Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held

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company headquartered in

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. Quest provides cloud management,

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, 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

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, with a line of products for

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(MPE). In 1995, Vinny Smith joined the company. The following year, Quest entered the database management market with an Oracle SQL database tuning product. In 1997, Quest opened an office in the United Kingdom. Doug Garn joined Quest as the Vice President of Sales in 1998. That same year, Quest added offices in Germany and Australia, and Smith became CEO. In October, Quest acquired

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. On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public. In 2002, a Quest office opened in Japan. The next year, Quest opened new offices in Asia, specifically in Singapore, Korea, and China. In 2004,

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named Quest number one in application management. Doug Garn became President of Quest Software in 2005. Doug Garn became CEO and President, and Vinny Smith became Executive Chairman of Quest in 2008. In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales. In 2011, Vinny Smith became CEO and Chairman, and Doug Garn became Vice Chairman. On September 28, 2012, Dell announced it had completed the acquisition of Quest Software. In 2016, Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic, 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. On November 1, 2016,

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and

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completed the purchase of

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, and the company re-launched itself as Quest Software. On June 1, 2017, One Identity was announced as an independent brand, but remained part of the Quest family of businesses. On September 2, 2020, Quest acquired Binary Tree. On January 5, 2021, Quest acquired erwin, Inc., including erwin Data Modeler. Cork Ireland Office

On November 29, 2021, Clearlake Capital Group LP bought Quest from Francisco Partners for $5.4 billion, including debt.

Awards

The following table includes the listing and the timeline of awards and recognition that Quest Software received since 2004.

References

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