Dell software businesses sold to private equity firms. Quest, founded in 1987 and based in aliso viejo, calif. Quest software, also known as quest, is a software company headquartered in aliso viejo, california with 53 offices in 24 countries. Jul 02, 2012 dell dell, fortune 500 said the company fits well with its it services unit, which is its fastestgrowing line of business. Prior to joining dell, vitale served as evp, worldwide sales for pentaho, a leader in open source business intelligence software. Browse jobs and read about the quest software aliso viejo location with content posted anonymously by quest software employees in aliso viejo, ca.
Simplify it management and spend less time on it administration and more time on it innovation. Dell has agreed to purchase quest software a aliso viejo, californiabased outfit offering tools for managing a wide range of business software as it continues to shift its operation. They ultimately lied to all employees around what the strategy while the true game plan was to fully take advantage of us all. Company profile page for quest software incca including stock price, company news, press releases, executives, board members, and contact information. Dell has agreed to purchase quest software a aliso viejo, californiabased outfit offering tools for managing a wide range of business software as it continues to shift its operation toward the. 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. The deal will form the backbone of dells software business and push it deeper into the highermargin enterprise market. Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in aliso viejo. Quest s management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. 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. Dell announced monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire aliso viejo, calif.
Dell continues quest for software domination wired. Business wiredell and quest software today announced they have entered into a. Dell is now an internationalclass software company. Quest is based in aliso viejo, ca and has over 100,000 customers. Quest software s expertise in information technology operations helps its customers meet higher expectations from enterprise it. While i was there the company was bought by dell and then sold to investors, so that was a bit unnerving. After dell softwares expected sale is completed this fall, its new privateequity owners will. Click to share on facebook opens in new window click to share on twitter opens in new window.
Quest software dell inc is a company based out of 5 polaris way, aliso viejo, california, united states. Quest software inc 4747 n 22nd st phoenix, az computer. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from. Quest is based in aliso viejo, california and, according to dell, has 3,850 employees.
Jul 02, 2012 quest is based in aliso viejo, california and, according to dell, has 3,850 employees. Business wire dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it. Dell says its buying quest software in a move to branch out beyond the weakening personal computer business. Quest helps companies manage databases and provides other corporate it services. Quest software war bis zur ubernahme durch dell ein borsennotierter amerikanischer softwarehersteller mit sitz in aliso. Jun 21, 2016 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. I am based in dell s aliso viejo campus, just 10 minutes from laguna beach in beautiful orange county. As soon as private equity purchased dell software and broke out quest as a separate company, it went down the drain quickly. Feb, 2018 this is an overview of the quest software aliso viejo campus or office location. Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve the most common and challenging it problems for. Its time to rethink systems and information management. Being part of dell has allowed us to develop an exciting strategy that will allow us to expand into areas we couldnt do under quest software. Increase agility and reduce cost and risk with awardwinning solutions for database management. Quest software is headquartered in aliso viejo, calif.
The deal is expected to close in dell s fiscal third quarter. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Dell confirms quest software ceos departure orange county. Quest software inc has received an improved bid from dell inc to buy the.
Awardwinning quest bolsters dell competitive position in delivering endtoend it solutions. Aliso viejo, californiabased quest is led by chief executive vinny. My career has really focused on virtualization, storage and data protection for the past decade. Jul 03, 2012 dell says quest will make it more competitive in the server, storage, networking and computing services business. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division. Smith moves on after grueling battle with dell orange. Jun 20, 2016 techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. Previously at dell, he led sales for the global 500 business segment as well as worldwide sales for data protection software. Dell announced monday, july 3, 2012, that it is buying. Aug 29, 2016 quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. Nov 09, 2015 quest software, now part of dell software a division of dell inc. The selloff comes as dell positions itself for an expected october closing for its acquisition of tech giant emc.
Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Quest s technology would add to its security and data protections offerings, along with other services aimed at business customers, dell said. Matt vitale leads the data protection businesses at quest. This time last year, he was kneedeep in a bidding war with dell inc. The round rockbased computer maker said it has agreed to buy quest software of aliso viejo, calif. The company works with more than 18,000 throughout the world. 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. Dell, dell software, the dell software logo and products fias. Dell stated that the quest acquisition will help it expand its software. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to. The computer maker is buying quest as it seeks a path away from making cheap hardware to offering services as the it world changes thanks to virtualization, hyperscale web sites, and the shift in the personal computing market from desktops and laptops to mobile clients. Founded in 1987, quest developed and supported 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.
It has 1,500 software sales experts and 1,300 software developers that will join dell. Dell had bought the company in 2012 and combined it with other acquisitions and internal assets to create dell 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. Jul 02, 2012 in a push to become a software player, dell won a bidding war for quest software as it aims to bolster its data center software.
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