Quest Software

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::summary Privately held software company based in California ::

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Field	Value
name	Quest Software, Inc.
logo	Quest Software logo.svg
type	Private
industry	Software
fate	Acquired by Clearlake Capital
foundation	, in Newport Beach, California, United States
founders	David M. Doyle, Doran G. Machin
location_city	Austin, Texas
location_country	United States
area_served	Worldwide
key_people	Vinny Smith, Tim Page
products	Data protection, unified endpoint management, platforms management, information management, identity and access management
website
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| name = Quest Software, Inc. | logo = Quest Software logo.svg | type = Private | industry = Software | fate = Acquired by Clearlake Capital | foundation = , in Newport Beach, California, United States | founders = David M. Doyle, Doran G. Machin | location_city = Austin, Texas | location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Vinny Smith, Tim Page | products = Data protection, unified endpoint management, platforms management, information management, identity and access management | website =

Quest Software, also known as Quest, is a privately held software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. 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 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 TOAD.

On August 13, 1999, Quest Software went public.

Garn became CEO and president, and Smith became executive chairman of Quest in 2008. In 2009, Alan Fudge became vice president of sales. In 2011, Smith became CEO and chairman, and 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, Francisco Partners and Elliott Management completed the purchase of Dell Software, 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.[[File:Cork Ireland Office.jpg|thumb|240x240px|Quest Software EMEA headquarters in Cork, Ireland]]

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

On January 27, 2025, Quest named Tim Page CEO. In August, 2025, the company named Ashish Joshi president.

References

References

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