Data Securities International
Data Securities International, DSI was a technology escrow administration company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1982, the company escrows source code and other maintenance materials for licensees and stakeholders. In 1997, Iron Mountain Incorporated acquired the company. In 2021, Iron Mountain sold DSI (now IPM within IRM) for $220 million (see NASDAQ).
Dwight C. Olson was the founder of Data Securities International.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trumanenamels.com/dwight.html|title=Dwight C. Olson, CLP|last=|first=|date=|website=trumanenamels.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113075358/http://www.trumanenamels.com/dwight.html |archive-date=2019-11-13 |access-date=}}
DSI History
Data Securities International was founded in 1982.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n4_v17/ai_19346578 Holding the keys - Data Securities International, key recovery center - Company Operations | Software Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com] The company grew steadily over the years before being sold to Iron Mountain in 1997.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E0D61530F937A3575AC0A961958260 IRON MOUNTAIN PLANS TO BUY 2 COMPANIES FOR $60 MILLION - New York Times]
Data Securities International introduced the concept in the mid 1980s for a Total Software Value (TSV) that uses the composites of Ownership Value (OV) or the software inventory, Market Value (MV), and Internal Cost Savings (ICS) as values and influencing variables of software as a financial asset. A TSV software inventory valuation (OV) analysis looks at the sum total (or bundle) of the various software components or intellectual assets that make software usable as a product.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesi.org/CustomAttachments/lesNouvelles/lesNouvellesPDF06-08/Software_and_Valuation.pdf |title=Software & Valuation in the Information Society", LES Nouvelles, June 2008 |access-date=2008-09-02 |archive-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032930/https://www.lesi.org/CustomAttachments/lesNouvelles/lesNouvellesPDF06-08/Software_and_Valuation.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Total Software Value is explained in the book "The Long Journey to Software Valuation" see {{ISBN|978-1-7344129-0-1}} and Copyright Registration: TXu 2-181-571 http://www.trumanenamels.com/v3data/LJSV.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080113070634/http://www.ironmountain.com/index.asp Iron Mountain]
- [https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/iron-mountain-agrees-to-sell-ipm-assets-to-ncc-group-for-%24220-mln-2021-05-13#:~:text=May%2013%2C%202021%202%3A12AM%20EDT%20%28RTTNews%29%20-%20Iron,or%20around%20%24165%20million%20on%20an%20adjusted%20basis NASDAQ]
Category:1997 mergers and acquisitions
Category:Companies based in San Francisco
Category:Computer companies established in 1982
Category:Computer companies disestablished in 1997