InterSystems
Encyclopedia
InterSystems Corporation (ISC) is a privately held vendor of software for high-performance database management
, rapid application development
, integration
, and healthcare information systems. The vendors products are the Caché
DBMS and application development environment, the Ensemble integration platform, DeepSee embedded real-time business intelligence, and the HealthShare health information network platform. InterSystems also has a subsidiary, TrakHealth, which operates outside the United States and sells the TrakCare healthcare information system.
InterSystems is based in Cambridge
, Massachusetts
. They have sales offices in Australia
, Belgium
, Brazil
, Chile
, China
, Czech Republic
, Finland
, France
, Germany
, Israel
, Italy
, Japan
, Netherlands
, Russia
, South Africa
, Spain
, Sweden
, Switzerland
, Thailand
, United Arab Emirates
, and the United Kingdom
.
, its current CEO as of 2011. InterSystems was one of the original vendors of M-technology (aka MUMPS
) systems, with a product called ISM. Over the years, InterSystems acquired several other MUMPS implementations: DTM from Data Tree (1993); DSM from Digital
(1995); and MSM from Micronetics (1998); making InterSystems the dominant M technology vendor. InterSystems eventually started combining features from these products into one they called OpenM. InterSystems launched Caché
in 1997. At that time they stopped new development for all of their legacy M-based products (although the company stills supports existing customers who use them). They launched Ensemble in 2003 and HealthShare in 2006. In 2007, InterSystems purchased TrakHealth, an Australian vendor of TrakCare, a modular healthcare information system that is based on InterSystems’ technology. DeepSee, a real-time business intelligence
system implemented in Caché, was launched in 2008. In May 2011, InterSystems launched Globals as a free database based on the multi-dimensional array storage technology used in Caché
.. In September 2011, InterSystems purchased Siemens Health Services (SHS) France from its Siemens
parent company. SHS will operate as “InterSystems SAS”.
On August 14, 2008, the Boston Globe reported that InterSystems was filing a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, another tenant in their headquarters in Cambridge, seeking to prevent them from expanding their space in the building. They also filed a lawsuit against building owner Equity Office Partners, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, "contending that it conspired with Microsoft to lease space that InterSystem had rights to, and sought to drive up rents in the process."
Database management system
A database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
, rapid application development
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
, integration
Enterprise application integration
Enterprise Application Integration is defined as the use of software and computer systems architectural principles to integrate a set of enterprise computer applications.- Overview :...
, and healthcare information systems. The vendors products are the Caché
Caché (software)
InterSystems Caché is a commercial object database management system from InterSystems Corporation. It provides object and SQL access to the database, as well as allowing direct manipulation of Caché’s underlying data structures. The company claims Caché is the world’s fastest object database...
DBMS and application development environment, the Ensemble integration platform, DeepSee embedded real-time business intelligence, and the HealthShare health information network platform. InterSystems also has a subsidiary, TrakHealth, which operates outside the United States and sells the TrakCare healthcare information system.
InterSystems is based in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. They have sales offices in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
, and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
History
InterSystems was founded in 1978 by Phillip T. (Terry) RagonPhillip Ragon
Phillip Terrence "Terry" Ragon is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded InterSystems and is its current CEO. He pledged to donate US $100 million over 10 years period for AIDS research through the Phillip T. and Susan M...
, its current CEO as of 2011. InterSystems was one of the original vendors of M-technology (aka MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS , or alternatively M, is a programming language created in the late 1960s, originally for use in the healthcare industry. It was designed for the production of multi-user database-driven applications...
) systems, with a product called ISM. Over the years, InterSystems acquired several other MUMPS implementations: DTM from Data Tree (1993); DSM from Digital
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
(1995); and MSM from Micronetics (1998); making InterSystems the dominant M technology vendor. InterSystems eventually started combining features from these products into one they called OpenM. InterSystems launched Caché
Caché (software)
InterSystems Caché is a commercial object database management system from InterSystems Corporation. It provides object and SQL access to the database, as well as allowing direct manipulation of Caché’s underlying data structures. The company claims Caché is the world’s fastest object database...
in 1997. At that time they stopped new development for all of their legacy M-based products (although the company stills supports existing customers who use them). They launched Ensemble in 2003 and HealthShare in 2006. In 2007, InterSystems purchased TrakHealth, an Australian vendor of TrakCare, a modular healthcare information system that is based on InterSystems’ technology. DeepSee, a real-time business intelligence
Business intelligence
Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
system implemented in Caché, was launched in 2008. In May 2011, InterSystems launched Globals as a free database based on the multi-dimensional array storage technology used in Caché
Caché (software)
InterSystems Caché is a commercial object database management system from InterSystems Corporation. It provides object and SQL access to the database, as well as allowing direct manipulation of Caché’s underlying data structures. The company claims Caché is the world’s fastest object database...
.. In September 2011, InterSystems purchased Siemens Health Services (SHS) France from its Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
parent company. SHS will operate as “InterSystems SAS”.
On August 14, 2008, the Boston Globe reported that InterSystems was filing a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, another tenant in their headquarters in Cambridge, seeking to prevent them from expanding their space in the building. They also filed a lawsuit against building owner Equity Office Partners, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, "contending that it conspired with Microsoft to lease space that InterSystem had rights to, and sought to drive up rents in the process."
Products
The company's products include:- InterSystems Caché, an object databaseObject databaseAn object database is a database management system in which information is represented in the form of objects as used in object-oriented programming...
; - InterSystems Ensemble, a Rapid integration and development platform;
- InterSystems DeepSee, which is for Embedded real-time business intelligence;
- InterSystems HealthShare, a Health information exchange platform; and
- InterSystems TrakCare, a Web-based healthcare information system.