• DocumentCode
    1372566
  • Title

    Adabas: Software AG of North America

  • Author

    Maguire, John Norris

  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    92
  • Lastpage
    99
  • Abstract
    Software AG of North America acquired and marketed the Adabas database management system (DBMS) for IBM mainframe computers primarily in the US. In this article, the company´s founder John Norris Maguire outlines marketing, sales, and pricing issues with Adabas and places its technical and business history within the context of Software AG´s competitors, focusing particularly on the challenge of competing against IBM products.
  • Keywords
    database management systems; marketing; pricing; Adabas database management system; DBMS; IBM mainframe computers; marketing; pricing issues; software AG; Aerospace industry; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Contracts; Database systems; Marketing and sales; Missiles; North America; Pricing; Testing; Adabas; IBM; John Norris Maguire; Software AG of North America; database management system (DBMS);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2009.89
  • Filename
    5370784