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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 with its base in India. DSQ was in the top league of Indian IT companies that operated abroad during the tech-boom of 1990s and mainly catered to demands from western markets for project services, technical manpower and IT skills. The company was first known as Square D Software Ltd and changed its name to DSQ Software in 1997. 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 the Asia-Pacific region. In 2000, it employed around 2000 people and reported revenues in the region of $60m. 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 until 2000. In 2000, DSQ was also the first to establish itself as an application service provider, providing Internet based services and operating from India via DSQworld.com. From 2002 onwards, DSQ's market presence diminished when its lucrative operations and client service contract agreements were sold to a privately held company.…

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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 with its base in India. DSQ was in the top league of Indian IT companies that operated abroad during the tech-boom of 1990s and mainly catered to demands from western markets for project services, technical manpower and IT skills. The company was first known as Square D Software Ltd and changed its name to DSQ Software in 1997. 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 the Asia-Pacific region. In 2000, it employed around 2000 people and reported revenues in the region of $60m. 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 until 2000. In 2000, DSQ was also the first to establish itself as an application service provider, providing Internet based services and operating from India via DSQworld.com. From 2002 onwards, DSQ's market presence diminished when its lucrative operations and client service contract agreements were sold to a privately held company.…

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  1. date of establishment: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375902152

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