Title :
Product Managing DB2´s Early Development
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
operating systems (computers); relational databases; software development management; software reviews; DB2 version 1; IBM senior management; MVS; Santa Teresa Lab; operating system; product management; product review; relational database management system; Companies; Database systems; History; Laboratories; Marketing and sales; DB2; IBM; history of computing; relational database management systems;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2013.23
