Quest Software

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Quest Software, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Software
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987), in Newport Beach, California, United States
FoundersDavid M. Doyle, Doran G. Machin
FateAcquired by Francisco Partners & Elliott Management Corporation
Headquarters
Aliso Viejo, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Doug Garn, Billy Bosworth, Shayne Hidgon, Michael Dell, Vinny Smith, John Swainson, Jeff Hawn, Patrick Nichols
ProductsData 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. [5]

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 ]

Doug Garn became CEO and president, and Vinny Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008. [6] In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales. [7] In 2011, Vinny Smith became CEO and chairman, and Doug Garn became vice chairman. [8]

On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software. [9]

In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic, [10] 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. [11]

On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software, [12] and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software. [13]

On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses. [14]

On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree. [15] On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler.

Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland Cork Ireland Office.jpg
Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt. [16] [17]

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