Database management systems

Abstract

A database management system (DBMS) links a company's diverse divisions and operations. It is both a software and hardware that handles the organization, storage, retrieval, accuracy and security of information in a database. The DBMS helps a firm meet today's mandate of delivering products and services better, faster and more cheaply. In general, today's DBMSs make the heterogeneous 'legacy' systems of different divisions and operations work together. With DBMS, a company's many sites and offices worldwide can exchange the manufacturing information they need to be competitive.