DEK Software International

What DEK Software International does

DEK Software International was a privately held software firm founded in 1988 by Mark Jeffery Koch and based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. From 2008 onward the company operated as a reseller for 10-Strike Software, rebranding and marketing 10-Strike's network administration products under the DEKSI label; the underlying product IP effectively resided with 10-Strike rather than DEKSI. The product portfolio comprised four core Windows-based network administration tools (DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor, DEKSI Network Administrator, DEKSI Network Inventory, and DEKSI Network Monitor) plus two pre-packaged bundles (Network Monitoring Suite and Network Suite), built around multi-protocol monitoring (SNMP v2c/v3, WMI, ICMP, NetBIOS, SSH), cross-platform inventory collection via WMI and SSH, Visio/XML diagram export, and an embedded web server for remote access.

The company monetized through one-time perpetual software licenses sold direct via deksoftware.com, with checkout redirected to 10-strike.com; pricing was structured per administrator/mapper rather than per monitored device, with site and corporate unlimited-usage licenses available at promotional pricing. Go-to-market was product-led, relying on free 30-day fully functional trial downloads, a product website, and email-based inquiry and support forms. The customer base spanned tens of thousands of companies across 120+ countries, including named enterprises such as American Express, IBM, Samsung, Siemens, Pfizer, Ford, Exxon Mobil, AstraZeneca, and Barclays across financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, automotive, technology, manufacturing, hospitality, media, and government verticals. DEK Software International was closed by its owner in December 2017; the 10-Strike Software team now maintains the deksoftware.com site for legacy support only, and no new products are being developed.

Name

DEK Software International

Legal name

DEK Software International

Website

https://deksoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DEK Software International, founded 1988 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was a private reseller of network administration software (DEKSI-branded 10-Strike products) serving IT managers and network administrators in 120+ countries via perpetual license sales. Closed December 2017.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Monitoring Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Asset Lifecycle Services (Procure-to-Retire) (BPAEAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud & Infrastructure Support (Servers, Storage, Virtualization) (BPAAACAE)

Keywords

• Network monitoring software
• Bandwidth monitoring
• Network inventory
• Software license auditing
• Network mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Cherry Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software License Sales: One-time perpetual license sales for individual products (DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor, DEKSI Network Administrator, DEKSI Network Inventory, DEKSI Network Monitor). License pricing based on number of users/mappers rather than number of network devices monitored.
2. Bundled Suite Sales: Pre-packaged bundles combining multiple products: Network Monitoring Suite (3 products) and Network Suite (4 products) offered at special promotional pricing for site and corporate licenses.
3. Site/Corporate Licenses: Unlimited usage site and corporate license options available at special promotional pricing for enterprise-wide deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DEK Software International (DEKSI) developed and sold network administration software for IT managers and network administrators. The product line included four standalone Windows-based tools—DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor, DEKSI Network Administrator, DEKSI Network Inventory, and DEKSI Network Monitor—covering bandwidth traffic analysis, network mapping and diagramming, hardware/software inventory auditing, and device/server availability monitoring, also offered as two bundled suites (Network Monitoring Suite and Network Suite). The business operated as a private reseller of 10-Strike Software products from 2008 until its closure in December 2017.

Product overview

DEK Software International offers a suite of network administration software products developed by network administrators for network administrators. The core product portfolio consists of four standalone applications: DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor (bandwidth traffic analysis and monitoring via SNMP/WMI/remote agents), DEKSI Network Administrator (network mapping, diagramming, and monitoring with built-in web server), DEKSI Network Inventory (software license auditing and hardware tracking supporting Windows, Linux, Android, and Mac OS), and DEKSI Network Monitor (device and server monitoring with ICMP/TCP port polling). These four products are also offered in two bundle configurations: DEKSI Network Monitoring Suite (combines Bandwidth Monitor, Network Administrator, and Network Monitor) and DEKSI Network Suite (includes all four products for comprehensive network management).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor Bandwidth traffic analyzer and manager that monitors network traffic from computers, servers, printers and other devices via SNMP protocol, WMI, and remote agents. Collects inbound/outbound traffic data, displays dynamic transfer speed changes, sends SMS/email alerts, and provides diagrams, reports, and statistics for network administrators managing bandwidth bottlenecks.
• DEKSI Network Administrator Network mapping, diagramming, and monitoring solution for Microsoft Windows networks that generates visual network maps, monitors hosts/servers/services, and exports diagrams to Microsoft Visio or XML schemes. Includes built-in web server for remote access and supports remote shutdown/restart, service access, event log viewing, and registry access for network administrators.
• DEKSI Network Inventory Software license auditing and hardware tracking solution that provides detailed listings of software and hardware installed on network computers. Supports Windows, Linux, Android, and Mac OS via WMI and SSH, exports data to MS SQL, MS Access, MS Excel, CSV, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, and provides alerts on hardware/software changes for IT asset managers.
• DEKSI Network Monitor Network device and server monitor that periodically polls devices via ICMP packets and TCP port connections to alert administrators about availability status via email, SMS, sound, or event log. Monitors databases, services, files, folders, processes, and free disk space to help prevent costly network downtime.
• DEKSI Network Monitoring Suite A specially priced bundle combining DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor, DEKSI Network Administrator, and DEKSI Network Monitor for integrated bandwidth monitoring, network mapping, and device/server monitoring. Exports diagrams to graphic images, Microsoft Visio, or XML.
• DEKSI Network Suite A comprehensive network management suite combining all four DEKSI products—DEKSI Bandwidth Monitor, DEKSI Network Administrator, DEKSI Network Inventory, and DEKSI Network Monitor—for complete network monitoring, mapping, inventory, and bandwidth management across an organization's LAN.

Quantifiable outcome

• Network devices monitored from single workstation with one license (pricing based on number of administrators, not devices)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 10-Strike Softwareformer_flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 December 2017DEK Software International was a reseller for 10-Strike Software from 2008-2017, marketing their networking products under re-branded DEKSI names. DEKSI products were exactly the same programs available on www.10-strike.com. DEKSI business was closed in December 2017 by owner Mark Jeffery Koch. 10-Strike Software now maintains the DEKSI website and supports old customers, recommending they purchase original 10-Strike products instead since DEKSI products are no longer updated.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ManageEngine: Zoho's IT management division offering integrated network monitoring, software/hardware asset management, and license auditing — overlapping directly with DEKSI Network Inventory's license-tracking and hardware-inventory capabilities.
• SolarWinds: Established enterprise IT monitoring vendor offering network performance monitoring, inventory, and bandwidth analysis — direct functional overlap with the entire DEKSI product suite, but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Datadog: Cloud-scale observability platform with network device monitoring, SNMP polling, and infrastructure inventory — a broader incumbent defining the modern competitive set against which legacy on-prem tools like DEKSI are benchmarked.

Emerging players

• Auvik Networks: Cloud-native network monitoring and management platform aimed at MSPs and mid-market — represents the modern, SaaS-delivered evolution of the network monitoring category that DEKSI served.

Direct peers

• Zabbix: Enterprise-grade open-source monitoring solution covering networks, servers, and applications — a comparable multi-protocol monitoring alternative for the same IT operations persona.
• Paessler (PRTG Network Monitor): Flagship SMB/mid-market network monitoring platform with multi-protocol polling (SNMP, WMI, NetFlow), auto-discovery, and dashboards — a head-to-head competitor to DEKSI Network Monitor and DEKSI Network Administrator.
• Spiceworks: Long-standing free/affordable IT management platform with network monitoring and inventory features serving the same SMB IT-administrator persona that DEKSI targeted via its product-led, self-serve model.
• Nagios: Open-source IT infrastructure monitoring platform with extensive SNMP/agent-based checks and plugin ecosystem — competes for the same network administrator buyer, especially in cost-sensitive SMB and on-prem deployments.
• WhatsUp Gold (Progress Software): Network monitoring suite focused on device up/down, performance, and configuration management — directly comparable to DEKSI Network Monitor and DEKSI Network Administrator for SMB/enterprise Windows environments.
• 10-Strike Software: The actual developer and current seller of the network monitoring/inventory software that DEKSI rebranded as 'DEKSI'. Following DEKSI's 2017 closure, 10-Strike took over the deksoftware.com site and now serves the legacy customer base — making it the closest 1:1 functional peer.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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