MessageWise Acquired by Quest Software

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000425/ca_quest_s_1.html

Tuesday April 25, 8:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Quest Software, Inc.

Quest to Acquire MessageWise Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario To Expand Enterprise
Monitoring Expertise for Microsoft Exchange

  IRVINE, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Software, Inc.
  (Nasdaq: QSFT - news) announced today the company has signed a
  definitive agreement to acquire MessageWise Inc., based in Ottawa,
  Ontario, Canada, a leading provider of performance monitoring and
  configuration management solutions for Microsoft� Exchange(TM) e-mail
  networks.
 
  ``This acquisition will help us extend our penetration into the fast
  growing, mission-critical area of Exchange availability. MessageWise's
  highly scalable, agentless monitoring architecture allows
  organizations to obtain immediate value from the product, often within
  minutes of installation,'' said Vincent C. Smith, Quest chairman and
  chief executive officer. ``Strategically, we plan to extend their core
  expertise beyond Exchange into other important Microsoft services,
  including Internet Information Server(TM) (IIS) and SQL Server(TM).
  When integrated with our Foglight(TM) Enterprise monitor,
  organizations will have a complete solution to monitor nearly every
  aspect of their computer operations.''
 
  MessageWise's product offerings encompass comprehensive Windows
  NT/2000 monitoring as well as configuration auditing. The Messaging
  Manager's Assistant(TM) (2MA) monitors, alerts and reports on all
  Exchange server metrics to enable the proactive management of response
  times, storage, connectivity and server availability. InLook(TM) is a
  server auditing and configuration management solution for Exchange
  networks that gathers and monitors detailed configuration data across
  the enterprise and provides warnings of potential configuration
  troubles which could interrupt service, such as misconfigured services
  and improper message routing information. InLook provides
  administrators with the ability to centrally monitor large,
  geographically dispersed networks of Windows servers to ensure
  unauthorized changes, such as software updates, do not occur without
  their knowledge.
 
  ``Quest and MessageWise share an understanding of the key issues and
  requirements for ensuring availability and optimal performance of
  e-mail systems as well as e-business and enterprise applications,''
  said Harold Dyck, president of MessageWise. ``Our combined offerings
  will provide an even more compelling solution for organizations that
  require 24x7 availability and high performance from their
  Windows-based systems. Quest's recent Benchmark Factory acquisition
  also complements our solutions, allowing organizations to perform
  real-life performance profiling of Exchange implementations before
  they are deployed.''
 
  Current MessageWise customers include Bell Atlantic Corp., Eaton
  Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Merck & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co.,
  Motorola, Inc., Nortel Networks Corp. and the U.S. Air Force.
 
  Under the terms of the agreement, Quest will acquire privately-held
  MessageWise for a combination of cash and stock totaling approximately
  $12 million. The acquisition, which is expected to be completed by the
  end of April, will be accounted for as a purchase.
 
  Quest Software, Inc. delivers solutions that enhance the performance
  and reliability of e-business, packaged and custom computing
  applications. Businesses and consumers alike have come to expect
  immediate and continuous access to information, and Quest Software
  provides solutions to ensure this availability. Based in Irvine,
  Calif., Quest Software has sales and support offices worldwide staffed
  by more than 850 employees.
 
  Visit http://www.quest.com for information about Quest Software
  products and events.

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