See what employees say its like to work at quest software. Dells acquisitions of such companies as equallogic, perot systems, force10, and quest have put in a. Francisco partners and elliott management complete acquisition of dell software group and announce the formation of two separate companies quest and sonicwall. Partner support everything our partners need for effectively engaging with quest software support. A dell computer logo is seen on a laptop at best buy in phoenix, arizona. Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. 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.
Jan 21, 2016 possible selling of quest software, appassure, sonicwall and perot systems would help dell prevent product overlap and get much needed focus and scale to dominate in large enterprise storage segment, but would pose a problem for the customers that have already invested in other solutions. This list of dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and. Charts can be found on various organization profiles and on hubs pages, based on data availability. In june 2016, dell announced the sale of their software division, which included the quest, sonicwall, and one identity businesses, to francisco partners and elliott management corporation. Increase productivity for database development and administration. As a result of quests recent divestiture from dell, quest acquired a number of products from dell. Jun 20, 2016 techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. There will be no change in your partnerdirect status with the finalization of this transaction and you will retain your current level registered, preferred, premier, premier plus in the program throughout dell fy17q4. As with the acquisitions of boomi, quest and kitenga before it, statsoft broadens the scope of our information. Francisco partners and elliott management complete. Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software push.
Dell softwares information management growth continues with. Four years ago dell won a protracted bidding war to acquire quest software, which has a wide portfolio of systems management and migration tools, primarily for microsoftbased environments. Dell company swot analysis 20 strategic management insight. To help during the transition, we provide information and links about recent acquisitions on our support portal.
Dell completes acquisition of quest software aol finance. Those days are long since past now, as dell continues to push forward into the software business. Previously at dell, he led sales for the global 500 business segment as well as worldwide sales for data protection software. The sale includes several of dells highprofile acquisitions in recent years, among them the database software maker quest, network security company sonicwall, and cloud management company. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from. But vmware isnt the only emcowned company that competes with a dellquest software property. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division. Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software. 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.
Friday dell announced that wed closed on the acquisition of quest software. 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 software, now a part of dell, is a developer of windows management, application management, virtualization management, and database management software. Quest software enabled services combine the strengths of our proprietary software, tools and domain expertise to reduce complexity, demands on your it staff and costs. Dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it management softwa. Its an outstanding addition to the dell software family from both a strategic and technical standpoint, and we couldnt be more excited. Sonicwall still operates as a subsidiary of dell, while appassure and quest software were integrated with other. Sep 28, 2012 if you havent already heard, i am excited to announce that dell has completed the acquisition of quest. Emc is the largest of all dell acquisitions and possible in the technology sector in general. Dell software, which includes quest, sonicwall, and statistica, is being snapped.
Quests management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. Dell is transforming computing and providing high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world. Dell sheds software assets with quest software and sonicwall. The company is known for toad, a product used by database professionals, in addition to other offerings for microsoft azure cloud management, software. Quest software, now a part of dell, is a developer of windows management, application management.
Dell completes acquisition of quest software quest softwares extensive it management offerings expand and strengthen dells software portfolio quest enables it organizations to. Dell softwares information management growth continues. Midsummer tends to be slow in terms of major announcements, so it stands to reason that youve already read your fair share of articles that talk about dells acquisition of quest software. 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. Our full analysis of dells impending acquisition of quest.
With this added muscle, dell can expand handily on quests revenue stream and build at least a sales story that now includes some. The deal comes as dell works to complete its acquisition of. Dell computer corp acquires convergenet technologies inc 19990908. Dell recently completed its acquisition of quest software, an it management software provider. They are a global provider to,000 companies across 100 countries, including 95% of the fortune 500 and 90% of the global. Oct 01, 2012 dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software push. Dell wins a bidding war for quest and now builds out its software unit with an eye on everything from identity management to data center. If dell wants to diversify, it needs new technology patents. How will it impact customers and what are the most plausible scenarios for dell software business. But it has broadening its offerings with a string of acquisitions such as it. Accelerate backup speed, reduce storage costs and use the cloud for disaster recovery.
Four years ago dell won a protracted bidding war to acquire quest software, which has a wide portfolio of systems management and migration tools, primarily for. Sonicwall still operates as a subsidiary of dell, while appassure. Quest was spun off from its parent dell software group with the backing of investment firms francisco partners and elliott management for a. Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. Dell dipped its toe in the data protection software market in february, when it acquired lowend replication vendor appassure and made dell slightly competitive against the disk backup systems it sold bundled with symantec and compellent software. One of the largest global computer data storage corporation. The marketwatch news department was not involved in the creation of the content. Jun 21, 2016 software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to fund emc deal. Richard egan and roger marino founded the corporation in 1979. Enable highperformance oracle replication and data integration. Dell software businesses sold to private equity firms. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel.
Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division eweek. Dell doesnt feel the need to disclose how much it spends on acquisitions, even big ones. Dell sheds software assets with quest software and. Dell completes acquisition of quest software direct2dell.
Asap software express was acquired from corporate express. Jul 06, 2012 dells gotomarket ability is far stronger than quests. Prior to dell she held various finance roles at pepsico and. Was a good working environment with great coworkers, but company decided to go private and instead was acquired by dell going from 4,000 employees to quest software now owned by dell. The company announced its buying enterprise management software maker quest software for. As a new company, dell software group will now operate as quest software and sonicwall. Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Dell has confirmed plans to sell its software division, including quest software and sonicwall, as the tech giant continues to shed assets ahead of its upcoming acquisition of emc. Quest celebrates first day of independence from dell with. Getting started with quest support our support site has a new look and a new logo but the same great service support guide find everything you need to know about our support services and how to utilize support to maximize your product investment. Offered to business customers by webbank, member fdic, who.
Its time to rethink systems and information management. A dell computer logo is seen on a laptop at best buy in phoenix, arizona, february 18, 2010. Dell has been making strategic software acquisitions and partnering in the industry to support and enable the hardware and services solutions that we provide to our customers. 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.
Possible selling of quest software, appassure, sonicwall and perot systems would help dell prevent product overlap and get much needed focus and. With quests netvault and vranger, dell is now a headon competitor with symantec and commvault. May 19, 2016 in its three decades of operation the texas headquartered company has acquired a number of technology companies here is a list of some of the companies acquired by dell inc. Click inside to find out about dells strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Our software group, now including quest, will continue to extend dells capabilities in software ip and total. Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dell s software division. Sep 28, 2012 dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Quest it management mitigate risk accelerate results. Global password management market understanding the key. As gabe pointed out, dell has created a software group, and what does dell get by buying quest. Since we originally acquired the company as part of the dell software group carveout, we have been focused on product innovation and helping our. Quest was spun out of dell technologies in 2016 and is owned by private equity firms. A man wipes the logo of the dell it firm at the cebit exhibition centre in hannover february 28, 2010. Quest acquisition bolsters dell backup software portfolio.
Mar 24, 2014 dell this morning announced the acquisition of statsoft, a leading provider of innovative advanced analytics solutions. Founded by shari nolan in 1997 the data storage company was acquired by dell in 1999 for about 340 million dollars. Some of these legacy products found on this website may still contain dell branding. Tech giant continues to sell assets ahead of its upcoming acquisition of emc. After dell softwares expected sale is completed this fall, its new privateequity owners will. Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve the most common and challenging it problems for organizations around the globe. Jul 02, 2012 another major acquisition for dell this morning. It has a worldwide presence, with more than 60 offices in 23 countries with a customer base of more than 100,000. As a partnerdirect partner, we appreciate your continued business, commitment and trust in dell emc. Computer hardware, computer software, it consulting, it services.
Jul 02, 2012 disclaimer dell employee and vworkspace fan. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to. No matter your platform, quest has a solution that fits. Quest deployment services help you quickly install and configure your product properly. Jul 19, 2012 a man wipes the logo of the dell it firm at the cebit exhibition centre in hannover february 28, 2010. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall. Carolyn joined quest from dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as svp and cfo of dells software division. 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.
Matt vitale leads the data protection businesses at quest. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to fund emc deal. Prior to joining dell, vitale served as evp, worldwide sales for pentaho, a leader in open source business intelligence software. Simplify it management and spend less time on it administration and more time on it innovation. Personally, i dont think dell will do much right away with the quest portfolio. The deal will form the backbone of dells software business and push it deeper into the highermargin enterprise market. Aug 29, 2016 quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. Logo of quest software acquired by seahawk holdings. As a result of the closing, which was finalized on sept.
Carolyn is senior vice president and chief financial officer of quest. The companys brands include toad, kace, quest, and foglight. If dell wants to diversify, it needs new technology patents and new ideas. She also oversees it infrastructure, procurement and real estate. Brian reposted an article discussing the prospect of such a move back when the rumor first surfaced, and in the meantime quest found itself in quite the bidding war. Dells gotomarket ability is far stronger than quests. Dell softwares information management growth continues with statsoft acquisition. This list of dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and stakes of dell. Dell announced monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire aliso viejo, calif.
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