Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Quest Software Acquires PassGo Technologies

Quest Software has signed an agreement to acquire PassGo Technologies Limited, a privately-held, Britain-based access and identity management solutions provider.

By adding PassGo’s identity management and compliance products to its existing user authorization and authentication product set, Quest—a Windows centric business-- believes it will allow customers to enjoy a more comprehensive method of managing users and controlling access in multi-platform environments including Microsoft’s Active Directory, Unix and other platforms including IBM zSeries and iSeries (S/390 and AS/400) systems.

“As our customers face the challenge of providing appropriate user access and better controlling what users can do when they have it, their IT departments are looking for solutions to help them better manage access and authorization,” said Vinny Smith, CEO of Quest Software.

“Over the past couple years Quest has increased its focused on expanding our Active Directory-based identity management strategy to non-Windows systems, and the addition of PassGo is the next step in our effort to meet customer needs in areas like security and compliance.”

The deal is expected to close in early 2008.

“PassGo is delighted to enhance the capabilities of a market-leader in access and identity management while at the same time maintaining high-level satisfaction and support for our current customers,” said PassGo CEO John Rainford who will take on the new role of Vice President after the acquisition.

“This increases PassGo’s ability to reach new customers in new markets and gives Quest a new presence in industry modeling tools like Gartner’s ‘Magic Quadrants’ for Web Access Management and Enterprise Single Sign-On.”