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The History of Datacom/DB
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Society
- Volume 31, Number 4, October-December 2009
- pp. 87-91
- Article
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In the 40 years since its inception, Datacom/DB has been one of the most powerful and reliable database management systems available. It is still an industry-leading DBMS for the IBM mainframe environment, used by more than 1,000 mainframe sites around the world. A brief history of Datacom/DB reveals the various companies that have owned it, its evolution, and its companion products.