Quest software war bis zur ubernahme durch dell ein borsennotierter amerikanischer. Support has never been the best for this when dell had it and now that quest software bought this out it, unfortunately, is not much better. See more in the press release or click on the page below. Its officialthis morning dell announced its intent to acquire quest software.
Dell is in serious discussions with several wellknown buyout firms about the possibility of their purchasing sonicwall and quest software, and with citigroup about selling perot systems in deals. The activist investor is looking to block a proposed plan by the computer maker to return to the public market. Dell completes acquisition of quest software quest softwares extensive it management offerings expand and strengthen dells software portfolio. Partners predict sales conflict as dell emc removes quest. The deal will form the backbone of dells software business and push it deeper into the highermargin enterprise market. United states c corporation no tags have been applied so far. Quest it management mitigate risk accelerate results. 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. Quest softwares extensive it management offerings expand and. Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. Francisco partners and elliott management to acquire the. Dell announced monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire aliso viejo, calif. Dell had also acquired it solutions company quest software in 2010 and firewall appliance maker sonicwall in 2012, which became part of the dell software group. Dell completes acquisition of quest software direct2dell.
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. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Previously at dell, he led sales for the global 500 business segment as well as worldwide sales for data protection software. Dell is transforming itself, and one measure of how far dell is willing to. Prior to dell she held various finance roles at pepsico and. The company announced its buying enterprise management software maker quest software for. Japans ntt data agrees to buy dells it services unit for. Dell technologies is committed to transforming businesses, shaping the future of innovation and developing technologies to drive human progress. 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. Solution providers who were previously able to sell quest software as.
Francisco partners and elliott managements deep passion for technology and proven track records in nurturing and building software businesses will enable dell softwares loyal base of. Dell services to be sold in wake of emc acquisition it. She also oversees it infrastructure, procurement and real estate. Dell completes acquisition of quest software, aufgerufen am 29. Dell obviously sees the importance of solidifying its it software position given how fast. Dell software businesses sold to private equity firms. Matt vitale leads the data protection businesses at quest. Together, dell software and quest offer a powerful combination of. If you have any questions regarding your potential use of this material, contact. 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. While dell has a strong server business it is currently second in the. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division.
With quests netvault and vranger, dell is now a headon competitor with symantec and commvault. Those days are long since past now, as dell continues to push forward into the software business. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall to fund emc deal. Discover who we are, our family of brands, the leadership team and our strategic sponsorships to understand how dell technologies is powering the next technological revolution. Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve the most common and challenging it problems for organizations around the globe. Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Stockholders of quest software approved the acquisition of quest by dell at a stockholders meeting convened on sept. Quest software does not make any commitment to update the information contained in this document. Quests management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. Quest acquisition bolsters dell backup software portfolio. Notable buys include quest software, perot systems, force 10 networks and wyse technologies. Is dell eyeing quest software following its wyse acquisition. Dell is now an internationalclass software company, mr. Dell said to be talking to buyout firms, citigroup.
The acquisition brings new management, security, data backup and recovery solutions to the dell software portfolio. It includes the presentation that was used for this mornings conference call and more. Dell acquired quest software because no hardware vendor is surviving on the sales of hardware alonethe demand is for integrated systems. The deal will form the backbone of dell s software business and push it deeper into the highermargin enterprise market. One annoying bug that has yet to be fixed is that a users out of office message can trigger a ticket to be updated and then create an endless loop of kace sending out ticket updated notifications to the users and then the out of office reply updates. Tech giant continues to sell assets ahead of its upcoming acquisition of emc. Dell services to be sold in wake of emc acquisition. Simple it management for a complex world technology keeps changing. Dell listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology, business solutions and services they trust and value. Whether its digital transformation, cloud expansion, security threats or something new, quest helps you solve complex problems with simple solutions. 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. Prior to joining dell, vitale served as evp, worldwide sales for pentaho, a leader in open source business intelligence software. If any software delivered to customer for customers installation and use on its own equipment is provided in connection with the boomi services, the license duration for such software be for the term stated on the applicable order.
Theres a long list of software companies dell bought in the last couple of years. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the state they originally filed in. Partners predict sales conflict as dell emc removes quest software from its channel program. The dell download center offers different sources for downloading bios, drivers and software applications and information on how to reinstall your software or get the last software you just bought. Dell completes acquisition of quest software aol finance.
Dell sells software unit to francisco partners, elliott. Experts wonder if there is too much product overlap for such a deal to make sense. Dell may acquire quest software to expand its desktop virtualisation offerings and gain quests customers. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall. Alienware was founded in 1996 by nelson gonzalez and alex aguila, it was bought by dell on march 22, 2006 asap software, inc provides i. The dell software group will add to dells enterprise solutions capability, accelerate strategic growth and further differentiate the company from. Carolyn is senior vice president and chief financial officer of quest. 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 around. Earlier in april, the firm announced it is buying bomgar, a seller of secure access software for computer systems and devices, from thoma bravo. Dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it management softwa.