Quest Software Named First PeopleSoft Tools and Technology Partner in the Application Management Space to Help Extend Application Lifecycle Management

Business Wire, Oct 19, 2004

IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Software's Foglight Solution for PeopleSoft Environments Simplifies Enterprise Application Management

Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, today announced an extended global development partnership with PeopleSoft, Inc. Quest Software has been named a preferred vendor for lifecycle management solutions and its Foglight(R) solution for PeopleSoft(R) Enterprise environments will be the first enterprise application management solution to provide PeopleSoft customers with increased visibility into performance across the application lifecycle.

"Quest Software is the first tools and technology partner to provide customers with a solution that when integrated with PeopleSoft applications better manages PeopleSoft environments," said Roy Satterthwaite, vice president of marketing, Tools and Technology, PeopleSoft. "The Quest solution will play an important role in enabling organizations to improve the way they implement, use and maintain enterprise applications."

This expanded partnership signifies Quest's commitment to application lifecycle management - meeting customers' growing management needs across the entire application lifecycle, from development and test to production. Quest will deliver tight integration points, additional functionality and transparent access from the PeopleSoft user interface to Quest Foglight to simplify enterprise application management.

Foglight complements the information collected and presented by the PeopleSoft Performance Monitor by providing a complete picture of a PeopleSoft application including the Web server, application server, database, process scheduler, network and the operating system in a single view. It proactively alerts the PeopleSoft administrator of any performance degradation that may impact end user business transactions while presenting aggregated Performance Monitor response time metrics to identify potential performance issues. Foglight then allows administrators to quickly drill down to the actual cause of infrastructure performance problem to expedite resolution.

"We are proud to be named a preferred vendor of lifecycle management solutions by PeopleSoft. By facilitating the deployment of optimally performing applications and accelerating time to repair of arising issues, Quest Software strengthens PeopleSoft's application lifecycle management initiative," said Doug Merritt, senior vice president and general manager, application and database management solutions, Quest Software. "Through this partnership and certification, Quest Software underscores its commitment to PeopleSoft customers with the assurance that Quest products will help them to predict, plan, control and streamline their IT initiatives so that they may deliver higher levels of customer satisfaction."

Quest Foglight

Quest Foglight for PeopleSoft is a monitoring and management reporting solution that delivers a comprehensive business-level view of application performance and availability by mapping business objectives to both system and application-specific performance information across every tier of the PeopleSoft application stack. Quest Foglight provides both historical and real-time visibility across disparate application infrastructures in the context of the end-user's experience so that customers may reliably manage their application infrastructure and access the information required to make informed business decisions. This proactive solution collects and analyzes various metrics from the different components of the PeopleSoft system and notifies the administrator of any performance degradation before end users are impacted.

Quest Application Management Solutions for PeopleSoft

Quest Foglight is a component of Quest Software's set of application management solutions for PeopleSoft that help organizations manage their PeopleSoft environment throughout the entire application lifecycle, from application analysis, design and change management to production monitoring and management reporting. Quest solutions speed application analysis and design for faster time to deployment; proactively collect and analyze performance metrics to optimize end user response time; and accelerate upgrades and manage change to minimize the risk of business disruption.

About Quest Software, Inc.

Quest Software, Inc. provides software to simplify IT management to 18,000 customers worldwide, including 75 percent of the Fortune 500. Quest products for application, database and Windows management help customers develop, deploy, manage and maintain the IT enterprise without expensive downtime or business interruption. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

Quest, Quest Software and Foglight are registered trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. The Quest Software logo and all other Quest Software product or service names and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of Quest Software, Inc. PeopleSoft is a registered trademark of PeopleSoft, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.