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In Memory of George Lang, Co-Founder, DataVantage It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of George Lang, co-founder of DataVantage, who died on January 18, 2026, at the age of 89. George’s contributions to our industry were foundational. Working first with IBM’s IMS database management system, he went on in the late … Read more

Looking back on the past 45 years, I am both amazed and proud of how far DataVantage has come. When I invented the first-ever multi-dimensional application development testing and data management software tool on the mainframe, my goal was to simplify the complexities of managing the IMS hierarchical databases supported by some of my consulting … Read more