Quest software and sonicwall are among the software assets being acquired, and both were bought by dell in 2012, the year before the computer maker. Aug 29, 2016 quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. Quest acquires metalogix to bolster microsoft platform. Quest acquires vizioncore on its virtualization journey infoworld. Protect and improve performance of your virtual infrastructure with quest virtualization management and data protection software. Virtualization vendor liquidware labs adds three more ex vizioncore executives to its leadership ranks, after hiring vizioncore. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from sonicwall after dell software sale. Quest software hangs toolmaker vkernel on its utility belt the.
They are a global provider to,000 companies across 100 countries, including 95% of the fortune 500 and 90% of the global. Out of the office with leigh ann campbell questies love what they do and who they work with. The company announced its buying enterprise management software maker quest software for. Founded in 2002, vizioncore leads the way in helping virtualization customers solve real world problems with intelligent software. Quest software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by it professionals. Founded in 1987, quest develops, manufactures and supports software used by information technology it professionals in a variety of industries. Learn best practices and practical knowledge to help you optimize your investment in kace.
Jul 11, 2012 quest software is the maker of the famous oracle performance analyzer, toad and also has acquired smaller companies like bakbone and vizioncore in the past, but this around it has become the acquisition target. 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. Below is our latest video interview with scott herold, director, virtualization strategy at quest software, taken at vmworld europe 2011. Quest acquisition opens door for dell to focus on complete. Quest software already has a virtualization product line in the field through its vizioncore unit, maker of voptimizer pro and vfoglight management tools. 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 software buys provision networks enters desktop. See who you know at quest software, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Quest software, also known as quest, is a software company headquartered in aliso viejo, california with 53 offices in 24 countries.
May 05, 2011 quest software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by it professionals. That same year, quest software purchased vizioncore as an entry into the server virtualization market, and passgo technologies. Learn how leigh ann campbell spends her free time out of the office role. Vizioncore quest software server virtualization management. Jun 20, 2016 quest software and sonicwall are among the software assets being acquired, and both were bought by dell in 2012, the year before the computer maker was taken private. Liquidware labs hires three exvizioncore execs from quest. New york cnnmoney dell announced monday that it has agreed to buy quest software, a company. Qsft today announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held surgient, inc.
That same year, quest software purchased vizioncore as an entry into the server virtualization market, 26 and passgo technologies. Quest buys desktop virtualisation specialist provision acquisition will give quest access to additional presentation and desktop virtualisation products, along with technical and. Business wirequest software, a global systems management and security software provider, today announced the acquisition of. Quest software completes acquisition of vizioncore, latest. Its time to rethink systems and information management. This brings a very interesting fact, that, more and more public companies are going private. Magnum technologies was founded in 1999, and received venture capital funding from hitachi data systems and others. Deliver fast, agentless backuprestore for vmware, hyperv and physical windows servers. Quest software has acquired changebase, the privately held software provider of aok, a software compatibility tool changebase specialises in automated application analysis, remediation and. As a result of the closing, which was finalized on sept. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Increase agility and reduce cost and risk with awardwinning solutions for database management.
In 2008, quest bought vizioncore, which oddly enough had created its vm monitor by licensing a quest tool called vfoglight. Quest software buys surgient catapults into private. Mar 09, 2012 quest software, a provider of database applications and other corporate i. Charts can be found on various organization profiles and on hubs pages, based on data availability. Uploaded on 412019, downloaded 3073 times, receiving a 79100 rating by 1166 users.
A leading provider of vmware data protection and performance. Vizioncore company data founded in 2002 fullyowned subsidiary of quest software december 2007 quest software is publicly traded on nasdaq. Dell and its partners see dells acquisition of quest as bringing together the. Solutions of the company allow to increase performance of developers java and plsql, to provide the centralized administration of systems on platforms mac os, unix and linux, to carry out. I was excited when quest approached me to leverage my deep history with partner programs and help execute a strong, profitable channel program. Quest software buys surgient catapults into private cloud. Dell sells software unit to francisco partners, elliott. Just in time for some terrific coverage about our new products and strategies, in the wall street journal. Quest software can be found in offices around the globe and at about provision networks provision networks is a global provider of presentation and desktop virtualization solutions. Quest software, now a part of dell, is a developer of windows management, application management, virtualization management, and database management software.
Quest software introduces toad devops toolkit to maximize the velocity of your devops pipeline duration. After dell softwares expected sale is completed this fall, its new privateequity owners will. Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in. Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. Although the company may be best known as the maker of toad, a popular product used by database professionals, it offers other products that develop, manage, monitor. Vizioncore launches new enterprise virt monitoring tool. The deal will form the backbone of dells software business and push it deeper into the highermargin enterprise market. According to the company, vcharterpro can track performance for thousands of machines at once, and can provide layered views for everything from datacenters to shared storage to. Qsft chicagobased hq, global operations across north america, emea, asia and australia proven. Jul 06, 2012 quest software is one of the partners known for delivering complementary solutions across many of microsofts core products for migration, management, reporting, availability, etc. Quest software acquires remotescan 20110505 crunchbase. Quest software, a major global it management software company, has agreed to become a privately held company. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at quest software. Dell recently completed its acquisition of quest software, an it management software provider.
Quest acquires vizioncore on its virtualization journey. Simplify it management and spend less time on it administration and more time on it innovation. Jun 20, 2016 techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. Quest software completes acquisition of vizioncore, latest move. About provision networks provision networks is a global provider of presentation and desktop virtualization solutions. The company is known for toad, a product used by database professionals, in addition to other offerings for microsoft azure cloud management, software. Quest in early 2008 acquired vizioncore, which developed vranger, which provides a comprehensive data protection platform for vmware.
Quest software acquires software compatibility company. Quest software buys passgo technologies quest adds unix compliance software quest software loses ceo quest software acquires vizioncore. Quest software does not make any commitment to update the information contained in this document. Youll note, as well, that our twitter changed from vizioncore to questvirt over the weekend. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division eweek.
Protect entire vmware and hyperv environments in minutes. Quest software is a software manufacturer headquartered in aliso viejo, california. Vizioncores executive management team all have developed deep understandying of the virtualization industry from years of handson, frontline experience. Initially acquiring a controlling interest in vizioncore in 2005, quest broadened its virtualization product portfolio in 2007 with the acquisitions of invirtus, a provider of virtual machine optimization, conversion and automation products, and provision networks, a leader in. Quest buys desktop virtualisation specialist provision. Business wire quest software, a global systems management and security software provider, today announced the acquisition of metalogix, a leading provider of migration. Vrangerpro is a leading backup and recovery product in vmware environments. Quest software can be found in offices around the globe and at. Quest software to acquire surgient informationweek. Quest software is now the proud owner of virtualization backup and disaster recovery solution provider vizioncore. Quest software is one of the partners known for delivering complementary solutions across many of microsofts core products for migration, management, reporting, availability, etc. Legal dept 4 polaris way aliso viejo, ca 92656 refer to our web site quest. Legal dept 4 polaris way aliso viejo, ca 92656 refer to our web site for regional and international office information. 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 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, data. Liquidware labs hires three ex vizioncore execs from quest software. Biz software pusher ifs goes a bit minority report with augmentedreality repair suite windows spotted flashing its unmentionables in a chicago clothier. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel. Quest software agrees to buyout the new york times. Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Quest software usb device driver for windows 7 32 bit, windows 7 64 bit, windows 10, 8, xp. Quest acquisition opens door for dell to focus on complete solutions, not parts.
Quest software acquires software compatibility company changebase. Quest software merging vranger, netvault into data protection. Qsft today announced it has completed the acquisition of vizioncore inc. If you have any questions regarding your potential use of this material, contact. Quest software hangs toolmaker vkernel on its utility belt. Vizioncore is now officially quest software server virtualizaiton management, or quest virtual management software for short. Quest software software developer for data protection, managements and copyings of databases, migrations, audit of changes, monitoring and performance improvement it infrastructures and other tasks. Dell to sell software unit to francisco partners and elliott. Feb 01, 2016 quest software introduces toad devops toolkit to maximize the velocity of your devops pipeline duration. Quest it management mitigate risk accelerate results.
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