InterSystems Caché

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InterSystems Caché
Developer(s)InterSystems
Initial release1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Stable release
2018.1.4 / May 17, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-17)
Operating systemmultiple
Typedatabase management and application development
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteInterSystems.com

InterSystems Caché (

M technology
.

Description

Internally, Caché stores data in

MultiValue (also known as PICK) systems. In most[quantify] applications, however, object and/or SQL
access methods are used.

ODBC for relational access. XML and web services
are also supported.

Caché Server Pages (CSP) technology allows

rich web applications
.

History

InterSystems was founded in 1979 to commercialize MUMPS hierarchical databases. It launched Caché in 1997 as its flagship product and at that time ceased further development of its original MUMPS product line.[1]

Market

InterSystems claims Caché is the world's fastest object database.[2] However, high performance is achieved only for transactional operations that have a significantly hierarchical nature.[citation needed]

This database management system (DBMS) is used as part of hospital patient tracking,

Sungard includes Caché in the AddVantage asset management software to finance industry customers such as banks.[4] Telecommunications vendors BT Group and Vodacom also use Caché.[5]

The DB-Engines website ranked Caché as the most popular object-oriented DBMS every month from March 2013 to January 2023, when it was overtaken by InterSystems IRIS Data Platform.[6]

Platforms

Caché runs on

AIX, macOS and OpenVMS
platforms.

See also

GT.M, a related database system

References

  1. ^ "Our Passion: Company milestones". Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "InterSystems Caché – World's fastest database". InterSystems. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
  3. ^ "Case studies – By Industry". InterSystems. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  4. ^ InterSystems (June 19, 2002). "SunGard's AddVantage Exceeds Performance Benchmarks". Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Interystems case study: Vodacom. http://www.intersystems.fr/page/fr/case_study_vodacom
  6. ^ "Trend of Object Oriented DBMS Popularity". DB-Engines. Retrieved May 12, 2024.