• DocumentCode
    1282804
  • Title

    The RDBMS Industry: A Northern California Perspective

  • Author

    Campbell-Kelly, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Warwick University
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    This article describes the origins and development of the relational database management systems (RDBMS) industry, focusing on the firms IBM, Oracle, Ingres, Informix, and Sybase in the 1980s. The author analyzes the industry´s evolution in terms of the disruptive technology paradigm and regional economics and then broadly outlines the industry´s later development.
  • Keywords
    relational databases; IBM; Informix; Ingres; Oracle; RDBMS industry; Sybase; disruptive technology paradigm; northern California perspective; regional economics; relational database management system industry; Companies; Database systems; Economics; History; Relational databases; Software development; IBM; Informix; Ingres; Oracle; Sybase; history of computing; relational databases; software industry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2012.49
  • Filename
    6297965