Title: Research the history of databases.
Course: Database Design and Management (Oracle) (10052) > Section: Exploring Database Technologies

Research should compile facts about the origin of modern databases, such as

- the first mention of a relational database model in an article published by Edgar F. “Ted” Codd in 1970, which led to IBM’s System R and laid the foundation for database systems
- information about System R’s evolution into DB2, one of the first commercially successful relational database systems
- Honeywell’s first commercially available database, released in 1976, marking a milestone in database accessibility
- key developments through the 1980s and 1990s
- enterprise database systems by major companies such as Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft
- the influence of the Internet, which revolutionized database use for e-commerce, online businesses, and real-time applications.