Technical note: IMS celebrates thirty years as an IBM product

  • Authors:

  • K. R. Blackman

  • Affiliations:

  • IBM North America Division, Advanced Technical Support--Dallas Systems Center, Santa Teresa Laboratory, 555 Bailey Avenue, San Jose, California

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

This technical note recognizes the thirtieth anniversary of the IBM Information Management System (IMSTM) and describes the initial requirements that led to the development of IMS. It also describes how IMS has evolved over the past thirty years to implement new technology while preserving customers' application programming investments.