Dell Is on the Acquisition Prowl Again, Now Looking at Quest Software

Another deal to distance itself from consumer PCs.
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Insight Ventures Leads $2 Billion Deal to Take Quest Software Private

A big buyout caps a big week for Insight Venture Partners.
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Six in Ten Businesses Suffering From Post-Traumatic Vista Syndrome

When Windows 7 arrives at market in October, it will be ignored by more businesses than adopted. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by Quest Software’s ScriptLogic unit, which polled 1,000 corporations on their plans for Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system. While 5.4 percent of respondents said they plan to deploy Windows 7 this calendar year and 34 percent by the end of 2010, 59.3 percent said they had no plans to deploy it at all.
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