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Business Definition for: Database Management System

  • a dedicated computer program designed to manipulate a collection of information

Wiktionary Definition for: Database Management System

  • (computing) A suite of interrelated computer programs designed to manage message processing and database update in a tightly controlled manner.

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Cartesis partners with IBM. (Deals in Brief).(DB2 database management system)(Brief Article)
Norwalk-based Cartesis has signed a deal with IBM Corp. to incorporate the company's DB2 database management system into its business performance management BPM offering. The database will be integrated with Cartesis Magnitude, providing, a stro Norwalk-based Cartesis has signed a deal with IBM...
Tags: database management system, IBM Corp., IBM DB2
Research articles 2003-06-30
Pick's D3 Database Management System Achieves Phenomenal Results On IBM's 262 MHz RS/6000 S70; Performance Test Demonstrates D3's Ease of Migration and Scalability
IRVINE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 11, 1998--Pick SystemsR Inc., a leading developer of multi-user, multi-value database management system DBMS software, today announced that its D3R database management system achieved a significant performance boost on IBM'sR 64-bit 262 MHz RS/6000R S70 and AIXR version 4.3.
Tags: IBM Corp., scalability
Research articles 1998-08-11
With shipments of 10,000 units per month, Alpha Four from Alpha Software of Burlington Mass., is now the third best selling relational database management system in the US. (Massachusetts) (Market Watch )
With shipments of 10,000 units per month, Alpha Four from Alpha Software of Burlington, Mass., is now the third best selling relational database management system in the US. According to the International Data Corp.'s IDC 1991 PC Database Management System Software Market Analysis Review and Forecast,...
Tags: Alpha, Alpha Software, Databases, International Data Corp., RDBMS, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1991-07-01
Versant Object Database Management System is Integrated with Evans & Sutherland's New Simulation Software Product; E&S' Integrator NT system provides solution to managing large, complex synthetic environments
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1996--Versant Object Technology (NASDAQ: VSNT) today announced that Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation (E&S) (NASDAQ: ESCC) has incorporated the Versant Object Database Management System ODBMS in its revolutionary new simulation software system, Integrator NT. Developers and end users use the Versant ODBMS within Integrator to...
Tags: Evans & Sutherland Ltd.
Research articles 1996-12-04
RISC SYSTEMS Provide Solution for VMARK Software's Universe; uniVerse Database Management System Available on NEC RISC Windows NT Platforms
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 24, 1996-- Strengthening its position as a provider of servers for database management solutions, NEC Technologies today announced the availability of the uniVerse relational database management system provided by VMARK Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMRK), on the NEC RISC systems platform running Windows NT.
Tags: database, database management, database management system, NEC Corp., RISC
Research articles 1996-01-24
Choice Of Database Management System Has Implications For Years To Come, Idc Warns
Choosing a database management system DBMS for the enterprise involves much more than making a tactical decision to solve an immediate business need. The effects of that choice will be felt within the organization for years to come, warns IT market watcher International Data Corp. "The wrong DBMS...
Tags: Databases, DBMS, HARDWARE, International Data Corp., SOFTWARE, Storage
Research articles 1999-04-12
CHOICE OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR YEARS TO COME, IDC WARNS.
Choosing a database management system DBMS for the enterprise involves much more than making a tactical decision to solve an immediate business need. The effects of that choice will be felt within the organization for years to come, warns IT market watcher International Data Corp....
Tags: Databases, DBMS, HARDWARE, International Data Corp., SOFTWARE, Storage
Research articles 1999-04-05
Objectivity announces major enhancements to Objectivity DB ODBMS; first object database management system to support centralized or distributed client server applications
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 17, 1995-- Objectivity Inc. Tuesday announced Objectivity/DB version 3.5, a new release of the leading object database management system ODBMS for mission-critical client/server applications.
Tags: client-server, database, database management, database management system, Objectivity
Research articles 1995-01-17
Sybase releases beta version of e-business database management system
Worldwide Computer Products News-24 January 2001-Sybase releases beta version of e-business database management system C1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: database, database management, database management system, e-business, Sybase Inc.
Research articles 2001-01-24
Computer Associates to provide database management system to Nordea
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-19 March 2002-Computer Associates to provide database management system to Nordea C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., database, database management, database management system
Research articles 2002-03-19
Image database management for scanning electron microscopes
A system for setting up and maintaining multiple databases for images made with the 'XL Series' scanning electron microscopes has been developed by Philips Analytical of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The 'Image Database Management System' automatically rA system for setting up and maintaining multiple databases for images ...
Tags: database, database management, image, Philips Electronics N.V.
Research articles 1993-04-01
Informix Extends Windows NT Product Offerings; Informix Products on Windows NT Offer Workgroup-to Enterprise Database Management Solution
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1995--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, extended its support for Microsoft's Windows NT operating system today by announcing the general availability next month of the next version of its flagship enterprise relational database management system, INFORMIXR-OnLine Dynamic ServerTM...
Tags: database, database management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT
Research articles 1995-12-04
Informix Unveils Product Strategy For Universal Server; New Content Management System Heralds Paradigm Shift in Information Management
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 6, 1996--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, today announced its product strategy for INFORMIXR-Universal Server, the first enterprise-capable, fully extensible relational database management system. Universal Server will be the first in a completely new class of information management systems...
Tags: information management, server, strategy
Research articles 1996-02-06
Ca Unveils Datacom Relational Database Management R12
CA (NASDAQ:CA), Islandia, N.Y., has unveiled CA DatacomR r12, a new version of its high-performance/high-availability relational database management system that helps customers cost-effectively scale capacity and performance by exploiting IBM's System z Integrated Information Processor zIIP specialty processor. LogLogic, San Jose, Calif., the log management leader, has ...
Tags: Datacom Inc.
Research articles 2009-07-01
Financial Times adopts Versant-based news management system.
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 September 2003-Versant: Financial Times adopts Versant-based news management systemC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09222003 The Financial Times has adopted the Versant-based EidosMedia Methode news management system. Built on the Versant Developer Suite VDS object database management system, Methode is now...
Tags: Databases, Financial Times, HARDWARE, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Storage, Versant
Research articles 2003-09-23
ThomasTech And C-SPAN Sign Contract To Develop Programming And Scheduling Management System
HORSHAM, Pa., April 3, 2002--Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. has contracted with C-SPAN, the public affairs cable network, to build a production database management system."We are very excited about C-SPAN joining our family of clients," comments Darryl J. Fisher, ThomasTech president and CEO. "They selected us because of our extensive experience...
Tags: C-Span
Research articles 1970-01-01
Sprint deploys VERSANT in distributed sales order management system; Up To 1,500 Sales Representatives To Use Smalltalk-Based Mobile Sales Order System
IRVING, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 24, 1996--Sprint, a leading provider of advanced digital telecommunications services, announced today that it has deployed the industry-leading VERSANT object database management system ODBMS as a core component of its Customer Information System Extension.
Tags: mobile, sales, Sprint Communications
Research articles 1996-01-24
Sybase IQ Positioned in Leading Independent Research Firm's Visionaries Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant
DUBLIN, Calif. -- Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that Sybase[R] IQ analytics server has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the 2007 Data Warehouse DBMS Magic Quadrant report authored by Donald Feinberg and Mark A. Beyer...
Tags: data warehouse, Sybase Inc.
Research articles 2007-11-13
Process SQL On A Database Server By Using A Pass-Through Query
You can use Microsoft Office Access 2007 as a tool in which to create and modify a database and work with its data, but you can also use Office Access 2007 as a front end interface for a server database management system, such as Microsoft SQL Server. Generally, when you...
Tags: Database Server, Microsoft Office, Database Management System, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
White papers
Informix's Illustra Database Chosen for Second Phase of NASA's "Mission to Planet Earth"; Informix To Provide 4D Spatial Modeling and Other Complex Data Management for One of the World's Largest and Most Complex Information Systems
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 6, 1996--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of innovative database technology, announced today that its IllustraD4 database server was chosen to be a primary database management system DBMS for NASA's Earth Observing System EOS Data and Information System EOSDIS, an important part of "Mission To...
Tags: data management, database, information system, NASA
Research articles 1996-05-06
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