Quest Software

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<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> joined the company. The following year, Quest entered the database management market with an Oracle SQL database tuning product.Template:Citation needed In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom.Template:Citation needed

Doug Garn joined Quest as the Vice President of Sales in 1998.<ref name="Wikinvest">Template:Cite web</ref> That same year, Quest added offices in Germany and Australia, and Smith became CEO.<ref name="Wikinvest"/>

In October, Quest acquired TOAD.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref>

On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2002, a Quest office opened in Japan. The next year, Quest opened new offices in Asia, specifically in Singapore, Korea, and China.Template:Citation needed

Doug Garn became CEO and president, and Vinny Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011, Vinny Smith became CEO and chairman, and Doug Garn became vice chairman.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler.

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Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>