Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software Inc., a maker of business software, said Thursday it’s set to expand its operations in Ireland.
The company said it’s starting a “shared services center” in Cork, scheduled to open this month. The site is set to have 150 workers by 2013, the company said.
“Quest has an ever increasing global presence which is helping to drive the success of our business,” Chief Executive Doug Garn said. “After a strategic review of our international operations, it was clear we could best position ourselves for future growth by centralizing key aspects of our international business activities to better serve our customers and increase operational efficiency.”
Quest already has operations in Ireland, including a sales office and a shipping site in Dublin.
“Ireland was chosen due to the significant presence of other software technology companies, the high quality infrastructure, the availability of experienced and highly qualified professionals, multilingual talent and a pro-business environment,” Garn said.
Quest makes software that manages and improves on other business applications by Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and others.
Quest is Orange County’s third-biggest software maker with some $700 million in yearly sales and had a recent market value of $2.4 billion.
