The Origin of the Integrated Data Store (IDS): The First Direct-Access DBMS

Author

Bachman, Charles W.

Volume

31

Issue

4

fYear

2009

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

54

Abstract

The integrated data store (IDS), the first direct-access database management system, was developed at General Electric in the early 1960s. Revisiting the development challenges that lead to its first production version reveals the origins of DBMSs and their impact on software development and business management. IDS and its derivative systems are still in use today, supporting a thousand mainframe installations.

Keywords

database management systems; software engineering; business management; direct-access DBMS; direct-access database management system; integrated data store; software development; Business; Computer aided manufacturing; Control systems; Data processing; Database systems; Intrusion detection; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Open source software; Operating systems; Integrated Data Store (IDS); Materials Information and Control System (MIACS); data model; data structure diagram; database management system (DBMS); generic application systems; metadata; online transaction processing (OLTP); owner/member set; problem controller;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1058-6180

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAHC.2009.110

Filename

5370778