Dell Software
The Dell logo, 2010-present
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| Private | |
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| Fate | sold to private equity |
| Successor | Quest Software and Sonicwall |
| Defunct | November 1, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Round Rock, Texas, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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John Swainson, President |
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| Website | software |
Dell Software, was a division of Dell a multinational provider of IT solutions with headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. Dell Software was created merging various acquisitions (mainly Quest Software and Sonicwall) by Dell Inc., the third-largest maker of PCs and now a privately held company, to build out its software offerings to provide end-to-end solutions for data center and cloud management, information management, mobile workforce management, security and data protection for organizations of all sizes.
Dell Inc. formed the Dell Software group in February 2012, after a series of 37 acquisitions strengthened the company’s focus on software and services. The new group helped unify the acquisitions, which included the following companies, among others:
On March 5, 2012, John Swainson became president of Dell Software. Previously, Swainson was Senior Advisor to Silver Lake Partners, a global private equity firm. Prior to Silver Lake, he was CEO and director of CA Inc., from early 2005 through 2009. The purpose of forming the new group was to build on Dell’s software capabilities and provide research and organizational support for achieving Michael Dell’s vision of delivering end-to-end IT solutions to customers.
On June 20, 2016, Dell Software announced an agreement to be purchased by private equity firm Francisco Partners and hedge fund manager Elliott Management.
On November 1, 2016, the sale of Dell Software to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management was completed and the company relaunched as Quest Software. While legally named Quest Software, it is known in the marketplace as Quest. Quest is an IT software solutions provider with a focus on enabling innovation with less administration. Quest products are built from unique IP by in-house engineers, guided by a community of users, and backed by a global support team.
Dell Software offered end-to-end solutions to address challenges in several business and technology areas, including six key ones:
Data protection software and deduplication appliances offer customized backup, replication and recovery systems for physical, virtual, application and cloud environments. The solutions provide management tools for enterprise backup and recovery, virtual protection, application-specific data protection, and disaster recovery for uninterrupted productivity. They also help organizations prevent intrusions, block malware and gather application intelligence.
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