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Article ID: CBB001211139

The RDBMS Industry: A Northern California Perspective (2012)

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume: 34, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 18-29

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on relational database management systems.
Language: English

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Computer science Relational databases; management Technology and industry Databases Computer industry Business and commerce 20th century, late California (U.S.)

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.

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Article Darwen, H. (2012) The Relational Model: Beginning of an Era. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (pp. 30-37). unapi

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