Quest Software, a provider of smart systems management products, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Austin, Texas-based Surgient, a provider of private cloud automation software.
Quest Software said that Surgient’s Automation Platform enables organisations to deploy and manage secure cloud infrastructures to gain business agility and reduce costs. It enables organisations to create robust and secure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) clouds that may be shared across the organization.
The company said that this acquisition will allow them to deliver products and services that add value for customers by enabling rapid, affordable deployment of private clouds, thus allowing customers to fully leverage their investments in virtualisation without the risk.
Surgient provides technology that supports heterogeneous hypervisor environments and diverse customer environments including mid-market, enterprise and managed service providers. Surgient has more than 60 customers with 160 successful deployments.
Doug Garn, CEO and president of Quest Software, said: "Quest has a proven track record of acquiring companies with exceptional technologies that eliminate barriers to entry for organisations.
"When the acquisition is complete, our customers will have the platform they need to not only quickly implement private cloud infrastructures, but also support them effectively with the best management solutions in the industry."
