Replay Solutions is a private, venture-backed independent software vendor founded in 2004 and based in

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, United States. The company's main product, ReplayDIRECTOR, has been described by the ''

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for Software”. It records application execution, and replays code execution without requiring the original environment and stimuli present during recording. Software problems such as crashes or security issues can be reproduced during replay. It is based on the concept of recording any input coming into an application, and then feeding the same inputs back to the application during replay. Technology created by Replay Solutions has been the subject of multiple patents issued by the

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. The product supports multiple platforms including

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. Replay Solutions was acquired by

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in June 2012.

Investors

The company's investors are UV Partners, Sigma Partners,

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and Partech International. It has raised $17 million in two rounds of funding from these venture investors.

Awards

In 2009, the company was one of six singled out by the audience as "most likely to succeed" at Launch:Silicon Valley.

References

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External links

Replay Solutions Home Page
2012 mergers and acquisitions Defunct software companies of the United States Development software companies Software companies based in California Software testing tools Software companies established in 2004 Software companies disestablished in 2012