The Quest acquisition was a mistake from day 1.
Swainson had no intention of trying to grow a software business at Dell any more than he was able to grow the software business at CA.
It's a shame that his incompetence and the incompetence of his minions (all former CA people) have brought the Quest portfolio to the edge of extinction.
There is a faint glimmer of hope that a new company can turn it around but people are running out the door so it's more likely that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually a train.