Brief History of Modern RDBMS IT Management, A

Welcome. In the following series of articles a specific environment in the many and varied realms of Information Technology environments will be explored in a little detail. This is the domain of the RDBMS, or Relational Database Management System. Such systems have evolved, in the course of time, due to the demand for the services that these systems provide. Also considered in these articles is the parallel requirements of IT Management practices as the decades brought one wave of technological change after another. When the first cars appeared, they were often accompanied by a stand-by mechanic with a toolbox in hand riding on the running boards and ready for any roadside repairs.