Dell rondt de overname van
Quest Software af
Vandaag maakt Dell bekend dat het bedrijf de overname van
Quest Software, IT-management software provider, heeft afgerond. Met de
overname van Quest versterkt Dell zijn software portfolio en zet het bedrijf
weer een belangrijke stap richting een volledig aanbod van end-to-end
IT-oplossingen. Quest Software biedt een grote selectie software-oplossingen
aan voor wereldwijde organisaties die zorgen voor de vereenvoudiging van
bedrijfsprocessen, maximale productiviteit van de werknemers en een snellere
levering van bedrijfsresultaten.
Lees hieronder het volledige Engelstalige bericht.
Vragen? Aarzel niet om even contact te leggen,
Dina-Perla Marciano
Dell Completes Acquisition of Quest
Software
·
Quest
Software’s extensive IT management offerings expand and strengthen Dell’s
software portfolio
·
Quest enables
IT organizations to simplify operations, maximize workforce productivity and
deliver faster results
·
Close marks a
major milestone in Dell’s journey to offering customers end-to-end solutions
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 28, 2012 – Dell today announced it has completed the
acquisition of Quest Software (www.dell.com/quest), an award-winning IT management software provider.
Quest offers a broad selection of software solutions that simplify and solve
the most common and challenging IT problems for organizations around the globe.
“The close of the Quest acquisition is a tremendous
milestone in Dell’s journey to strengthen our end-to-end IT capabilities,
empowering our customers to unlock greater value in their Dell technology
investments, as well as their overall IT environments,” said John Swainson,
president, Dell Software. “We are addressing key needs for our customers,
helping them leverage the cloud, support ‘bring-your-own-device’ in their
enterprise, and deploy mobile applications and virtualization to drive improved
business results. The addition of Quest Software into Dell’s software portfolio
will extend our industry-leading suite of solutions to a broader range of
customers and partners, while simplifying operations, maximizing workforce
productivity and delivering faster results.”
Quest supports
heterogeneous and next-generation virtualized and cloud environments with a
wide range of solutions that are highly complementary to Dell’s scalable
mid-market design approach. Quest provides critical components to expand and
enhance Dell Software capabilities in four strategic areas: systems management,
security, business intelligence and applications.
·
Systems Management - Quest’s Performance Monitoring Solutions, combined with existing
market-leading capabilities from Dell Boomi, Dell AppAssure and Dell KACE,
provide continuous monitoring and management solutions.
·
Security - Quest One Identity Solutions pair with Dell SonicWALL and Dell SecureWorks
to offer comprehensive edge-to-core security solutions.
·
Business Intelligence - Quest’s vRanger and NetVault Backup product lines complement Dell
AppAssure to simplify data protection by delivering backup and recovery
solutions across physical, virtual, application and cloud environments.
·
Applications - Quest helps customers manage their mission
critical Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory and SharePoint environments, and
Quest’s vFoglight product provides application performance management capabilities
for a wide range of business critical applications. Together with Dell’s Wyse
desktop virtualization products, and Dell’s SonicWALL next-generation
firewalls, Quest can provide Client Systems management products to deliver,
secure and manage end user environments.
“Growth opportunities for the market’s leading
strategic IT vendors continue to evolve and expand, and with the addition of
Quest, Dell significantly extends and enhances its software capabilities and is
in a unique position to offer complete end-to-end IT solutions to customers,”
says Matt Eastwood, Group Vice President and General Manager, IDC. “As
mid-to-large enterprise customers seek powerful yet simple-to-use business
solutions in key areas like systems management, data protection and business
intelligence, Dell should be a strong consideration for its industry-leading
offerings across software, systems and services.”
Quest worldwide brings more than 100,000
customers, 5,000 channel partners, 1,500 software sales and marketing experts,
and 1,300 software developers to the Dell Software Group, and is the foundation
of a $1 billion-plus annual revenue software business.
“As a long-time strategic partner of both Dell and
Quest, Insight looks forward to driving continued, significant business through
the Dell PartnerDirect channel program that supports our delivery of innovative
solutions and expert services,” says Kenneth Lamneck, president and CEO of
Insight Enterprises, Inc. “Together, Dell Software and Quest offer a powerful combination
of systems management, security, business intelligence and application
software that aligns with Insight’s value proposition as a single source for
our customers’ diverse IT needs.”
Based on expected purchase accounting treatment
related to the acquisition of Quest, Dell estimates a 2 to 3 cent dilutive
impact to non-GAAP earnings per share in fiscal 2013 and 4 to 5 cents in fiscal
2014. The company expects Quest will be accretive to non-GAAP earnings in the
first quarter of fiscal 2015.
Stockholders of Quest Software approved
the acquisition of Quest by Dell at a stockholders’ meeting convened on Sept.
25, 2012.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers worldwide
innovative technology, business solutions and services that give them the power
to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.nl.
Voor meer informatie kunt u contact opnemen met:
|
|||
Simone Versteeg
|
Dell
|
+31 (0)20-6744737
|
|
Dina-Perla Marciano
|
AxiCom
|
+31 (0)20 75469 86
|
|
Legal Disclaimer
Statements that relate to future results and events are forward-looking
statements based on Dell's current expectations. Actual results and events in
future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and
other factors. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the possibility
that projected benefits may not materialize as expected; that Dell is unable to
successfully implement the plans, strategies and objectives of management for
future operations, including the execution of integration strategies; and other
risks that are described in Dell’s or Quest’s Securities and Exchange
Commission reports. Dell does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
Hartelijke
groet/ Kind regards,
Dina-Perla
Marciano
global technology PR
Dina-Perla Marciano | axicom | watertorenplein 4b | 1051pa | amsterdam | t: +31 (0)20
75469 86 | f: +31 (0)20 75469 88 | m: +31 (0)6 30 045 484 | dina-perla.marciano@axicom.com|www.axicom.com
|linkedin| follow us on Twitter here or follow my personal
account here
