Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software. Enstratius is available as softwareasaservice or as onpremise software that enables full control from within a customers data center, or via a hosted service. Contractor current employee aliso viejo, ca january 17, 2017. Dell and its partners see dell s acquisition of quest as bringing together the hardware and software parts needed. Qsft today announced it has completed the acquisition of vizioncore inc.
Previously at dell, he led sales for the global 500 business segment as well as worldwide sales for data protection software. Dell software was a division of dell with headquarters in round rock, texas, united states. Quest acquisition opens door for dell to focus on complete. Jul 02, 2012 quest acquisition opens door for dell to focus on complete solutions, not parts. Dell says that the acquisition will provide critical components to expand its software capabilities in systems management, security, data protection.
Quest software, now a part of dell, is a developer of windows management, application management, virtualization management, and database management software. With the acquisition of quest, dell brings to market industryleading, differentiated, simplified and easy to manage solutions for customers worldwid. Dell and its partners see dell s acquisition of quest as bringing together the hardware and software. Dell software businesses sold to private equity firms. Quest, established in 1987, is headquartered in aliso viejo, calif.
Dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it management software provider offering a broad selection of solutions that solve the most common and most challenging it problems. The sale includes several of dell s highprofile acquisitions in recent years, among them the database software maker quest, network security company sonicwall, and cloud management company. This is an important acquisition for dell software because quest helps extend our capabilities in systems management, security and business intelligence software, and it also strengthens our. Those days are long since past now, as dell continues to push forward into the software business. No matter your platform, quest has a solution that fits. As a relatively young and growing organization, these resources are invaluable to the dell software group.
Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dell s software division. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division. According to a report in bloomberg businessweek, dell is in talks to acquire quest software inc. After more than a month of backandforth negotiations, dell today announced that it had landed the reluctant fish called quest software. No one comes into the office anymore, many jobs have been shipped overseas and the environment is toxic. Oct 01, 2012 dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software push. Dell recently announced the formation of its software group to build upon its existing software expertise. Dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it management softwa. Quest s software is available in onpremise, cloud, and asaservice versions. Dell is selling off its software business, including quest software, sonicwall, and the statistica analytics platform, to private equity firms elliot management and francisco partners. Quest software is a large american software company headquartered in aliso viejo, california. Dell announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an it management software provider.
The companys brands include toad, kace, quest, and foglight. Dell and its partners see dells acquisition of quest as bringing together the hardware and software parts needed to make dell a top provider of complete it solutions through the channel. We believe this quest acquisition will help dell traverse the bridge of death, although the bridge is shaky. Although i was employed there during the dell software acquisition, quest is in a rebuilding stage now as it returns to its roots. Jun 21, 2016 dell is selling off its software business, including quest software, sonicwall, and the statistica analytics platform, to private equity firms elliot management and francisco partners. We can help you be a more secure, cloudbased, datadriven, mobile business with our software and hardware solutions to manage databases, data protection, endpoint protection and microsoft platforms. It includes the presentation that was used for this mornings conference call and more.
After dell softwares expected sale is completed this fall, its new privateequity owners will. The acquisition of quest is a critical step forward for dell software because, with quest, dell is better able to provide endtoend solutions that help our customers simplify their operations, maximize workforce productivity, and deliver results faster. Jun 20, 2016 techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. Quests management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. The acquisition of quest is a critical step forward for dell software because, with quest, dell is better able to provide endtoend solutions that help our customers simplify their operations, maximize workforce productivity, and deliver. On november 1, 2016, francisco partners and elliott management completed the purchase of dell software, and the company relaunched itself as quest software, known in the marketplace as quest. Business wiredell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from. Company profile page for quest software incca including stock price, company news, press releases, executives, board members, and contact information. Jun 21, 2016 software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to fund emc deal.
Dell has completed the sale of its software division to francisco partners and elliott management and the group has been split into two companies quest and sonicwall. Dell stated that the quest acquisition will help it expand its software. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel. On september 28, 2012, dell announced it had completed the acquisition of quest software. The company is known for toad, a product used by database professionals, in addition to other offerings for microsoft azure cloud management, software. Dell confirms quest software ceos departure orange county. Enable highperformance oracle replication and data integration. Quest software completes acquisition of vizioncore, latest.
It also provides software for security, application virtualization, and systems management products. Dell completes acquisition of quest software quest software s extensive it management offerings expand and strengthen dell s software portfolio quest enables it organizations to. As a new company, dell software group will now operate as quest software and sonicwall. Dell completes acquisition of quest software direct2dell. As a partnerdirect partner, we appreciate your continued business, commitment and trust in dell emc.
On june 1, 2017, one identity was announced as an independent brand, but remains part of the quest family of businesses. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to. They are a global provider to,000 companies across 100 countries, including 95% of the fortune 500 and 90% of the global.
Dell completes acquisition of quest software aol finance. Its unclear if the quest brand will continue once the integration is completed. Dell to acquire quest software database trends and. Round rock, texasbased dell said it would buy the it management software maker. Quest acquires metalogix to bolster microsoft platform.
Matt vitale leads the data protection businesses at quest. Quest was spun out of dell technologies in 2016 and is owned by private equity firms. Francisco partners and elliott management complete acquisition of dell software group nov, 2016. This is an important acquisition for dell software because quest helps extend our capabilities in systems management, security and business intelligence software, and it also strengthens our ability to bring industryleading, differentiated, and easy to manage solutions to our customers.
Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in aliso viejo, california, united states with 53 offices in 24 countries. Quest is based in aliso viejo, california and, according to dell, has 3,850. Jun 28, 2016 so the dell software folks in aliso viejo, calif. Dell announced monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire aliso viejo, calif. Adrian moir, senior consultant of product management at quest software, based in aliso viejo, calif. Sep 28, 2012 dell completes acquisition of quest software quest software s extensive it management offerings expand and strengthen dell s software portfolio quest enables it organizations to. Quest acquisition bolsters dell backup software portfolio.
Dell announced monday that it intends to acquire quest software inc. Should dell acquire quest software, it would gain a wide range of server. Apply to test analyst, software engineer, software consultant and more. Quest acquisition opens door for dell to focus on complete solutions, not parts. Prior to joining dell, vitale served as evp, worldwide sales for pentaho, a leader in open source business intelligence software. Downsizing related discussion, postings, questions and answers. Dell launched the dr series in 20, but included those products in the quest spinoff following dell s 2016 acquisition of emc. Accelerate backup speed, reduce storage costs and use the cloud for disaster recovery. Dells quest for software business could lead to acquiring. Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in aliso viejo.
This list of dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and stakes of dell. Sep 28, 2012 as a relatively young and growing organization, these resources are invaluable to the dell software group. The deal comes as dell works to complete its acquisition of technology giant emc corp, a deal which is expected to close by the end of october. On march 5, 2012, john swainson became president of dell software.
Nov 01, 2016 sonicwall goes it alone as elliott and pal swallow dellquest software rumours abound of product lines ending and layoffs too. I was part of the quest acquisition and ive seen pretty much every product line destroyed from an. The acquisition of enstratius further enhances dells endtoend solutions strategy bringing key capabilities to deliver cloud management products to our customers. Appassure, now called quest rapid recovery, started as a series of backup solutions developed and marketed by the company with the same name until dell acquired the company in february 2012. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel daily news. Quest used to be an awesome place to work, but since the acquisition by francisco partners there have been nothing but layoffs and cost cutting each year. Quest software, also known as quest, is a software company headquartered in aliso viejo, california with 53 offices in 24 countries. Dell s quest for software business could lead to acquiring quest software. Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider.
Quest it management mitigate risk accelerate results. Francisco partners and elliott management corporation have announced the completed acquisition of dell software group. Business wire dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it. Quest kace, formerly dell kace, is a company that specializes in computer appliances for systems management of information technology equipment. Quest is based in aliso viejo, california and, according to dell, has 3,850 employees. Established in 2003, kace was headquartered in mountain view, california with offices in europe and asia. Quest is based in aliso viejo, ca and has over 100,000 customers. As a result of the closing, which was finalized on sept.
Jul 02, 2012 its officialthis morning dell announced its intent to acquire quest software update. Dell says that quest s software solutions and key technologies are strongly aligned with its own software strategy, and that the acquisition provides critical components to expand dell s software capabilities in systems management. Quest software wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve the most common and challenging it problems for organizations around the globe. Quest software jobs, employment in aliso viejo, ca. Jul 02, 2012 another major acquisition for dell this morning. The acquisition of balabit is considered a key marker to investors of the products.
The acquisition brings new management, security, data backup and recovery solutions to the dell software portfolio. If you havent already heard, i am excited to announce that dell has completed the acquisition of quest. Sonicwall goes it alone as elliott and pal swallow dellquest. Dell recently completed its acquisition of quest software, an it management software provider. In 2008, appassure software received a series a investment by bain capital ventures. Dell software was created merging various acquisitions mainly quest software and sonicwall by dell inc.
They purchased quest software, and didnt know what to do with it, ruined it, and sold it. Quest s management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software push. As a partnerdirect partner, we appreciate your continued business, commitment and trust in dell. Dell software splits into quest and sonicwall as sale. Business wirequest software, a global systems management and security software provider, today announced the acquisition of metalogix, a leading provider of migration. Dell confirms quest software ceos departure orange. Tech giant continues to sell assets ahead of its upcoming acquisition of emc. Francisco partners, a leading technologyfocused private equity firm, and elliott management corporation today announced they have completed the previously announced acquisition of the dell software group from dell, inc. Aug 29, 2016 quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. The company is known for toad, a product used by database professionals, in addition to other offerings for microsoft azure cloud management, software as a service, security, workforce mobility, datadriven insight, and backup and recovery. The companys software provides information management, data protection, endpoint systems management, identity and access management, and microsoft platform management software, enabling companies of all sizes to reduce the time and money spent on it administration and security, thereby helping customers to solve.