-status=live|website=Keysight Technologies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226125043/https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about/newsroom/news-releases/2020/keysight-technologies-acquires-eggplant-.html |archive-date=26 December 2020 }}</ref>
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