PDQ.com buys SmartDeploy

PDQ.com, a South Salt Lake provider of IT asset management software, has announced its acquisition of SmartDeploy, a provider of remote computer management. The acquisition of Seattle-based SmartDeploy comes just months after PDQ.com acquired SimpleMDM, an Oregon-based provider of cloud-based Apple device management.

“Partnering with PDQ.com is a natural next step in our mission to help IT professionals simplify complex tasks,” said Aaron Suzuki, CEO of SmartDeploy. “Managing endpoints has never been more complicated. By joining forces with PDQ.com, we can help more people and organizations dramatically simplify and improve the way they work. We can’t wait to expand our reach to a broader community of professionals.”

SmartDeploy manages Windows devices offline, on-premises or through the cloud, providing IT professionals a simpler way to manage drivers, applications, patches and scripting through the platform’s single-image management and device driver injection technology.

Founded in 2001, PDQ.com provides more than 20,000 organizations with Windows software deployment and inventory reporting through its software management platforms, PDQ Deploy and PDQ Inventory. Working with SmartDeploy will allow PDQ.com to support more stages of a device’s lifecycle, while also adding more than 3,000 customers to its community.

“We’re fortunate to team up with SmartDeploy,” said Jaren Nichols, chief revenue officer of PDQ.com. “Our customers passionately endorse SmartDeploy’s imaging capabilities. Internally, we love it. The combination of PDQ and SmartDeploy should prove even more convenient for sysadmins. We’re thrilled to welcome SmartDeploy’s team and customers into the PDQ family.”