National Instruments Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of systems to engineers and scientists that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas and currently employs 7,000 full-time employees. The firm offers modular hardware and open, flexible software systems, to support organizations evolving test and measurement needs. The firm offers products, technology and services, which include system design software, programming tools, application software, systems and data management, modular hardware. NI provides a range of software tools for programming automated test and automated measurement applications, including NI LabVIEW, NI LabWindows/CVI, NI Measurement Studio, NI TestStand, NI VeriStand, Flexlogger, NI InsightCM Enterprise, NI DIAdem, NI SystemLink and NI Optimal Plus. The firm also offers software maintenance services, hardware services and maintenance and training certification. The firm serves software connected systems in the semiconductor and electronics, transportation and aerospace, defense, and government (ADG) industries.