PowerQuest

PowerQuest was a software company that produced utility software. It was acquired by Symantec in 2003.^[1] PowerQuest's market focus was on management of computer data storage, especially file systems and disk partitions. Their products included PartitionMagic, DriveCopy, Drive Image, and ServerMagic.

This article is about the software company. For the UK power metal band, see Power Quest. For the game, see Power Quest (game).

PowerQuest

Company type	Public
Industry	Software
Founded	Orem, Utah, U.S.
Founder	Eric J. Ruff
Fate	Acquired by Symantec Corporation
Products	PartitionMagic DriveCopy ServerMagic Drive Image V2i Protector V2i Builder Lost & Found Search & Rescue DeployCenter DeltaDeploy
Website	Powerquest.com

PowerQuest was started in the basement of Eric J. Ruff in Orem, Utah. PowerQuest earned Mr. Ruff the 64th spot on the Inc. 500 list in 2000,^[2] and earned many awards for being one of the fastest growing software companies in the world.

References

1. "Symantec to Acquire PowerQuest" (Press release). Symantec. 2003-09-23. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
2. "Inc. 500 list entry on PowerQuest". Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

External links

• http://www.powerquest.com/ - Original web site (since replaced by Symantec web site)
• "Archived web site". Archived from the original on 2003-08-06. Retrieved 2007-11-30. (Last Internet Archive copy from before Symantec acquisition)