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.[1]
DSI History
editData Securities International was founded in 1982.[2] The company grew steadily over the years before being sold to Iron Mountain in 1997.[3]
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.[4]
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 [5]
References
edit- ^ "Dwight C. Olson, CLP". trumanenamels.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-13.
- ^ Holding the keys - Data Securities International, key recovery center - Company Operations | Software Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ IRON MOUNTAIN PLANS TO BUY 2 COMPANIES FOR $60 MILLION - New York Times
- ^ Software & Valuation in the Information Society", LES Nouvelles, June 2008
- ^ http://www.trumanenamels.com/v3data/LJSV.jpg [bare URL image file]
