John swainson will start march 5 and report to michael dell, who says the new software group will help the company become more wellrounded. View john swainsons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. Francisco partners and elliott management corporation have announced the completed acquisition of dell software group. Swainson was a senior advisor to a large technology focused private equity firm, and before that served as ceo and director of ca inc. At the event, youll hear from john, other senior dell executives, and dell customers and partners about the latest endtoend solutions and capabilities, including key updates from the dell software group and dell services. New york, november 20, 2017 siris capital group, llc siris, a leading private equity firm focused on making control investments in data, telecommunications, technology and technologyenabled business service companies, today announced that john swainson, most recently president of the dell software group, has joined. Previously, he was president of the dell software group from 20122016 and served as a senior advisor to silver lake, a large technology.
Dell last month quietly reorganized its dell software group into four new business units in a move to better allocate resources, which caught channel. Dell hires former ca ceo to run new software group. Dell software was a division of dell with headquarters in round rock, texas, united states. Swainson,, former president, software group, dell inc. Accelerating results john swainson, president dell software tom kendra, vp and gm systems management, dell software doug schmitt, vp global support services, dell services customerled interactive breakout sessions transform. A financial analyst call with dave johnson, senior vice president, dell corporate strategy. Dell names john swainson software group president executivebiz. Feb 02, 2012 dell today announced the appointment of john swainson to serve as president, software group, effective march 5, 2012. As software will be a part of all of our products and services, the groups success will be largely be measured by the success of dell overall. John swainson has joined siris capital group llc as an executive partner. Analytics and business intelligence is an underserved area of the midmarket, swainson said. Dell outlines big software ambitions informationweek.
Swainson, who led ibms huge software business until 2005 and was ceo of ca technologies from 2005 to 2009, will. Swainson will report to michael dell, chairman and ceo of dell. When john left ca, it was the best it had been in its entire history. He was the president of the dell software group until november 2016 having been hired in february 2012 by michael dell to create and run an enterprise. Today, we re announcing the formation of a new software group that will enhance our solutions capabilities. Nov 24, 2015 dell last month quietly reorganized its dell software group into four new business units in a move to better allocate resources, which caught channel partners offguard but left them mostly unfazed. The quest deal was all about scale and critical mass around engineering, product and sales, said swainson. Virtualization, systems management, and systems security will all be areas of focus for the dell software group, he said. John swainson will serve as president of the software group effective march 5, 2012. It looks like dell is looking to up the ante in software. The new president of dell software group is none other than john swainson, the same guy who rescued ca from the brink of collapse and turned it into a truly good software company.
Siris capital group, llc, a leading private equity firm focused on making control investments in data, telecommunications, technology and technologyenabled business service companies, today announced that john swainson, most recently president of the dell. Prior to joining siris, john swainson was the president of the dell software group. The company on thursday named veteran john swainson president of its newly created software group. Michael dell announced this morning that john swainson will join dell to head up our new software group. Feb 02, 2012 as software will be a part of all of our products and services, the groups success will be largely be measured by the success of dell overall. Swainson, the former ceo at software firm ca, was hired by dell in february with the aim to unite the companys disparate software offerings into a single unit.
Dell names john swainson president of new software group dell. Dell names swainson president of new software group austin. In this role, he is responsible for building software capabilities and providing greater innovation and. Dell selling software unit to francisco partners, elliott. Siris capital group, llc, a leading private equity firm focused on making control investments in data, telecommunications, technology and technologyenabled business service companies, today announced that john swainson, most recently president of the dell software group, has joined siris as an executive partner. Dells shopping spree hinges on the thesis that the ballooning amount of data being generated by. View john swainson s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Ceo john swainson as president of its newly formed software group swainson was previously the senior advisor to silver lake, a. Dell announces the appointment of john swainson to serve as president, software group, effective march 5, 2012.
Thats how much the companys new head of its software division says he wants to report in the coming years. The software group will build on dells software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizational support to create a more competitive position. Dell software chief swainson talks scale, perception, growth zdnet. John swainson pictured, president of dells software group, whose hiring i covered earlier this year, made the declaration at a roundtable discussion in san francisco, according to. John swainson, president of dell software, argues the case for rethinking datacentres having previously worked for silver lake, ca and ibm, swainson now heads the companys software business. During a conference call with analysts and journalists, john swainson, president of dell s software group, noted the various areas where quest s software complements what dell already is doing. Dell today named ibm veteran john swainson president of its new software group. Dell has created a new software group and hired exca technologies ceo john swainson to run it.
According to him, dells software business offers a higher potential for growth compared to the other business units of the company. Software is an integral part of the server, storage and networking solutions and services that were delivering to our customers. Swainson serves as independent director of the company. The former ceo of ca john swainson comes to dell ap dell is launching a new software group and has hired former ca ceo john swainson. Dell has acquired software security outfit sonicwall, continuing to expand its software business under the direction of former computer associates ceo john swainson. Dell has appointed john swainson president of the companys software group as of march 5, the company announced thursday. Dell names john swainson president of new software group. The news of the software group sale comes less than two weeks after dells parent company, denali holding, announced lackluster firstquarter financial numbers. The software group will build on dell s software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizational support to create a more competitive position. As a new company, dell software group will now operate as quest software and sonicwall. New york, november 20, 2017 siris capital group, llc siris, a leading private equity firm focused on making control investments in data, telecommunications, technology and technologyenabled business service companies, today announced that john swainson, most recently president of the dell software group. Dell reorganizes software group, reduces software workforce.
John swainson has been president of dell software for the past 16 months, since he was hired by founder michael dell in 2012 to start the software business. Jun 19, 20 michael dell announced this morning that john swainson will join dell to head up our new software group. Swainson most recently served as a senior adviser to private equity firm silver lake. In the new world of cloud, massive scale datacenters, and the growing importance of mixed privatepublic. Jul 20, 2012 thats how much the companys new head of its software division says he wants to report in the coming years. John swainson chair of the board of directors travelport. The dellquest combination willaccelerate dells software efforts to develop products that are greater than the sum of its parts, swainson said, adding that these offerings would allow. Feb 02, 2012 michael dell announced this morning that john swainson will join dell to head up our new software group.
Swainson was president of the software group of dell inc. Prior to joining siris, swainson was president of dell software group from 2012 to 2016 and served as a senior advisor to silver lake, a private equity firm. He was the president of the dell software group until november 2016 having been hired in february 2012 by michael dell to create and run an enterprise software division inside of dell inc. In june 2016, dell announced the sale of their software division, which included the quest, sonicwall, and one identity businesses, to francisco partners and elliott management corporation. Nov 20, 2017 john swainson joins siris capital group as executive partner. The software group will build on dell s software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizational support to create a more competitive position in. A key element of dell software is that it will assume the customer base is using heterogeneous hardware and software, swainson said. John swainson serves as president, software, for dell. Dell taps veteran john swainson to lead new software division. Dell software was created merging various acquisitions mainly quest software and sonicwall by dell inc. John swainson february 10, 2014 building software solutions today to solve tomorrows challenges the mission of the dell software group dsg is to provide solutions to help our customers address the increasingly complex challenges they are facing as they seek to take advantage of new technologies like cloud computing, mobile devices and.
The software group will seek to develop new organizational and support capabilities while delivering. Swainson was most recently president of the dell software group. Former ibm and ca exec john swainson will lead dells new. Jul 02, 2012 the dellquest combination willaccelerate dells software efforts to develop products that are greater than the sum of its parts, swainson said, adding that these offerings would allow. The former ceo of ca john swainson comes to dell ap dell is launching a new software group and has hired former ca ceo john swainson to lead it. The deal represents the first acquisition since dell formed its software division under former ca ceo john swainson. Ceo john swainson as president of its newly formed software group swainson was previously the senior advisor to silver lake, a global private equity firm. As a partnerdirect partner, we appreciate your continued business, commitment and trust in dell emc. John was one of the key executives at ibm in the creation and drive behind ibms application and integration middleware division. John swainson joins siris capital group as executive partner. Swainson, president of dells software group, said in a statement.
Dell names exca ceo as software chief the register. He was hired in february 2012 by michael dell to create and run an enterprise software division inside of dell inc. John swainson, president of dell software, argues the case. Dell stands up software unit, hires group president. Swainson will report to chairman and ceo michael dell when he takes over the group on march 5. The addition of quest will enable dell to deliver more competitive server, storage, networking and end user computing solutions and services to customers, john a. The software group will build on dells software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizational support to create a more competitive position in. My real target is more like three in the 2016 time frame, swainson told one news outlet.
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