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BUSINESS EDP MOVES TO DATA BASES
Source: Business Horizons Date: December, 1972
In a very prophetic article written at a very early date (1972), the author accurately predicts the emergence of data base management systems to become a standard in business EDP everywhere. As the article states “A new concept in business data processing is achieving significant acceptance by both computer manufacturers and major users of computer systems. This new technique uses standard “data management systems” (DMS) software packages to implement business data processing on a “data base” (DB). Currently the number of American DMS users is estimated to be approximately 600. DMS availability offers the possibility of reducing the long-term costs of data processing and of increasing the capabilities of the business programmer by automating many of the functions now performed manually. The DB concept has so developed over the last decade that it can be implemented by most medium and large-stale users of data processing equipment. In the 1960s COBOL programming language emerged as the standard language for business DMS; in the 1970s a combination of data bases and COBOL will become the standard procedure for implementing business data processing systems.”
