Francisco partners and elliot management corp have closed its previously announced buy of dell software group from dell inc. If you havent already heard, i am excited to announce that dell has completed the acquisition of quest. The it group dell has decided to sell dell software group. Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve the most common and challenging it problems for organizations around the globe. Dell officially completed the wyse technology acquisition today and may already be in talks to buy another desktop virtualisationrelated vendor, quest software, according to reports. Consider that vmware owns vmware horizon 6 and dell owns its competitor vwyse workspace, which came via dells acquisition of quest software. Dell completes acquisition of quest software tom kendra september 28, 2012 if you havent already heard, i am excited to announce that dell has completed the acquisition of quest. Dell announced monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire aliso viejo, calif. Stockholders of quest software approved the acquisition of quest by dell at a stockholders meeting convened on sept. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel. Le titre etait cote en bourse nasdaq avec le code qsft jusqua son rachat par dell en 2016. Sonicwall goes it alone as elliott and pal swallow dell.
Is dell eyeing quest software following its wyse acquisition. With the acquisition of a management software company, dell is trying to position itself as a vendor for businesses that are trying to build and manage their own data centers, whether on. Dell completes acquisition of quest software channel daily news. Describing itself as the worlds largest privatelycontrolled technology company, the combined entity will be known as dell technologies. Dell listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology, business solutions and services they trust and value. The pc making giant continues to vie for the enterprise market with a range of business. Quests family of software solutions and key technologies are strongly aligned with dells software strategy. The acquisition of massachusettsbased emc, which was first proposed in october 2015, is the largest technology merger in history. We have been making good progress in developing dell software ip and this buy accelerates the process, john swainson, president. A dallas executive just became ceo of half of dells. Software business sold as dell sheds quest and sonicwall. San francisco its been a busy year for john swainson, the president of dell software, who just passed his first anniversary on the job.
Dell completes acquisition of quest software quest softwares extensive it management offerings expand and strengthen dells software portfolio. Dell completes acquisition of emc, creating worlds largest privatelycontrolled tech company. Dell has confirmed plans to sell its software division, including quest software and sonicwall, as the tech giant continues to shed assets ahead of its upcoming acquisition of emc. Quests management technologies are used by more than 100,000 companies in many industries, including healthcare. The acquisition brings new management, security, data backup and recovery solutions to the dell software portfolio. Date company industry country transaction value references november 16, 2012 gale technologies. Dell cede quest software et sonicwall a deux fonds le monde. Dell is now an internationalclass software company, mr. Round rock, texasbusiness wire dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software.
Dell is transforming computing and providing high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world. Buyout firm, francisco partners, and the private equity arm of activist hedge fund, elliott management corp, have finalised the acquisition of dell software group and the spinout of sonicwall and. Dell completes acquisition of emc, creating worlds. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division eweek. Dell completes acquisition of emc september 7, 2016 austin, tex. With quest, dell can provide a bundled offering for software applications in a very seamless way. Dell software, which includes quest, sonicwall, and statistica, is being snapped. Quest software, also known as quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in. This acquisition is a bold move that will boost morale among its employees and customers. Dell recently completed its acquisition of quest software, an it management software provider. Enable highperformance oracle replication and data integration.
Sonicwall goes it alone as elliott and pal swallow dellquest software. Dell divests quest software and sonicwall exo platform. Quest software support francisco partners and elliott management corporation have announcedthe completed acquisition of dell software group. Included in this acquisition are quest, which helps with information. Quest software, one identity to operate separately from. The company announced its buying enterprise management software maker quest software for. Dell software acquisition set to close late in dells fy17. Dell to begin selling off products that the emc acquisition will make redundant. Dell is now an internationalclass software company. Dell software was a division of dell with headquarters in round rock, texas, united states. In june 2016, dell announced the sale of their software division, which included the quest, sonicwall, and one identity businesses, to francisco partners and elliott management corporation. Francisco partners and elliott management complete acquisition of dell software group. Dell is selling off its software business, including quest software, sonicwall, and the statistica analytics platform, to private equity firms elliot management and francisco partners.
Dell software splits into quest and sonicwall as sale. Quest provides critical components that expand, simplify and complement dells software capabilities in systems management, security and business intelligence. No matter your platform, quest has a solution that fits. For dell, combining software and hardware within a single company was supposed to be like chocolate and peanut butter. In a push to become a software player, dell won a bidding war for quest software as it aims to bolster its data center software.
Quest software and sonicwall provide missioncritical software to a large and loyal base of over 180,000 customers, and we see significant. Dell has completed its acquisition of quest software, making the software company a division of thepc maker. Francisco partners and elliott management to acquire the dell. Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software. Dells sale of quest software would not only get rid of the duplication. With the acquisition of quest, dell brings to market industryleading, differentiated, simplified and easy to manage solutions for customers worldwide. Quest it management mitigate risk accelerate results. Quest software completes acquisition of aelita software. Dell positions software as a key to channel growth.
Francisco partners and elliott management complete acquisition of dell software group and announce the formation of two separate companies quest and sonicwall. Accelerate backup speed, reduce storage costs and use the cloud for disaster recovery. Dell completes acquisition of quest software dell panama. After dell softwares expected sale is completed this fall, its new privateequity owners will separate some of the divisions including quest software and sonicwall into independent companies. Company overview dell emc enables your digital transformation with data center solutions that include servers, storage, networking, converged infrastructure, security, cloud and dataanalytics. Techcrunch has confirmed that francisco partners and elliott management have agreed to acquire dells software division. This is an important acquisition for dell software because quest helps extend our capabilities in systems management, security and business intelligence software, and it also strengthens our ability to bring industryleading, differentiated, and easy to manage solutions to our customers around. Dell software was created merging various acquisitions mainly quest software and sonicwall by dell inc. Elliott management, francisco partners and dell issued a joint press. Dell completes acquisition of quest software direct2dell. Dell software businesses sold to private equity firms. Dell completes quest acquisition in enterprise software push. Francisco partners and elliott management complete. Why dell decided to give up its questdell software division.
Dell emc enables digital transformation with trusted solutions for the modern data center. Dell completes acquisition of quest software if you havent already heard, i am excited to announce that dell has completed the acquisition of quest. Prweb dfw capital partners closes investment in intellisite corporation. Dell has completed the sale of its software division to francisco partners and elliott management and the group has been split into two companies quest and sonicwall. Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people. As a result of the closing, which was finalized on sept. Les fonds francisco partners et elliott management rachetent les activites logiciels quest software et sonicwall du groupe dell. Dell sells off software to double down on its riskiest business c dell inc. Dell completes acquisition of quest software aol finance. Charts can be found on various organization profiles and on hubs pages, based on data availability.
Management complete acquisition of dell software group and announce the formation of two separate companies quest and sonicwall. The acquisition provides critical components to expand dells software. Francisco partners and elliott management complete acquisition of. This list of dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and stakes of dell. According to a report in bloomberg businessweek, dell is in talks to acquire quest software inc. Dell sells off software to double down on its riskiest. Quest kace endpoint systems management products provision, manage, secure, and service all networkconnected devices as the coronavirus situation continues to evolve, we wanted to take this opportunity to reassure you our sale teams remain dedicated to providing you the best service. As a new company, dell software group will now operate as quest softwareand sonicwall. Dell today announced it has completed the acquisition of quest software, an awardwinning it management software provider. Francisco partners and elliot management complete dell. The deal comes as dell works to complete its acquisition of. This is an important acquisition for dell software because quest helps extend our capabilities in systems management, security and business intelligence software, and it also strengthens our.
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