Article ID: CBB001320345

Product Managing DB2's Early Development (2013)

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In late 1979, IBM senior management charged IBM's Santa Teresa Lab with the task of building a new relational database management system for its principal operating system, MVS. Marilyn Bohl became the DB2 product manager for version 1. This article describes DB2's early development organization and product testing and review as well as how it fit in IBM's other divisions and product releases.

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Authors & Contributors
Yost, Jeffrey R.
Wade, B. W.
Stachniak, Zbigniew
Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
Smith, Ronald Q.
Sippl, Roger
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
History and Technology
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Publishers
MIT Press
Columbia University
Concepts
Computer industry
Business and commerce
Computer science
Computers and computing
Databases
Technology
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Latin America
Europe
California (U.S.)
Mexico
Chile
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
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