Agilent is now Keysight Technologies

[griff61]

Oh well, here we go again

http://www.keysight.com/en/?cmpid=p4p_keysight&s_kwcid=TC|6885|keysight%20technologies||S|p|32396473816

[USMCPMEL]

I think they are going to lose customers like this. Calibration techs that know them and trust them will be fine but regular companies are going to think it is a different company and may not want to deal with them... In my opinion

[jimmyc]

said everyone when they split from HP.  i even miss their old cage of 28480 not crazy about the name though.  i guess i will grow into it

[griff61]

The steady march into mediocrity will be complete if they continue on their path of making cheap, disposable crap that is impossible to repair or support outside of themselves

[USMC kalibrater]

I agree the name sucks...apparently millions were not spent on market research to pick a new name this time...
I think its temporary....watch for the name to change to Fluke uWave soon....

[Smokey]

Keysight Technologies to now be named.....wait for it....wait for it...
DanaFluTeknologies---

You watch within 3 years or less Danaher will own, Fluke,Tektronix, and the newly formed Agilent(Keysight) Technologies...continuing on their diabolical scheme to monopolize all of TMDE forcing cheap labor down all of our throats!

I mean what don't they own!

[RFCAL]

what a stupid name--noone will remember where they came from

[metrologygeek]

Dave and Bill are rolling in their respective graves. Again. And more. I agree with kalibrater and Smokey. I think this name change has happened in preparation to being acquired by Danaher and merged with Fluke, and that they knew they would become Flagilent. So, to avoid that, they decided that FluKeySight would be a better choice.

[Chad Dodds]

Flagilent

Winner!

[Hawaii596]

The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act,[1] July 2, 1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is a landmark federal statute on United States competition law passed by Congress in 1890. It prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive, and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts.

It has since, more broadly, been used to oppose the combination of entities that could potentially harm competition, such as monopolies or cartels.

According to its authors, it was not intended to impact market gains obtained by honest means, by benefiting the consumer more than the competitors. (etc., etc.)  This is quote from Wikipedia I think fitting. A little tongue in cheek, but some validity.

[Squidley]

I'm a bit surprised Danaher hasn't been slammed already considering how many of the smaller US companies they've bought... They appear to have more than half of the US market already...

[USMC kalibrater]

I doubt they have half the market.  They are big and surely own most of the big names but there are still quite a few competitors out there. 

[griff61]

Trying to be jack of all trades and cross bleeding your trademarks is not the greatest business model. Perhaps there's ulterior motive behind Agilent no longer giving out the cal software to third party labs?
Danaher, jack of all trades...

[RFCAL]

never happen!! However I agree the name change again is not good for the business model--stupid!