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What is database management software?

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What is database management software?

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3B) What is IMS? 3C) How is DB2? 3D) What This Means to the Auditor 3A) >>>>What is Database Management Software? Database management software is a program which manipulates large amounts of related data in a way that lets several other programs read and write the data at the same time. For example, all the customer information for a company might be stored in a CUSTINFO database. Order entry staff might be using programs which need to read and write information such as customer name and address, quantity ordered, and so on. At the same time, Accounts Receivable might need to update the customer information regarding payments received. The Marketing Department might want to use other programs reading the same data to produce sales analysis reports. Database management software, such as IMS and DB2, makes this possible. Database management software keeps a single copy of the data, so that updates need to be made in only one place (a plus for data integrity). It manages concurrent reques