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