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IBM IMS (Information Management System, predating DB2) failed for some large banks in Australia over the weekend. http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/st-g

by Maxious 11y ago

IBM IMS (Information Management System, predating DB2) failed for some large banks in Australia over the weekend. http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/st-george-bank-of-melbourne-and-banksa-outage-to-be-fixed-on-monday-night-st-george-says-20151005-gk1u3z.html http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/st-george-bank-of-m... "IBM designed the IMS with Rockwell and Caterpillar starting in 1966 for the Apollo program" "Vern Watts was IMS's chief architect for many years. Watts joined IBM in 1956 and worked at IBM's Silicon Valley development labs until his death on April 4, 2009. He had continuously worked on IMS since the 1960s." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Information_Management_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Information_Management_Sys...

mseebach 11y ago
> "IBM designed the IMS with Rockwell and Caterpillar starting in 1966 for the Apollo program" I've come across IMS before, and I absolutely love this line. This is a database built for the Apollo program by a tractor company. That's a kind of old-school solidity we don't see much anymore (mostly for the better, but still).
andyjohnson0 11y ago
Vern Watts was the first IBM Distinguished Engineer, and was responsible for some of the technologies that went into DB2 and other SQL databases. Some info about his career at [1] and [2]. [1] http://www.scaledb.com/vern.php http://www.scaledb.com/vern.php [2] http://vcwatts.org/ http://vcwatts.org/