Two Major Swedish Companies Choose Quest Software; Foreningssparbanken, Axfood, Select Quest's Management Software For Active Directory

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2004

IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, today announced that products from its Management Suite for Active Directory have been selected by two leading Swedish companies. Foreningssparbanken, Sweden's second largest bank, chose Quest ActiveRoles and Quest Reporter to simplify management of 20,000 Active Directory accounts. Axfood, Sweden's third largest food distributor, has licensed ActiveRoles, Reporter and Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory to support its 5,000 user accounts.

"The ability to keep Active Directory running smoothly, and to quickly recover Active Directory objects or domain controllers, is very valuable to us," said Lars-Olof Friberg, Microsoft technician at Axfood.

Quest Software has an established presence in the Nordic region, with offices there since 2000. Regional headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the company also has offices in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. Other customers in the region include Ericsson, Fortum, Coop and Nordea.

About Quest Windows Management

Quest Software, now including the people and products of Aelita Software, provides solutions that simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows environments. The Quest Windows Management group delivers comprehensive capabilities for secure Windows management and migration. Quest has been honored as Microsoft's FY04 Global Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year. For more information on Quest Software's Windows Management group, please visit http://www.quest.com/microsoft.> About Quest Software Inc.

Quest Software Inc. provides software to simplify IT management for 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, Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

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