Dell Software

Dell Software, Inc.
	The Dell logo, 2011-2016
Company type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing; Software; IT services;
Defunct	November 1, 2016
Fate	Sold to private equity
Successor	Quest Software and Sonicwall
Headquarters	Round Rock, Texas, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Swainson, President
Products	Systems Management; Network Security; Identity Management; Database; Information Management; Big Data; Business intelligence; BYOD; Backup; Disaster Recovery; System Monitoring; Windows Server Management & Migration; Enterprise Software; Business software; Software;
Owner	Michael Dell; Silver Lake Partners;
Website	software.dell.com

Dell Software was a former division of Dell with headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, United States. Dell Software was created by merging various acquisitions (mainly Quest Software and Sonicwall) by Dell Inc., the third-largest maker of PCs and now a privately held company, to build out its software offerings for data center and cloud management, information management, mobile workforce management, security and data protection for organizations of all sizes.