Computer History Museum

The birth of IMS/360

Uri Berman worked with Pete Nordyke at Rockwell's Space Division on a massive parts list application for the Apollo space capsule. They had the idea of separating the disk access and recovery functions from the applications programs which accessed the data. Uri created Data Language/I (DL/I) which was also used with the program when it was converted to run as Information Management System (IMS) for the IBM S/360. IMS became a major program product for IBM with many thousands of installations and Uri was given an Outstanding Contribution Award with a large check attached. 3 scanned pages.

Item Details

Date
2007-04 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102762458
Other identifying number
doc-4b96aca992886 (Other number)
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Berman, Uri (Author)
Category
Personal Narrative
Credit line
Gift of Computer History Museum
Extent
3 p.
Language
English
Acquisition number
X7847.2017
Archive collection
Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection
Archive hierarchy
Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection