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Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. Quest provides cloud management, software as a service, security, workforce mobility, and backup & recovery. The company was founded in 1987 and has 53 offices in 24 countries.

History

Quest Software was founded in 1987 in Newport Beach, California, with a line of products for HP Multi-Programming Executive (MPE). In 1995, Vinny Smith[1] joined the company. The following year, Quest entered the database management market with an Oracle SQL database tuning product.[citation needed] In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

Doug Garn joined Quest as the Vice President of Sales in 1998.[2] That same year, Quest added offices in Germany and Australia, and Smith became CEO.[2]

In October, Quest acquired TOAD.[3][4]

On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public.[citation needed]

In 2002, a Quest office opened in Japan. The next year, Quest opened new offices in Asia, specifically in Singapore, Korea, and China.[citation needed]

In 2004, Gartner named Quest number one in application management.[5] Doug Garn became president of Quest Software in 2005.[6]

Doug Garn became CEO and president, and Vinny Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008.[7] In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales.[8] In 2011, Vinny Smith became CEO and chairman, and Doug Garn became vice chairman.[9]

On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software.[10]

In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic,[11] and Charonware s.r.o from the Czech Republic. Charonware made CASE Studio2, and after being acquired, Quest folded it into the TOAD Data Modeler product.[12]

On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software,[13] and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software.[14]

On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses.[15]

On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree.[16] On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler.

Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Vincent C. Smith, Chairman, Quest Software". www.vbprofiles.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ^ a b "EXECUTIVE OFFICERS for Quest_Software (QSFT)". Wikinvest. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. ^ "Toad - SQL Tuning, Database Development and Administration Software". 2012-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  4. ^ "Quest Software, its Toad tool leaping over to Dell". SearchOracle. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  5. ^ "Quest Software Named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year; Quest Software Also Earns Winning Customers Award at Annual Microsoft Partner Conference". www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ^ "Quest Software Promotes Douglas F. Garn to President; Vinny Smith to Continue to Serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  7. ^ "Quest Software Announces Appointments of Doug Garn to Chief Executive Officer and Director and Vinny Smith to New Role of Executive Chairman". www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ^ "Alan Fudge Senior VP of WW Sales for Quest Software". storagenewsletter.com. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ^ "Exec at O.C. software firm steps down". Orange County Register. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ^ "Dell buying Quest Software for $2.36 billion". Electronic Component News. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ^ "ScriptLogic to be Acquired for $90M - News | OpenView Venture Partners". OpenView. 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ^ "Charonware s.r.o.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  13. ^ Miller, Ron. "Confirmed: Dell sells software division to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  14. ^ "Quest Launches as an Independent Software Company Backed by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management". www.businesswire.com. November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  15. ^ Kuranda, Sarah (2016-08-29). "Quest Software, One Identity To Operate Separately From SonicWall After Dell Software Sale". CRN. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  16. ^ "Quest Acquires Binary Tree and Takes the Dominant Market Leadership Position in Microsoft Modernization". www.businesswire.com. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  17. ^ Miriam Gottfried (November 29, 2021). "Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Ron Miller (November 29, 2021). "Francisco Partners flips Quest Software to Clearlake Capital in deal reportedly worth $5.4B". Tech Crunch. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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