Swainson will report to michael dell, chairman and ceo of dell. Dell supportassist for servers, storage and networking. This combination provides sonicwall with great growth opportunities for our security offerings. Sndr announced john swainson was elected as a director today at its annual meeting of shareholders. Dell s incredible asset is the smb distribution channel. View john swainsons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. There are products and features and features and products, said john swainson, dells president, software group.
Swainson has been placed as president, software at dell. Lonergan partners is proud to announce that john a. Prior to joining siris, john swainson was the president of the dell software group. Dell and quest software today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for dell to acquire quest, an awardwinning it management softwa. As dell attempts to privatise the computer company, swainson, who was previously ceo of ca and headed up ibms software division, is on a. The guy making those decisions is john swainson, president of dell software group. The combination of sonicwall with dells existing security offerings and broad market reach will help customers securely manage their data, securely manage consumer devices being brought into their enterprise, and securely expand their applications to the cloud. John swainson joined siris capital as an executive partner in november of 2017 and has over 40 years of technology industry experience. Dell taps former ca head swainson to run software unit. John swainson, the former chief executive of ca technologies who joined dell in february, said software is a higher margin business than most of the companys other units, but is. He made it clear that software is the catalyst that will provide dell users with more value and give dell higher profit margins.
Former ibm and ca exec john swainson will lead dells new. John swainson joins siris capital group as executive partner. He also was director and ceo of software firm ca inc. Previously, he was president of the dell software group from. Sonicwall gives dell access to unique intellectual property resources and technology that position us well in fast growing parts of the software security business. In an indepth interview last december with, swainson said his two priorities are to integrate all the acquisitions and ensure all products are delivered through the right channel. John swainson chair of the board of directors travelport. Today, we re announcing the formation of a new software group that will enhance our solutions capabilities. He is an investor, board member and executive partner at siris capital, a new yorkbased private equity firm. Swainson serves as independent director of the company. Convince the business technology masses that his company is about more than. Ceo john swainson as president of its newly formed software group swainson was previously the senior advisor to silver lake, a. On march 5, 2012, john swainson became president of dell software. Software is an integral part of the server, storage and networking solutions and services that were delivering to our customers.
John swainson joins siris capital group as executive partner siris. John swainson, president of software division of dell inc. Our customers see security as a key it concern for the foreseeable future, said john swainson, president, dell software group. On september 28, 2012, dell announced it had completed the acquisition of quest software. Dell has appointed john swainson president of the companys software group as of march 5, the company announced thursday swainson will report to dell chairman and ceo michael dell. 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. 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. Dell software groups john swainson serves up his 2014. John swainson, president, dell software group, dell inc. Dell is aspiring to expand the companys software business in the near future. Supportassist is free of charge, secure and streamlines traditional support routines.
The software group will build on dells software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizationa. Dell software was a division of dell with headquarters in round rock, texas, united states. I would like to inform all participants this call is being recorded at the request of dell. Any rebroadcast of this information in whole or part without the prior written permission of dell inc. Nabbing quest, one of the largest established and independent suppliers of enterprise software tools, is a coup for john swainson, who joined dell. Swainsons service on the board of directors includes appointment to the audit committee. The software group will build on dells software capabilities and provide greater innovation and organizational support to create a more competitive position in delivering endtoend it solutions to customers. Good morning, and welcome to the dell and quest software conference call. Dell names swainson president of new software group.
Dell software presidents advisory board sets the tone for 2014. He was the president of the dell software group until november 2016 having. They are our number one priority, and we have not lost sight of them in the year since we unveiled our strategy at dell world 2012. 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. John swainson serves as president, software, for dell. At dell software, we are laserfocused on our customers. Dell hired john swainson, formerly of ibm and ceo of ca, to serve as president of the group.
Dell names former ibm exec to lead new software business. Dell continues its extreme makeover for cloud, byod and. Swainson, who led ibms huge software business until 2005 and was ceo of ca technologies from 2005 to 2009, will. John swainson, head of dells software unit, has a tall order. Swainson ran ca from 2005 through 2009 and brought the company a better reputation than it had in years. Sources familiar with the situation told me that swainson had been in line for a very senior and nearly identical job at hewlettpackard. Dell today announced that it had hired john swainson, the former ceo of computer associates, as president of its new software group. Swainson will report to chairman and ceo michael dell when he takes over the group on march 5. He was hired in february 2012 by michael dell to create and run an enterprise software division inside of dell inc. Swainsons background as a senior advisor in equity firm silver lake, as ceo and director of ca technologies, and. In this role, he is responsible for building software capabilities and providing grea.
Prior to silver lake, he was ceo and director of ca, inc. Dell today named ibm veteran john swainson president of its new software group. Swainson was president of the software group of dell inc. Swainson was a senior advisor to a large technology focused private equity firm, and before that served as ceo and director of ca inc. Dell today announced the appointment of john swainson to serve as president, software group, effective march 5, 2012. Dell names john swainson president of new software group. We believe that taking this step with dell is a logical progression for our business. Can dell software rescue its spiraling hardware sales.
The company has integrated some products but in a few cases even its experts disagree on what is and what isnt a sku. Swainson most recently served as a senior adviser to private equity firm silver lake. Dell software chief swainson talks scale, perception, growth zdnet. View john swainson s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Dell names john swainson president of new software group dell. Swainson was previously employed as a president software group by 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 did a stint at silver lake partners as a senior advisor before taking this job with dell. In september 2016, his company acquired the enterprise software and storage company, emc corporation. The deal represents the first acquisition since dell formed its software division under former ca ceo john swainson. Supportassist is a proactive monitoring software with automatic failure detection and notifications for dell pcs and tablets. Last year, he was lured to run dells nascent software business, after having been offered a nearly identical job at hewlettpackard. Prior to joining dell in 2012, john was senior advisor to silver lake, a global private equity firm, and sat on a number of boards, including broadcom, assurant, cadence design systems and. Dell pins software hopes on the midmarket computerworld. Swainson was previously employed as a presidentsoftware group by dell, inc. Previously, swainson was senior advisor to silver lake partners, a global private equity firm. Dell is not looking to become a standalone software company, but wants to build software products that it can attach to its server, services, networking and storage offerings, said john swainson. John swainson on march 5, 2012, john swainson became president of dell software. Swainson owns over 1,800 units of schneider national stockschneider national stock. Prior to silver lake, he was ceo and director of ca inc.
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