OCLC Online Computer Library Center has acquired Information Dimensions, Inc., (IDI) from Battelle Memorial Institute. IDI, located in Dublin, Ohio, will operate as a for-profit subsidiary of OCLC, a non-profit organization.
Immediately following the acquisition, the IDI board of directors elected K. Wayne Smith, President of OCLC, as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IDI. Jim Hackbarth was named president and chief operating officer of IDI.
IDI markets computer software products for managing electronic documents and text on mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Its two major software products-BASIsplus and ZyINDEX-are widely used in data base and documents management. IDI's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies as well as numerous government agencies, publishers, and financial organizations. Sales in 1992 were $33 million, more than half of which were international.
IDI has 280 employees worldwide, 130 of whom are located in its Dublin headquarters. Major sales of.fices are maintained in London, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Stockholm, and Frankfurt as well as the eight IDI offices in North America. IDI has a subsidiary in Australia and distributors in Spain, Scandinavia, Korea, Singapore, Argentina, and other industrialized countries.
[Contact: Information Dimensions, Inc., 5080 Tuttle Crossing Blvd., Dublin, OH 43017-3569; (614) 761-8083; Fax (614) 761-7290.]
