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Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software. The deal, expected to be ...

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Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. 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Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2\">Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DELL":"戴尔"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146746388","content_text":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.\nThe deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.\nIt is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers signed a roughly $12 billion deal for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.\nBased in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of Dell Technologies Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.\nAt the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.\nRight away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.\n(Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)\nFrancisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.\nIn October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.\nThe price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.\nFrancisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.\nBased in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.\nTechnology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"DELL":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":600872031,"gmtCreate":1638143250056,"gmtModify":1638143250056,"author":{"id":"3581828634223528","authorId":"3581828634223528","name":"KHOO CY","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581828634223528","idStr":"3581828634223528"},"htmlText":"Cool","listText":"Cool","text":"Cool","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/600872031","repostId":1146746388,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1146746388","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1638142810,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1146746388?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-29 07:40","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1146746388","media":"Wall Street Journal","summary":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in t","content":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nClearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nWall Street Journal2021-11-29 07:40\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nClearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2\">Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DELL":"戴尔"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146746388","content_text":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.\nThe deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.\nIt is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers signed a roughly $12 billion deal for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.\nBased in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of Dell Technologies Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.\nAt the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.\nRight away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.\n(Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)\nFrancisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.\nIn October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.\nThe price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.\nFrancisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.\nBased in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.\nTechnology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"DELL":0.9}},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6762343,"gmtCreate":1638145150624,"gmtModify":1638145150661,"authorId":3580363111370038,"author":{"id":3580363111370038,"idStr":"3580363111370038","authorId":3580363111370038,"name":"Kinokinok","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0f1aab7b42bc118820a5c63211782a7c","vip":1,"crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":600872031,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"k","text":"k","html":"k"},{"id":6762014,"gmtCreate":1638144148638,"gmtModify":1638144148733,"authorId":3581837992294791,"author":{"id":3581837992294791,"idStr":"3581837992294791","authorId":3581837992294791,"name":"3d468733","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":600872031,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":600878039,"gmtCreate":1638143137233,"gmtModify":1638143137466,"author":{"id":"3583570345500843","authorId":"3583570345500843","name":"sfleong1","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2ec42f3f2b911279950a45a9140bc358","vip":1,"crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3583570345500843","idStr":"3583570345500843"},"htmlText":"Like n comment","listText":"Like n comment","text":"Like n comment","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/600878039","repostId":1146746388,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1146746388","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1638142810,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1146746388?lang=zh_CN&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-29 07:40","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1146746388","media":"Wall Street Journal","summary":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in t","content":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nClearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nWall Street Journal2021-11-29 07:40\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nClearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2\">Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DELL":"戴尔"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146746388","content_text":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.\nThe deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.\nIt is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers signed a roughly $12 billion deal for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.\nBased in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of Dell Technologies Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.\nAt the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.\nRight away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.\n(Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)\nFrancisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.\nIn October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.\nThe price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.\nFrancisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.\nBased in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.\nTechnology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. 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Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nClearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nWall Street Journal2021-11-29 07:40\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nClearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2\">Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DELL":"戴尔"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146746388","content_text":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.\nThe deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.\nIt is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers signed a roughly $12 billion deal for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.\nBased in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of Dell Technologies Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.\nAt the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.\nRight away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.\n(Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)\nFrancisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.\nIn October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.\nThe price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.\nFrancisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.\nBased in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.\nTechnology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. 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Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Clearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nClearlake Capital to Buy Quest Software From Francisco Partners<blockquote>Clearlake Capital将从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nWall Street Journal2021-11-29 07:40\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nClearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.<blockquote>Clearlake Capital Group LP已达成协议，从Francisco Partners手中收购Quest Software Inc.，这是私募股权公司对软件贪婪胃口的最新迹象。</blockquote> The deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.<blockquote>据知情人士透露，这笔交易预计最快将于周一宣布，包括债务在内，Quest的估值为54亿美元。</blockquote> It is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers&nbsp;signed a roughly $12 billion deal&nbsp;for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.<blockquote>这是软件领域最新的大型收购，软件稳定的现金流已成为私募股权公司的主要吸引力，因为它们将目光投向了越来越大的交易。本月早些时候，Advent International Corp.和Permira Advisers签署了一项价值约120亿美元的网络安全软件公司MmCafeeCorp协议。</blockquote> Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of&nbsp;Dell Technologies&nbsp;Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.<blockquote>Quest总部位于加利福尼亚州的Aliso Viejo，生产企业IT部门用于内部系统管理、数据保护和安全的软件。Quest以前是戴尔科技公司软件业务的一部分，其中大部分是Francisco Partners在2016年以24亿美元的交易从这家计算机巨头手中剥离出来的。</blockquote> At the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger&nbsp;with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.<blockquote>当时，戴尔正在完成与EMC公司价值600亿美元的合并，剥离使戴尔能够腾出现金，专注于实现这笔巨额交易。</blockquote> Right away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科立即将戴尔软件拆分为两家独立的公司：Quest（占交易价值的大部分）和网络安全提供商SonicWall Inc.。与Quest不同，Quest由公司雇佣的销售人员团队直接销售给企业，SonicWall专注于中小型企业，并通过第三方销售。</blockquote> (Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)<blockquote>（戴尔保留了第三部分，云服务提供商Boomi，今年早些时候选择将该公司出售给Francisco和私募股权公司TPG。）</blockquote> Francisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.<blockquote>弗朗西斯科为Quest招募了一个新的管理团队，专注于提高利润并将公司导向高增长领域，包括验证用户身份的软件。</blockquote> In October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.<blockquote>10月，Quest以未公开的价格收购了身份访问管理业务OneLogin。据一位熟悉该公司战略的人士透露，Quest的安全和身份部门目前正以两位数的速度增长，快于核心业务，Clearlake计划通过进一步收购继续建设该部门。</blockquote> The price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.<blockquote>该人士表示，Clearlake支付的价格是Quest过去12个月息税折旧摊销前利润的10.9倍。</blockquote> Francisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.<blockquote>一些知情人士表示，弗朗西斯科将从此次出售中赚取超过6.5倍的收入。</blockquote> Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.<blockquote>Clearlake成立于2006年，总部位于加利福尼亚州圣莫尼卡，管理着技术、工业和消费领域约430亿美元的资产。</blockquote> Technology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. Founded over 20 years ago, it manages more than $30 billion in assets.<blockquote>技术是总部位于旧金山的Francisco Partners的主要关注点。它成立于20多年前，管理着超过300亿美元的资产。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2\">Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DELL":"戴尔"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/clearlake-capital-to-buy-quest-software-from-francisco-partners-11638140400?siteid=yhoof2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1146746388","content_text":"Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc. from Francisco Partners in the latest sign of private-equity firms’ voracious appetite for software.\nThe deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday, values Quest at $5.4 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.\nIt is the latest big buyout in software, whose steady cash flow has become a major draw for private-equity firms, as they set their sightson bigger and bigger deals. Earlier this month, Advent International Corp. and Permira Advisers signed a roughly $12 billion deal for cybersecurity-software firmMcAfeeCorp.\nBased in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Quest makes software that corporate IT departments use for internal systems management, data protection and security. Quest was formerly part of the software business of Dell Technologies Inc.,most of which Francisco Partners carved out of the computer giant in 2016 in a $2.4 billion deal.\nAt the time,Dell was wrapping up its $60 billion merger with EMC Corp., and the divestiture allowed Dell to free up cash and focus on making the giant deal work.\nRight away, Francisco split Dell Software into two separate companies: Quest, which represented the majority of the value in the deal, and cybersecurity provider SonicWall Inc. Unlike Quest, which is sold directly to enterprises by a team of company-employed salespeople, SonicWall focuses on small- and medium-size businesses and is sold through third parties.\n(Dell retained a third piece, cloud-service provider Boomi, opting tosell the companyto Francisco and private-equity firm TPG earlier this year.)\nFrancisco recruited a new management team for Quest and focused on boosting profits and orienting the company toward high-growth areas, including software that verifies users’ identity.\nIn October, Quest bought identity access-management business OneLogin for an undisclosed price. Quest’s security and identity segment is now growing at double digits—faster than the core business—and Clearlake plans to continue building it through further acquisitions, according to a person familiar with the firm’s strategy.\nThe price Clearlake is paying amounts to 10.9 times Quest’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the last 12 months, the person said.\nFrancisco stands to make more than 6.5 times its money on the sale, some of the people said.\nBased in Santa Monica, Calif., Clearlake was founded in 2006 and manages about $43 billion in assets across the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.\nTechnology is the primary focus for San Francisco-based Francisco Partners. 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