Quest software

Quest Software, Inc.
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	US74834T1034
founding	1987
resolution	September 28, 2012
Reason for dissolution	Takeover by Dell
Seat	Aliso Viejo , United States
Number of employees	approx. 3,500
sales	$ 857 million USD (2011)
Branch	software
Website	quest.com

Until it was taken over by Dell, Quest Software was a publicly listed American software manufacturer based in Aliso Viejo , California . The company last employed approximately 3,500 people, it was founded in 1987 and was acquired by Dell in September 2012 for 2.4 billion USD. On November 1, 2016, Dell Software was acquired by the financial investment firms Elliot Management Corporation and Francisco Partners , so that this software manufacturer operates under the name Quest again.

Products

With its formerly called "Quest One Solution Suite", Quest Software offered a modular approach to security issues . These include the products ActiveRoles®Server, Password Manager, Defender. The products Quest Webauthority and Quest One Quick Connect were integrated into other Dell software solutions or discontinued.
The product range is divided into six different families:

Database management
Performance monitoring
privacy
Workplace administration
Windows Server Administration
Identity and access management

Acquisitions

Since 1998 Quest has taken over the following companies:

APEX SQL (2019)
Metalogix (July 2018)
BlueFolder (February 2012)
VKernel (November 2011)
ChangeBASE (October 2011)
Symlabs (June 2011)
RemoteScan (May 2011)
eDMZ Security (February 2011)
BakBone Software (January 2011)
Surgient (August 2010)
Voelcker Informatik AG (July 2010)
PacketTrap (December 2009)
NetPro (September 2008)
PassGo (January 2008)
Vizioncore (December 2007)
Provision Networks (November 2007)
ScriptLogic (August 2007)
Magnum Technologies (May 2007)
Aftermail (January 2006)
Vintela (July 2005)
Imceda (May 2005)
Wingra (January 2005)
Aelita (March 2004)
Sitraka (November 2002)
BB4 Technologies (February 2002)
FastLane Technologies (September 2000)
MessageWise (April 2000)
Client / Server Solutions (April 2000)
QMaster (February 2000)
Foglight (January 2000)
Neptune Software (July 1999)
TOAD (October 1998)

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 annual report

↑ Quest Software: Quest Software Company Overview ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.10 MB), October 14, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.quest.com

↑ Dell to buy Quest Software for $ 2.4 bln - reuters.com

↑ Dell Completes Acquisition of Quest Software , accessed September 29, 2012

↑ Quest: Quest Launches as an Independent Software Company Backed by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management. Quest, November 1, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .

↑ Dell's Quest Software Placed in a Challengers Position in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Identity Access and Governance ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Business Wire @1@ 2

↑ ActiveRoles Server ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - software.dell.com @1@ 2

↑ Password Manager ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - software.dell.com @1@ 2

↑ Defender ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - software.dell.com @1@ 2