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U.S. Report: Quarterdeck CEO quits
News Leading this fine company has been a great privilege, but at this point I can do more at lower cost for Quarterdeck from an advisor role. Quarterdeck announced a cost-reduction program last month in response to weak quarterly sales.
[July 9, 1998, 6:46]
Q&A: Quarterdeck CEO on strategy and components
News When Curt Hessler took over as CEO of Quarterdeck early this year, he inherited a company in trouble. We had the Ukraine guys over to [Quarterdeck California headquarters] Marina Del Rey. Early on, Hessler pledged Quarterdeck to components and in a...
[September 22, 1997, 15:36]
Online software buying not in gear - Quarterdeck
News Although pundits have long predicted that the future of software buying would be in downloads, Quarterdeck CEO Curt Hessler said that logic has proven faulty. The rest of a frank and wide-ranging interview with Quarterdeck's Hessler covering his...
[September 22, 1997, 11:50]
Quarterdeck enters disk partition market
News PowerQuest] Partition Magic has done very well but it has had the field to itself so far, as FDISK is too difficult for most users," said Martin Pickering, European sales and marketing director at Quarterdeck.
[February 21, 1997, 10:17]
Quarterdeck WebCompass 2.0 to be free download in UK
News Quarterdeck will delay shipping a second retail release of its WebCompass Internet search software, instead pushing free downloads of the product from its Web site. Martin Pickering, European sales and marketing director, said that Quarterdeck...
[December 11, 1996, 16:37]
Quarterdeck floats utilities
News A beta is currently available from the Quarterdeck Web site. The California-based software vendor will next week launch FixIt (£40, all prices average selling price including VAT), the troubleshooter suite it recently acquired with the purchase of...
[September 18, 1996, 13:56]
Quarterdeck buys Fix-It maker, Vertisoft
News California, US-based Quarterdeck, best known for its QEMM memory manager, has been hungry for acquisitions over the last 18 months, picking up a series of utility and Internet software concerns. Vertosoft sold direct mail-order in the US but...
[July 19, 1996, 14:47]
Quarterdeck denies McAfee merger talk
News Wall Street matchmakers trying to make marriages between Quarterdeck with McAfee, and Netscape with Borland, will be disappointed, the firms said. Quarterdeck's stock was up yesterday and analysts cited rumours that the acquisitive McAfee was...
[August 13, 1996, 11:56]
Quarterdeck back in profit
News Pundits who had written off Quarterdeck after three consecutive losses may have spoken too soon as the utilities maker posted a $20,000 profit of $24.4 million revenues for its October-December quarter yesterday.
[January 31, 1997, 15:26]
Quarterdeck CleanSweep update planned for New Year
News Quarterdeck can be contacted by telephone on 01245-491190. Called Update-It, the agent is the first in a line that that the utilities company will add to its products throughout 1997. Version 3.0 also adds tools for editing the system registry.
[October 15, 1996, 11:36]
Quarterdeck to launch partition utility
News Quarterdeck can be contacted by telephone on 01245-491190. Partition-It works under Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 and can save up to 40 per cent of disk space, according to the firm. The product will go up against POW!
[October 10, 1996, 14:07]
Quarterdeck gets quick fix
News Quarterdeck can be contacted by telephone on 01245-496699. FixIt runs under Windows 95 and continually monitors the user's system, checking the integrity of registry and configuration files. It has crash protection for 16bit and 32bit programs...
[September 12, 1996, 15:45]
Quarterdeck ships CleanSweep Deluxe
News CleanSweep Deluxe for Windows 95 and NT 4.0 (£50) or later includes the ability to delete files downloaded with or without user permission from the Internet and includes anti-virus tools and the ability to update the product on the Net.
[October 15, 1997, 11:22]
Quarterdeck to ship helpware package
News The utilities firm's RealHelp (£40 list) will go into the market in March against CyberMedia, Symantec and others in a relatively new category of software aimed at offering an all-in-one protector against system failures.
[December 4, 1997, 17:53]
New Quarterdeck boss plots modules, subs-based sales
News Quarterdeck also pledged to more closely focus its interests: "In the past we have attempted to be everything to everybody: everything on the Internet, everything in [system] management," said Eoin Gilley, European general manager.
[February 21, 1997, 13:26]
Q&A (3): Q'deck CEO on changes and challenges
News One of the challenges when you took over at Quarterdeck you faced was a huge product line-up. Quarterdeck had also made a bet that Internet utilities were the way forward. A lot of companies did that and Quarterdeck probably made the biggest bet.
[September 22, 1997, 16:02]
Vertisoft in US courts over software claims
News Fresh from announcing that it is to be acquired by Quarterdeck, Vertisoft Systems is going to court in the US over marketing claims regarding its own key product and that of its rival, CyberMedia. Fix-It has had no UK distribution but will debut...
[July 25, 1996, 15:30]
Q&A (2): Q'deck CEO on channels and TCO
News There has been a lot of discussion about Quarterdeck's future and around a year ago there was talk of a merger with McAfee. Do you see Quarterdeck staying solo or going to an acquisitive company like Symantec?
[September 22, 1997, 15:56]
UK hits back at US 'grow faster' demands
News Pickering, who has held key European posts in North American companies such as Quarterdeck and Corel, says that US companies should be aware of the differences that exist between their native country and Europe, and also of differences between...
[August 26, 1997, 16:03]
Martin Veitch's Weekend Diary
News One of the most pleasant chaps in the business, Hessler has a sharp idea of what Quarterdeck can and can't do and his strategy of making it the TCO intelligent utility specialist is a smart move. Once, Quarteredck had higher ambitions, even...
[September 27, 1997, 8:00]
