Privately held software company based in California
Quest Software, Inc.
Company type
Private Industry
Software Founded 1987; 37 years ago (1987 ) , in
Newport Beach, California , United States Founders David M. Doyle, Doran G. Machin Fate Acquired by
Francisco Partners &
Elliott Management Corporation Headquarters , United States
Area served
Worldwide Key people
Doug Garn, Billy Bosworth, Shayne Hidgon, Michael Dell,
Vinny Smith , John Swainson, Jeff Hawn, Patrick Nichols Products Data Protection, Unified Endpoint Management, Platforms Management, Information Management, Identity and Access Management Website
www.quest.com
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]
Awards
The following table includes the listing and the timeline of awards and recognition that Quest Software received since 2004.
Name of the Award/Recognition
Year Won
Business Unit/Product
Reference
Awards won as QSFT
Microsoft's Global ISV of the Year Award
2004
Information Management & Platforms Management
[19]
[20]
Microsoft's Prestigious Global ISV of the Year Award
2007
Platforms Management
[21]
Awards won as Dell Software
SC Magazine Awards
2013
Security
[22]
Awards won as Quest
People's Choice STEVIE Awards
2017
Cloud Backup/Storage: Quest Rapid Recovery v6.1
[23]
[24]
DBTA Reader's Choice Awards
2017
Information Management
[25]
[26]
[27]
V3 Technology Awards
2017
Platform Management
[28]
References
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"Vincent C. Smith, Chairman, Quest Software" . www.vbprofiles.com . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"EXECUTIVE OFFICERS for Quest_Software (QSFT)" . www.wikinvest.com . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Toad - SQL Tuning, Database Development and Administration Software" . 2012-02-06. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-12-06 .
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"Quest Software, its Toad tool leaping over to Dell" . SearchOracle . Retrieved 2017-12-06 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Alan Fudge Senior VP of WW Sales for Quest Software" . storagenewsletter.com . 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Exec at O.C. software firm steps down" . Orange County Register . 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Dell buying Quest Software for $2.36 billion" . Electronic Component News . 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"ScriptLogic to be Acquired for $90M - News | OpenView Venture Partners" . OpenView . 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Charonware s.r.o.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg" . www.bloomberg.com . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
^ Miller, Ron.
"Confirmed: Dell sells software division to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Quest Launches as an Independent Software Company Backed by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management" . www.businesswire.com . November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
^ Kuranda, Sarah (2016-08-29).
"Quest Software, One Identity To Operate Separately From SonicWall After Dell Software Sale" . CRN . Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Quest Acquires Binary Tree and Takes the Dominant Market Leadership Position in Microsoft Modernization" . www.businesswire.com . 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-02 .
^ Miriam Gottfried (November 29, 2021).
"Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved December 12, 2021 .
^ 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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"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 2017-11-28 .
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"Quest Software named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year; Quest Software also earns winning customers award at annual Microsoft Partner Conference" . www.m2.com . Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"Quest Software Again Named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year" . www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"2012 SQL Server Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards" . IT Pro . 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"Winners Announced in 2017 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products | Stevie Awards" . stevieawards.com . Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"2017 New Product Award Winners | Stevie Awards" . stevieawards.com . Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"Best Database Development Solution" . Database Trends and Applications . 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"Best Data Quality Solution" . Database Trends and Applications . 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"Best Change Data Capture Solution" . Database Trends and Applications . 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
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"V3 Technology Awards 2017" . events.v3.co.uk . Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
Product Lines Acquisitions
Companies with annual software revenue of over US$3 billion