AppAssure was a

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software company founded in 2006 and based in

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. It was purchased by

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in 2012. It has since been subsumed by Quest Rapid Recovery.

Company history

AppAssure was founded by Najaf Husain in 2006. In 2008, AppAssure Software received a "Series A" investment by

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. On Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, Dell announced the acquisition of AppAssure, renaming it to Dell AppAssure, which became a part of the

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Group portfolio. Later, upon a new major version release, the company renamed the AppAssure product to Rapid Recovery. On November 1, 2016,

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and

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acquired Dell Software Group, which was re-launched as

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 c ...

. Rapid Recovery is currently part of the Quest Software portfolio.

Features

Rapid Recovery software optimizes users’ application experience and simplifies

. Rapid Recovery protects systems, apps and data, whether it's physical, virtual or in the cloud. It connects to the cloud and protects growing virtual environments automatically. In 2016, Rapid Recovery added the ability to implement DraaS in the Azure cloud. The technology is available as software or in rack-mountable appliances (DL Series Appliances).

References

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{{Quest Software Inc Defunct software companies of the United States Software companies established in 2006 Quest Software 2012 mergers and acquisitions 2006 establishments in Virginia Software companies disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in Virginia