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Techday NZ
3 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Quest Software unveils new executives & USD $350m investment
Quest Software has appointed a new executive team to support its expansion priorities in AI readiness, cybersecurity, and platform modernisation. Key executive hires The company has announced the appointments of Ashish Joshi as President and Chief Financial Officer, Maureen Perrelli as Chief Channel Officer, and John Bertero as Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. These leadership positions have been filled in response to increased demand for artificial intelligence, secure identity management, and updated data platforms in the enterprise sector. Ashish Joshi will oversee Finance, Legal, and Compliance. Joshi previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Redwood Software and has a background in scaling software-as-a-service enterprises. Maureen Perrelli brings experience from her prior roles at Oracle, GE, Secureworks, NCR, and Brivo, and will now lead Quest Software's global channel strategy. She is responsible for developing the company's partner ecosystem to address the requirements of businesses seeking AI enablement. John Bertero, who has a track record of managing high-performing sales teams, assumes responsibility for all global sales operations with a focus on customer-centric solutions. Investment and strategy These appointments follow a capital investment of USD $350 million intended to accelerate product development around embedded AI capabilities and readiness technologies. This investment supports Quest Software's plans to help enterprises unlock greater value from AI while strengthening its partner network, which focuses on strategic alliances across data, identity, and Microsoft environments, including Active Directory and Entra ID. Tim Page, Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software, commented on the expanded leadership group, stating: "I couldn't be more excited to work with such a high-powered executive team. This team is a competitive advantage and positions Quest to deliver what customers expect - faster decisions, clearer priorities, and market-leading solutions that work out of the box. That means stronger accountability, smarter execution, and a tighter connection between what we build and what our customers need." According to the company, the shifting landscape in enterprise technology is increasing the importance of scalable platform modernisation and trusted providers who can partner with organisations to govern data, secure access, and expand operational capabilities as AI adoption rises. Company direction With the reported uplift in demand for secure and modernised IT infrastructure, Quest Software has indicated that its focus remains on operational excellence, customer value, and readiness to help businesses transition to AI-enabled environments. Tim Page further stated: "This is about execution, accountability, and delivering at scale. With the right team in place and a differentiated platform, we're ready to lead our customers into the future - faster, more securely, and with confidence." Quest Software currently serves more than 45,000 companies worldwide, including over 90% of the Fortune 500, providing solutions related to data management, governance, cybersecurity, and platform modernisation.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Cost Savings In Manufacturing: When Orchestrated Tech Leads The Way
Charles Crouchman is the Chief Product Officer of Redwood Software, a leader in automation fabric solutions. Given the global economic headwinds in the second quarter of 2025, it's become important now more than ever for manufacturers to navigate the uncertainty and disruptions proactively. However, this is often easier said than done. The good news is that while this may sound like a tall order, it doesn't need to be. To thrive through this volatility, manufacturers must invest in a future-ready IT environment—one capable of automating processes across highly diverse, complex application landscapes. This level of automation can not only reduce lead times but also allow manufacturers to adapt and respond to supply chain disruptions before they have a negative impact on production. You could put it this way: Why fret over headlines when you can make headway through integrated and orchestrated tech? Any move to unify systems and say goodbye to clumsy data management couldn't be more crucial—or opportune. Autonomous synchronization of production and logistics is poised to optimize efficiency so you can streamline production in the most challenging global supply chains. By orchestrating data pipelines across your ERP, MES, IoT devices and planning applications from a single platform, manufacturers benefit from real-time observability and control. AI-driven production monitoring and SLA tracking proactively identify and resolve potential disruptions before they impact operations. For many, this kind of operational resilience could mean the difference between staying competitive and shutting down. Success hinges on tight synchronization between production and logistics—empowering teams to optimize demand planning, inventory management and overall supply chain performance. This integrated approach not only boosts efficiency but also aligns operations with broader business goals, ensuring agility and resilience amid uncertainty. To understand what this looks like up close, let's take a quick look at what happens when manufacturers continue to depend on traditional approaches across siloed applications, processes and data. Scenario No. 1: Be Drowned Out By Data Manufacturing operations today generate staggering volumes of data—more than 1,800 petabytes per year, according to estimates by Amazon Web Services. That's more than any business sector in the world and an Everest-sized mountain of information for ERPs to scale and synchronize. The problem? Like most manufacturers, you're most likely relying on a patchwork of custom integrations, siloed systems and manual processes. Managing this data load under such conditions is rapidly becoming impossible. Manufacturers will run the gamut from higher operational costs to lost market opportunities due to slow or missed deliveries. Neither outcome is desirable. Let's examine the data-related challenges that cost manufacturers money or even their reputation: • Fragmented Scheduling: Using cron jobs, external schedulers and hand-written scripts can lead to mismatched timing and unreliable dependencies. • Manual Processes: Manual manufacturing processes, such as assembly, can lead to costly mistakes with long-term repercussions. • Lack Of Real-Time Visibility. Operating without real-time data is like driving a car while looking through the rearview mirror. • Difficulty Tracking Data Lineage: If you can't find it, how can you rely on it? If something goes wrong, manufacturers will suffer if it takes hours or even days of manual investigation into production processes. • Missing Automation: This is the missing link that can hobble manufacturing operations. When a production line stops, so does your business. Scenario No. 2: Integrate And Automate Even when companies make the right move toward an integrated enterprise system, the journey isn't over. What manufacturers need is an automation fabric—a coordinated framework that connects and synchronizes data, production processes and systems end-to-end. This intelligent orchestration enables forward-looking insight for operational leaders. A real-time view into interconnected systems enables you to better align supply chain decisions with financial objectives, ultimately driving improved ROI. This is data silo-busting at its most effective, and manual workarounds can be put out of work. The proverbial "data maze" has, in fact, become a thing of the past—if you want it to be. A workload automation (WLA) platform can unify and orchestrate data movement across your ERP, such as SAP, and all applications across your tech stacks. The orchestration process doesn't stop there. An orchestrated system will allow for automated data flow, real-time alerting, proactive error handling and centralized observability. Users can also track data lineage and process status across the entire landscape and move from fixing technical issues to enabling business agility. Adapting To Today's Landscape: From Troubleshooters To Business Builders Ask yourself what's easier to manage, a system cobbled together of disparate parts or one that's unified? With the latter, the return on investment moves into exciting territory where the technology will spend more time effectively managing a business—and itself—than at any time in history. Still, despite the clear business value, many manufacturers remain hesitant to fully implement orchestration strategies. We've seen that hesitation often comes down to a few key barriers: • Perceived Complexity: Orchestration is often misunderstood as requiring a massive overhaul and adoption process. In reality, modern workload automation platforms are designed to work with existing systems, including legacy applications, so organizations can evolve without disrupting operations. • Upfront Costs: Leaders worry about ROI and the potential burden on tight IT budgets. However, automation investments often pay for themselves once implemented, as the tech can reduce operational costs and create more resilient supply chains. • Change Resistance And Organizational Buy-In: Shifting to a centralized orchestration model requires not just technology but a mindset change across teams and from the top down. Business leaders and IT teams must collaborate closely to communicate the value and ease of transition to stakeholders. To help overcome these challenges, technology providers have a role to play—not just in delivering solutions but in simplifying implementation, accelerating time-to-value and providing transparency at every step. By addressing these common concerns head-on, the industry can remove the friction standing between manufacturers and the next era of operational agility. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. Do I qualify?
Associated Press
11-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Redwood Software Accelerates SAP Transformation and AI Readiness with Southwest Gas and RS Group
Enterprises reveal how Redwood's automation fabric solutions integrate with SAP to deliver ROI and fuel AI adoption FRISCO, Texas, June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Redwood Software ™, the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes, showcased how customers accelerate digital transformation and prepare for AI through modern workload automation at SAP Sapphire in Orlando and Madrid. As SAP spotlighted generative AI advances across S/4HANA, Business Technology Platform (BTP) and Joule, Redwood customers Southwest Gas and RS Group demonstrated how RunMyJobs by Redwood drives efficiency by orchestrating complex SAP and non-SAP processes at scale, delivering the clean, reliable, real-time data essential to powering AI innovations. 'RunMyJobs enables us to automate our entire meter-to-cash process with visibility from a single pane of glass,' said Laxman Challa, Director of Application Services at Southwest Gas, during the session, 'Automate your mission-critical processes with RunMyJobs by Redwood.' A leading energy provider serving more than two million customers in the southwest U.S., Southwest Gas relies on RunMyJobs to integrate with the latest SAP technologies and orchestrate hundreds of interdependent jobs that run up to seven hours daily. The visibility and reliability of RunMyJobs allow Southwest Gas to innovate upstream, delivering clean, timely data that AI and analytics tools depend on for actionable business insights. At SAP Sapphire, Redwood showcased Redwood Insights, a powerful new capability for AI-enabled observability of automation workflows. By providing real-time visibility into process performance, exceptions and dependencies, Redwood Insights equips IT and business leaders to identify risks early, optimize efficiency and strengthen compliance. Redwood's leadership in AI innovations was further showcased in a live demonstration of how RunMyJobs works alongside SAP Joule, SAP's generative AI copilot, pointing to a future where intelligent insights directly trigger and orchestrate business-critical processes. The powerful partnership unlocks AI and automation fabrics to drive greater efficiency and productivity. Redwood customer RS Group, a global industrial distributor headquartered in the U.K., shared on stage that they eliminated daily disruptions in high-volume order processing and warehouse operations across 26 markets. Prior to implementing RunMyJobs, the company faced frequent high-priority incidents such as sync failures and missed dependencies. Today, RS Group has achieved job execution reliability above 99%. 'We now meet our promise to our business and customers,' said Dharmesh Patel, Head of SAP Development & Services at RS Group. This operational stability has created a strong foundation for adopting next-generation SAP and AI capabilities, directly aligning with SAP's strategic focus on AI-driven ERP transformation. 'When customers achieve this level of control and performance, they're not just keeping the pace; they're setting the standard,' said Kevin Greene, Redwood Software CEO. 'Redwood's automation fabric solutions power business transformation. The real impact comes when automation extends beyond IT into the heart of enterprise operations, driving agility and establishing the foundation to compete and thrive in an AI-powered world.' As a proud Gold sponsor at SAP Sapphire, Redwood also celebrated key milestones: Having partnered with SAP for over two decades, Redwood has become a strategic extension of SAP, aligning product roadmaps and co-innovating to deliver measurable ROI. RunMyJobs is the only SaaS-based workload automation solution included in the RISE with SAP reference architecture, available exclusively through SAP Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS). Its native integration with SAP S/4HANA (on-premises and cloud), BTP, Business Data Cloud (BDC) and other SAP and complementary solutions makes it a key enabler of scalable, AI-ready business transformation. As SAP customers embrace AI, they're relying on RunMyJobs to orchestrate the intelligent processes that power real business outcomes. About Redwood Software Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control. Redwood's global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Get out of the weeds and see the forest, with Redwood Software. For more information, visit Follow Redwood Software on LinkedIn, @Redwood Software. For more information, press only: Liz Reilly [email protected] Next PR View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Redwood Software
