Quest Software

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Quest Software

Type	Public (NASDAQ: QSFT)
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Aliso Viejo, California, USA
Key people	Vincent C. Smith, Chairman & CEO Douglas F. Garn, President Scott Davidson, CFO
Industry	Computer software
Products	TOAD, Windows Management tools (Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Systems Center, SQL Server, etc.), Database Tools (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, MySQL), and Application Management (Java, .NET, Monitoring, etc.)
Revenue	▲$561.38 million USD (2006)
Employees	~2763 (2006)
Website	www.quest.com

The computer-software manufacturer Quest Software (Quest Software, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QSFT), headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, dates from 1987. Quest develops, sells, and supports database management, Windows management, application management and virtualization management software products worldwide. 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.

Quest's application management products focus in the ERP, J2EE 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^[1] monitors and reports on activities across multiple nodes. In the Windows infrastructure management arena, products cater to Active Directory, Exchange, Windows, and directory service migration users.