Quest Software launches erwin Data Management Platform to deliver trusted data products 54% faster and secure identities for AI

Quest Software Unifies Data, Identity, and Modernization for AI-Ready Enterprises

Quest Software announced a new company strategy and a unified erwin Data Management Platform built to deliver trusted, AI-ready data at speed. The move aligns three priorities most executive teams are grappling with: data you can trust, secure identities, and modernization that scales AI across the business.

According to Quest, the erwin platform improves data accuracy and helps teams create trusted data products 54% faster via AI-enabled automation and dynamic trust scoring. The company also introduced an updated brand identity, backed by a $350M R&D investment and a seasoned leadership team focused on execution and growth.

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What Quest Announced

• erwin Data Management Platform: A single, AI-enabled platform that unifies data quality, data modeling, metadata management, and data governance. It removes tool silos and automates the steps to produce trust-scored data products for reuse across the business.
• Identity security with AI: Quest Security Guardian Intelligence enhances Microsoft identity threat detection and response across Active Directory and Entra ID, with faster containment and improved resilience.
• Modernization at scale: Longstanding Microsoft partner with the first Microsoft 365 Certification for migration. Focused on reliable migration of identities, workloads, and devices to reduce downtime and expedite AI-readiness.

Why This Matters to Executives

• AI outcomes hinge on data trust: With most GenAI pilots stalling, unified governance and quality controls are now non-negotiable. Trust-scored data products give product, analytics, and engineering teams confidence to ship faster.
• Time-to-value improves: Automating core data management work (modeling, lineage, quality) shortens delivery from idea to production and reduces rework.
• Security posture strengthens: Identity is the new perimeter. Enhanced threat detection across human and non-human identities reduces breach risk and recovery time.
• Platform consolidation: One platform means fewer tools, fewer handoffs, and clearer accountability for data, governance, and AI enablement.

What's Behind the Strategy

Quest's strategy centers on three pillars: trusted AI-ready data, AI-powered cybersecurity and resilience, and platform modernization. The company reports serving more than 90% of the Fortune 500 and is doubling down on R&D with a $350M capital infusion.

A refreshed brand identity accompanies a leadership bench featuring Tim Page (CEO), Ashish Joshi (President & CFO), John Bertero (CRO), and Maureen Perrelli (CCO)-all focused on scale, customer success, and partner growth.

Implications for Your Roadmap

• Shift to data product thinking: Treat data as a product with quality SLAs, ownership, and lifecycle management. Trust scoring helps standardize this across domains.
• Bake identity security into AI delivery: Protect service accounts, APIs, agents, and automations with continuous monitoring and response.
• Modernize with minimal disruption: Use certified migration paths to move workloads without risking downtime that derails AI initiatives.

Actions to Consider This Quarter

• Audit where data quality, lineage, and governance block AI initiatives. Prioritize two domains to convert into trust-scored data products.
• Stand up an identity threat detection review for AD and Entra ID, including service accounts tied to AI workflows and agents.
• Define a 6-12 month modernization plan that reduces tool sprawl and aligns to target AI use cases and KPIs.
• Set operating cadences: data product councils, security war rooms for identities, and migration cutover checkpoints.

Partner and Ecosystem

Quest is expanding its partner ecosystem to support global AI programs and delivery. Partners can access updated programs and assets via the Quest portal.

Visit the Quest Partner Portal.

Fast Facts

• 54% faster creation of trusted data products, according to Quest.
• 90% of Fortune 500 served by Quest.
• 90% faster ransomware recovery claimed across the attack lifecycle.
• Unified capabilities: data quality, data modeling, metadata management, and governance in one platform.

Where to Go From Here

If your AI pilots are stalled by data trust and identity risk, consolidating onto a unified platform is a pragmatic next step. Evaluate fit by mapping your top three AI use cases to Quest's data product workflow, identity coverage, and migration paths.

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More information and product details: quest.com.