Quest Software (Quest Software, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QSFT) is a computer software manufacturer, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California and founded in 1987. Quest develops, sells, and supports network management, database management, Windows management, end-user service monitoring (Foglight products[1]), application management and virtualization management software products. Its products enable users to develop, deploy, and manage packaged and custom software applications, as well as associated software infrastructure components, such as databases, application servers, operating systems and hypervisors. The company also provides consulting, training, and support services. Quest sells its products and services through its direct sales organization as well as through a variety of partners and resellers worldwide. Quest's virtualization business is serviced primarily through its wholly owned subsidiaries Vizioncore and Provision Networks.
Quest's application management products focus in the ERP, Java EE and Microsoft .NET market spaces. Database management tools include support for MySQL, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, and Oracle. In the field of computer systems management, the Big Brother product[2] monitors and reports on activities across multiple nodes. In the Windows infrastructure management arena, products cater to Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Windows, System Center and directory service migration users.
In August, 2007 Quest Software acquired ScriptLogic, maintaining ScriptLogic as a wholly owned subsidiary to allow continued development and support of its product line. In December, 2009 Quest Software acquired PacketTrap Networks, a provider of network management software.

Quest Software, Inc. (Quest), incorporated in 1987, designs, develops, markets, distributes and supports enterprise systems management software products. The Company’s primary portfolio of software products includes software solutions grouped into four categories: Application Management, Database Management, Windows Management and Virtualization Management. In addition to perpetual software licenses, it sells time-based software licenses wherein customers pay a single fee for the right to use the software and receive maintenance for a defined period of time. It also provides support, maintenance and implementation services for these products. Its segments include Licenses and Services. The Licenses segment develops, and markets and sells licenses to use, software products. The Services segment provides post-sale support for software products and fee-based training and consulting services related to its software products. In December 2009, the Company acquired PacketTrap Networks, Inc. (PacketTrap), a provider of enterprise class network and application management software. In July 2010, the Company announced the acquisition of Germany-based Volcker Informatik AG. In August 2010, the Company acquired Surgient, a private cloud automation software. In January 2011, the Company acquired BakBone Software Incorporated.
Application Management Products
The Company’s Application Management products automate the tasks performed by the information technology (IT) organization to manage the complexity of the application lifecycle. Its principal product for Application Management is Foglight, while its Stat, JClass, PerformaSure and JProbe products, the latter two focused on Java applications, comprise the remainder of its offerings. Foglight provides a view of applications to proactively detect and diagnose the root cause of performance and availability problems in a priority that makes sense to the business. JProbe is an enterprise-class Java profiler, which provides intelligent diagnostics on memory usage, performance and test coverage, allowing developers to pinpoint and repair the root cause of application code performance and stability problems that obstruct component and integration integrity.
PerformaSure reconstructs the execution path of end-user request transaction. PerformaSure integrates with JProbe to support performance testing and tuning down to the line of code. Perspective provides performance management and monitoring across the network to identify bottlenecks and help solve traffic issues reducing the mean-time-to-resolution of network incidents. Stat Application Change Management (ACM) provides end-to-end change management and version control.
Database Management
Database Development tools improve the productivity and capability of database developers working in the Oracle Procedural Language (PL)/SQL environment. The primary products in this product family are TOAD and SQL Navigator. It provides a development environment for coding stored procedures, schemas and SQL scripts from one intuitive graphical user interface. Debugging, SQL tuning, change analysis, and general administration features improve the quality and performance of database applications before they enter production. Quest Central is a suite of tools that enables the DBA to identify the cause of performance problems without manual trial and error or decentralized tools. These products provide details on historical performance analysis and metrics to provide insight as to how performance issues occur. SharePlex provides real-time replication of Oracle databases for customers who need to ensure a current, secondary copy of their transactional Oracle database is available if the primary database is unavailable. LiteSpeed offers benefits to the entire organization accountable for managing Microsoft’s SQL Server databases, including backups, business operations and storage management.
Windows Management
The Company’s products enable IT personnel to simplify, automate and secure their infrastructure with management, migration and integration capabilities for this environment. Its products are focused on key elements of the infrastructure, including Microsoft’s Active Directory, Exchange, Windows Server, Sharepoint and the Windows desktop. Its Windows Management products includes, Quest Management for Active Discovery, Quest Management for Exchange, Quest Migration Suite for Active Directory, Quest Migration Suite for Exchange, Quest InTrust, Quest Authentication Services and Desktop Authority.
Quest Management for Active Directory is a set of products that provide diagnostics, recovery, detailed auditing, group policy management, reporting, self-service, role-based delegation and user provisioning. Quest Management for Exchange provides a set of tools to migrate, store, recover and intelligently manage growth and the related spending for mission-critical Exchange infrastructures. The Quest Migration Suite for Active Directory is a ZeroIMPACT solution for planning and executing migration projects to Active Directory from Windows NT or Novell NDS. The Quest Migration Suite for Exchange is also a ZeroIMPACT solution that helps plan and execute migration projects to Exchange 2000/2003 from Exchange 5.5 or 2000. Quest InTrust offers auditing and policy compliance to help systems administrators securely collect, store and report on event data to meet the needs of external regulations, internal policies and best practices. Quest Authentication Services, allows Unix and Linux to take advantage of the access, authentication and authorization within Active Directory. ScriptLogic Desktop Authority centralizes control over the desktop combining into one solution the functionality to integrate configuration, inventory, reporting, patch management, anti-spyware, device lockdown, power management and remote management into a single solution.
Virtualization Management
The Company’s Virtualization Management products are categorized as server-side, desktop and storage management solutions and help companies safeguard and optimize their virtualized environments. Its products support essential IT strategies, including business continuity, high availability, disaster recovery and desktop and application lifecycle management. Its Virtualization Management products include vFoglight, vRanger Pro, vWorkspace and Quest Storage Horizon and vOptimizer. vFoglight is a monitoring tool for the VMware ESX Server that provides real-time and historical monitoring and performance for virtual environments. vRanger Pro is a backup and restore solution for virtualized environments. vWorkspace is a virtual desktop management platform, which simultaneously supports and fully integrates and automates application delivery, desktop deployment, and management from Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESX, Virtual Iron and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. Storage Horizon and vOptimizer Pro are virtual storage management solutions that help IT organizations manage capacity and reclaim over-allocated virtual machine storage.
Quest competes with Oracle, BMC Software, CA, IBM/Tivoli, Hewlett Packard/Mercury, CA, Compuware, Symantec, NetIQ, Vmware and Citrix.

This page is actually not all about us – it’s mostly about you. Simply put: With Quest, you can tackle the toughest IT work easier and faster – and save your organization a lot of money.

When that happens, you have more time to do bigger and better things for your organization – and everyone thinks you’re a genius. We think that’s pretty cool.

And it gets even better. We are focused on technology innovation that delivers real value and cost savings, fast. You can rely on us to meet just about any IT management need with our breadth of smart, award-winning products and time-saving services. Whether you are working with Windows, databases and applications, or in physical, virtual or cloud environments -- you’re covered. You’ll be amazed how our innovative yet practical solutions will transform your IT operations and boost staff productivity higher than you ever imagined – and all from a solid company that’s been helping organizations large and small since 1987.

It’s no surprise we are helping more than 100,000 customers around the world today reduce cost of managing IT – including the top 10 companies in several industries. And by the way, our customers consistently give us an A-grade for support.

We’re glad you’re here. Now let’s get to work. You can start by downloading one of our amazing products or by learning more about our innovative solutions.

Quick Facts

Total 2010 revenue was $767 million (up 10%)
$493 million in cash investments
R&D investment is 18.5% of revenues
100,000 customers worldwide (87% of the Fortune 500)
More than 60 offices in 23 countries
Industry Leadership

Two-time winner, Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year Award
Microsoft Partner of the Year in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory, 2009
A leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring
#2 in North American Application Management Marketplace Based on Total Software Revenue for 2009
#2 in North American Database Management Software Marketplace Based on Total Software Revenue for 2009
#5 in the IT Management Software Market, 2009


OVERALL
Beta: 0.73
Market Cap (Mil.): $2,044.97
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 89.53
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): --
FINANCIALS
QSFT.O Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): 24.74 31.35 20.32
EPS (TTM): 13.37 -- --
ROI: 7.78 9.99 15.89
ROE: 9.30 13.00 17.48

Name Age Since Current Position
Vincent Smith 47 2008 Executive Chairman of the Board
Douglas Garn 52 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Scott Davidson 45 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Alan Fudge 50 2009 Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales
Steve Dickson 50 2008 Senior Vice President - Product Management & Marketing
Barrie Sheers 2011 Vice President & General Manager, Asia-Pacific Japan
Raymond Lane 63 2000 Independent Director
Augustine Nieto 53 2002 Independent Director
Kevin Klausmeyer 52 2003 Independent Director
Paul Sallaberry 55 2005 Independent Director
H. John Dirks 66 2006 Independent Director

COMPANY ADDRESS
Quest Software Inc
5 Polaris Way
Aliso Viejo CA 92656
 
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