history

• History of DTS

  1983

  Launched “Council to Think about the Company’s Future”

  The “Council to Think about the Company’s Future” was formed in 1983, mainly led by senior management.
  We have continued our efforts while making changes, such as introducing a proposal system and changing it to a structure centered more on young employees.
  As the sales volume and organization expanded, we sought to develop our own business in order to stabilize operations.

  

  Meeting at Head Office Building(No.01)

  Establishment of the company mission statement

  We established our company mission statement in 1983.
  At that time, our company’s mission statements were “to secure customer trust through technology,” “to improve the lives of employees through technology,” and “to contribute to society through technology.” This formed the basis of the DTS Group’s current philosophy. Other slogans such as “First at work, and first at play” were also created and spread among employees.

  

• 1984

  Acquired 6-story head office (company-owned building) building in Shimbashi 5-chome, Minato-ku

  

• 1985

  Telecommunications business grows rapidly due to liberalization

  Development business that started in telecommunications, financial institutions, and manufacturing industries expanded into the distribution, education, and air transportation industries. As companies continued the systemization of their operations, we developed systems in a wide range of fields. In addition, we continued to grow by undertaking business for the new telecommunications carriers that arose with the liberalization of telecommunications in 1985.

• 1987

  Further expansion of team and establishment of structure and infrastructure

  We  celebrated our 15th anniversary in 1987 with more than 500 employees. Consequently, we have worked on developing and enhancing the internal regulations and training programs as well as standardizing documents such as manuals and specifications. Also, we have established a Standardization Committee and a Technical Committee in order to improve quality, and a BiRD Committee to create business manuals and conduct workshops specific to the financial industry.
  As business expanded, we opened the Kyushu Branch Office in 1990 and the Kansai Branch Office in 1991. In addition, we opened Development Centers and other facilities in Chiyoda City, Shinagawa City, Meguro City, and Kawasaki City.

  

  Development at Nakameguro Center

• 1990

  Registered and certified as a SI service company

  In 1987, with an increasing number of employees, we formed an Internal Regulations Preparation Committee to strengthen our internal organization, and we started preparations for going public.
  Moreover, in 1990, we were certified as a system integration service company by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).

  

  Over-the-counter stock offering

  Growing sales and over-the-counter public offering

  Our sales exceeded 1.3 billion yen in 1983. It was sales targets such as “Challenge 13” and “Challenge 14” that became the banner for future expansion.
  In 1990, the share capital increased to 731.78 million yen, and in 1991 we were registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association as an over-the-counter stock, with a share capital of 1,823 million yen.

History of DTS

This is what happened in the 1980s

• IT Industry

  This is what happened in the 1980s

  The financial industry underwent the third online shift. With increasing business processing volumes and expanding services, systems also continued to become more advanced. Under these circumstances, preparations were made for future IT innovations by building a new system with flexibility and scalability during the third online shift. In addition, the introduction of business systems, networking, and office automation at workplaces in various industries progressed, and the introduction of office automation equipment was accelerated.

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  General-purpose equipment in use at the time.
  IBM 3031-A08 (left) and UNISYS2200 (right)

  Photograph provided by KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto Computer Gakuin

• Computers

  This is what happened in the 1980s

  Around the mid-1980s, mainframes that had been used as business systems suffered from increased loads due to centralized processing. As a result, instead of mainframes, which were costly to upgrade, there was an increasing shift to low-cost, highly performance-improved “open” systems. In the field of networks, a new telecommunications carrier called Shindenden (NCC) emerged due to the liberalization of telecommunications. The environment for data communication services progressed, and ISDN also appeared. Overseas, the world’s first commercial Internet provider was established in the United States in 1989.

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    MZ-1500
    (announced in 1984)

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    PC-9801
    (announced in 1982)

  Photograph provided by KCG Computer Museum, Kyoto Computer Gakuin

• Development
  environment

  This is what happened in the 1980s

  The C language appeared in the 1970s, and C++ and Objective-C, which incorporated object orientation, appeared in the 1980s. Objective-C is still used as one of the languages to develop iOS applications. In addition, Perl, an open-source scripting language, appeared and is still used today mainly for web servers. Then, Python appeared in the 1990s. It is currently used in development work particularly in AI and big data analysis. In 1994, PHP was created based on the C language. It is used as a scripting language for web servers.