Dell would buy Quest Software, a specialist in network security

In March the private fund Insight Venture Partners has agreed to acquire Quest Software for $ 2 billion. According to Bloomberg Magazine, Dell would be part of one of the companies currently in talks to buy the publisher.

Past two years, Dell has made more than fifteen acquisitions to strengthen its portfolio of professional services. The last of them dated to the early redemption of SonyWALL. Last year, revenues from Quest totaled $ 887 million with net profits of about $ 44 million.

The company specializes in systems management applications for companies. Among the solutions offered by Quest Software, Toad and we find SharePlex, to automate some tasks on a database like Oracle or replicating it.

The editor also has management tools for Microsoft Sharepoint and Exchange. Other potential buyers, analysts had counted on logically Oracle, Microsoft. Quest Software is the company now valued at 2.12 billion.