IBM Information Management System (IMS) is a hierarchical database management system and transaction processing subsystem designed for z/OS. It provides data storage, retrieval, and online transaction processing capabilities for enterprise applications.
- Tech Docs
- https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ims[02]
- Developer
- Country of Origin
- US
- Start Year
- 1966
- Former Name
- Information Control System and Data Language Interface (ICS/DL/I)
- Project Type
- Commercial
- Operating System
- z/OS
- License
- Proprietary
IBM Information Management System (IMS) is a hierarchical database management system and transaction processing subsystem designed for z/OS. It provides data storage, retrieval, and online transaction processing capabilities for enterprise applications.
History[04][05]
Development began in 1966 to manage the bill of materials for the Apollo program's Saturn V rocket and spacecraft. The first version, known as ICS/DL/I, was completed in 1967 for the IBM System/360 Model 65 and officially installed at North American Rockwell in August 1968. IBM renamed the system IMS/360 in 1969 and subsequently evolved it alongside successive generations of IBM mainframes. IMS has undergone continuous updates for more than five decades and remains in active development today.
