DSQ Software
DSQ Software Ltd, established in 1992 and headquartered in Chennai formerly Madras, India was a publicly listed IT and Software services consulting company mainly operated overseas using its base in India. DSQ was in the league of IT companies operating from India during the tech-boom of 1990s, that mainly catered demands from western markets for project services and technical manpower and IT skills. Company was known as Square D Software Ltd when it was incepted in 1992 and later on changed its name to DSQ Software in the year 1997.
| Formerly | Square D Software Ltd |
|---|---|
| Company type | Publicly listed traded |
| Industry | IT Services |
| Founded | 1992 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Founder | Dinesh Dalmia |
| Defunct | 2004 |
| Fate | Defunct (Services and operations were privately sold in 2003) |
| Successor | Scandent Solutions, later became Cambridge Solutions, acquired by Xchanging Plc, acquired by CSC now operating as DXC Technology |
| Headquarters | Chennai , India |
Area served | International |
Number of employees | 2000+ (2001) |
The Company offered service offerings in Mainframe and Midrange computing, Telecommunications, CAD, and various other IT service areas. DSQ had clients in US, Europe and Asia Pacific and employed around 2000 people in the year 2000 and reported revenues in the region of $60m for the same year. Hewitt Associates, a leading US based Human Resources consultancy firm valued the human resources capital of DSQ at $1bn. DSQ had an impressive list of international clients and it posted year-on-year increasing revenues till year 2000. From the year 2002, DSQ's market presence diminished when its lucrative operations and client service contract agreements were sold to a privately held company. Year 2003 saw DSQ's collapse and there was very minimal business activities as the promoter was rumored to have disappeared from the scene in order to avoid legal proceedings.DSQ Software is operationally dormant as per the trading information submitted for the year 2005. As per BSE data, the public holding in DSQ Software is over 70% and equity capital of over Rupees 300 million.