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Quest is owned by a hedge fund, and private equity firms also have a large stake in Micro Focus. Software audits are essential parts of the revenue for both vendors. Quest and Micro Focus are not Tier 1 vendors like Oracle and Microsoft; however many customers are surprised to find widespread installation and usage of Quest and Micro Focus products in their IT environments.

Quest and Micro Focus will typically hire public accounting companies like Deloitte or KPMG to perform the audits. In some cases, Quest will themselves perform software compliance reviews. Quest audits are very thorough, and they will run their own custom scripts and home-grown tools. In September 2020, The ITAM Review reported that Micro Focus was rated the “most unhelpful vendor” in their survey on 2020 software audits, and they have shown they are willing to take audit cases to court.