AppAssure
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Najaf Husain |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Acquired by Dell |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia , United States |
| Parent | Dell (2012–2016), Quest Software (post-2016) |
AppAssure was a company specializing in backup and recovery software, established in 2006 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It became part of Dell through acquisition in 2012 and was subsequently merged into Quest Rapid Recovery.
Company history
Najaf Husain founded AppAssure in 2006. Two years later, in 2008, the company obtained Series A financing from Bain Capital Ventures.
Dell acquired AppAssure on February 24, 2012, renaming it Dell AppAssure and integrating the product within the Dell Software Group. After a significant update, the software was rebranded as Rapid Recovery.
On November 1, 2016, ownership of Dell Software Group transferred to Francisco Partners and Elliot Management, who reintroduced the business as Quest Software. Rapid Recovery continues to be offered under Quest Software’s suite of solutions.
Features
Rapid Recovery is designed to improve application efficiency while simplifying backup and recovery operations. It provides protection for data, applications, and systems across physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud infrastructures. The software supports integration with cloud services to automatically secure growing virtual environments. In 2016, it added Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) functionality utilizing Microsoft Azure.
The solution is available both as standalone software and as rack-mountable DL Series Appliances, providing adaptable deployment options tailored to various organizational requirements.