Title :
History of the Ingres Corporation
Author :
Rowe, Lawrence A.
Author_Institution :
FX Palo Alto Laboratory
Abstract :
Developed at the University of California, Berkeley, beginning in 1972, the INGRES relational database management system was originally a research prototype that helped to prove the viability of relational systems. This article describes the subsequent development and commercialization of INGRES and covers the strategic decisions made by the company´s founders and the lessons learned from their experiences.
Keywords :
relational databases; strategic planning; Berkeley; INGRES commercialization; INGRES development; INGRES relational database management system; Ingres Corporation history; University of California; strategic decisions; Commercialization; Companies; Computational modeling; Database systems; History; Relational databases; Strategic planning; ASK Corporation; Berkeley; Eugene (Gene) Wong; INGRES; Michael Stonebraker; Oracle; QUEL; RDBMS; SQL; University of California; history of computing; relational databases;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2012.51
