InterSystems

InterSystems was founded in 1978 by Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon, its current CEO.{{cite web|url=https://www.intersystems.com/who-we-are/leadership/|title=Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon|website=intersystems.com|access-date=2020-01-12}} The firm was one of the vendors of M-technology (aka MUMPS) systems, with a product called ISM-11 (an DSM-11 clone) for the DEC PDP-11 .{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/little-known-intersystems-grows-to-dominate-an-it-market-in-age-of-obamacare/2014/07/17/db975f82-0ba0-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html|title=Little-known InterSystems grows to dominate an IT market in age of Obamacare|last=Coffey|first=Brendan|date=2014-07-18|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} Over the years, it acquired several other MUMPS implementations: DTM from Data Tree (1993); DSM from Digital (1995);{{cite web|url=http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/masterindex/cover_letter/cover_letter_013a1ce4.txt|title=Cover Letter re DSM|access-date=2021-01-24|date=1999-05-31|author1=Larry Goelz|author2=John Paladino|publisher=Compaq}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and MSM from Micronetics (1998); making InterSystems the dominant M technology vendor.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

The firm eventually started combining features from these products into one they called OpenM, then consolidated the technologies into a product, Caché, in 1997.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Who We Are|url=http://www.intersystems.com/who-we-are/our-passion/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808045501/http://www.intersystems.com/who-we-are/our-passion/|archive-date=August 8, 2014|access-date=|website=}} At that time they stopped new development for all of their legacy M-based products (although the company still supports existing customers). They launched Ensemble, an integration platform, in 2003{{Cite news|url=https://www.intersystems.com/news-events/news/news-item/intersystems-launches-ensemble-comprehensive-integration-platform-enables-rapid-implementation/|title=Intersystems Launches Ensemble - Comprehensive Integration Platform Enables Rapid Implementation {{!}} InterSystems Corporation|work=InterSystems Corporation|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-US}} and HealthShare, a scalable health informatics platform, in 2006.{{Cite news|url=https://www.intersystems.com/news-events/news/news-item/intersystems-introduces-healthshare-high-performance-massively-scalable-information-delivery-framework-targets-rhios-hie-networks-forming-worldwide/|title=InterSystems Introduces HealthShare - High Performance, Massively Scalable Information Delivery Framework Targets RHIOs, HIE Networks Forming Worldwide {{!}} InterSystems Corporation|work=InterSystems Corporation|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-US}} In 2007, InterSystems purchased TrakHealth, an Australian vendor of TrakCare, a modular healthcare information system based on InterSystems technology. In May 2011, the firm launched Globals as a free database based on the multi-dimensional array storage technology used in Caché.{{cite web | url=http://www.globalsdb.org | title= Globals}} In September 2011, InterSystems purchased Siemens Health Services (SHS) France from its parent company, Siemens.{{Cite news|url=https://www.intersystems.com/news-events/news/news-item/intersystems-takes-healthcare-it-leadership-position-in-france/|title=InterSystems Takes Healthcare IT Leadership Position in France {{!}} InterSystems Corporation|work=InterSystems Corporation|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-US}} In September 2017, InterSystems announced InterSystems IRIS Data Platform, which, the company said, combines database management capabilities together with interoperability and analytics, as well as technologies such as sharding for performance.{{cite web | url=https://www.intersystems.com/news-events/news/news-item/new-comprehensive-data-platform-accelerates-application-development-deployment/ | title= InterSystems press release| date= 12 September 2017}}

The company's products include the following:

• InterSystems IRIS data platform, a hybrid multi-model database management system for real-time transactions and analytics that is available as a private or public fully managed cloud platform.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-23|title=Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-24NM3UP3&ct=201125&st=sb|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Gartner}}
• InterSystems IRIS for Health, a data platform that supports healthcare messaging protocols such as FHIR, HL7, and IHE.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-13|title=InterSystems IRIS for Health™ was selected by Konica Minolta Japan for Rapid FHIR-Based Data Integration for Imaging Devices|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210113005541/en/InterSystems-IRIS-for-Health%E2%84%A2-was-selected-by-Konica-Minolta-Japan-for-Rapid-FHIR-Based-Data-Integration-for-Imaging-Devices|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}
• HealthShare, a healthcare informatics platform that supports the creation of and secure access to unified care records.{{Cite web|last=Pennic|first=Fred|date=2020-03-03|title=InterSystems Launches HealthShare Managed Connections to Improve Data Exchange -|url=https://hitconsultant.net/2020/03/03/intersystems-launches-healthshare-managed-connections-to-improve-data-exchange/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=HIT Consultant|language=en-US}}
• TrakCare, a web-based healthcare information system, available outside the U.S.{{Cite web|last=McArthur|first=Rachel|date=2020-11-26|title=Saudi Arabia's IMC to adopt InterSystems TrakCare|url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/emea/saudi-arabia-s-imc-adopt-intersystems-trakcare|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Healthcare IT News|language=en}}
• InterSystems Caché, a multi-model database management systems and application server. A MUMPS Server with SQL-Overlay and featured developer tools
• InterSystems Ensemble, a rapid integration and application development platform.{{Cite web|title=Intersystems Ensemble|url=https://www.outcomehealthcare.com/hl7-data-integration/intersystems-ensemble/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Outcome Healthcare|language=en-US}}

In 2020, InterSystems was named a Visionary in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud database management systems for its InterSystems IRIS technology.

Epic Systems, a privately held health records vendor, is the company’s largest customer and has been using InterSystems technology for more than 40 years.{{Cite web|last=Jercich|first=Kat|date=2020-10-13|title=Epic to use InterSystems as data foundation for latest EHR release|url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/epic-use-intersystems-data-foundation-latest-ehr-release|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Healthcare IT News|language=en}} Epic originally built its electronic medical records software on InterSystems Caché but used InterSystems IRIS data platform as the foundation of a new release of its software launched in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Monegain|first=Bernie|date=2015-02-26|title=What does InterSystems' Caché have to do with Epic's EHR?|url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-does-intersystems-cach%C3%A9-have-do-epic|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Healthcare IT News|language=en}} As of 2022, Epic EMR software held the records of 78% of all U.S. patients and 3% of patients globally.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Katie |date=April 12, 2021 |title=31 Numbers That Show How Big Epic, Cerner, Allscripts & Meditech Are in Healthcare |language=English |newspaper=Becker's Hospital Review |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/31-numbers-that-show-how-big-epic-cerner-allscripts-meditech-are-in-healthcare.html |access-date=June 12, 2022}}

In July 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched a HealthShare-based platform called InterSystems Veterans Data Integration and Federation Enterprise Platform (VDIF EP) for developing longitudinal patient records.{{Cite web|last=Jason|first=Christopher|date=2020-11-24|title=InterSystems to Boost Patient Data Sharing Using Analytics|url=https://ehrintelligence.com/news/intersystems-to-boost-patient-data-sharing-using-analytics|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=EHRIntelligence|language=en-US}} VDIF EP enables care providers both within and outside the Veterans Health Administration to access veterans’ patient records.{{Cite web|last=Jason|first=Christopher|date=2020-12-21|title=VA Taps Interoperability Platform for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment|url=https://ehrintelligence.com/news/va-taps-interoperability-platform-for-covid-19-vaccine-deployment|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=EHRIntelligence|language=en-US}} The VA has used VDIF EP for tracking COVID-19 infections among veterans and VA medical personnel and for managing resource deployment across 172 VA medical centers and more than 1,000 outpatient clinics.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-22|title=InterSystems helps VA ensure early veteran access to COVID-19 vaccine|url=https://www.hpnonline.com/sourcing-logistics/lab-pharmacy-supply-management/article/21203678/intersystems-helps-va-ensure-early-veteran-access-to-covid19-vaccine|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Healthcare Purchasing News}}

Other major InterSystems customers include Credit Suisse, whose trading platform uses InterSystems Caché; the European Space Agency, which used InterSystems Caché for its Gaia mission to create a 3D map of the Milky Way; Mass General Brigham, which built its electronic health records system using InterSystems Caché and Ensemble; and the national health services of England, Scotland, and Wales, which use TrakCare for sharing patient health information and e-prescribing. 3M, BNY Mellon, Canon, Franklin Templeton, HSBC, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, Olympus, Ricoh, SPAR, and TD Ameritrade also use InterSystems software.{{Cite news|last=Coffey|first=Brendan|date=2014-07-18|title=Little-known InterSystems grows to dominate an IT market in age of Obamacare|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/little-known-intersystems-grows-to-dominate-an-it-market-in-age-of-obamacare/2014/07/17/db975f82-0ba0-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html|access-date=2021-01-22|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|last=Moukheiber|first=Zina|title=Behind Epic Systems, A Low-Key Health IT Company Called InterSystems|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2013/03/04/behind-epic-systems-a-low-key-health-it-company-called-intersystems/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Monegain|first=Bernie|date=2011-08-03|title=Partners HealthCare clinicians go to mobile EHR|url=https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/partners-healthcare-clinicians-go-mobile-ehr|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=MobiHealthNews|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Monegain|first=Bernie|date=2016-06-15|title=InterSystems to roll out TrakCare for NHS in Scotland|url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/intersystems-roll-out-trakcare-nhs-scotland|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Healthcare IT News|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2013-10-21|title=TrakCare Lab live in Wales|url=https://www.digitalhealth.net/2013/10/trakcare-lab-live-in-wales/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Digital Health|language=en-GB}}

On August 14, 2008, the Boston Globe reported that InterSystems was filing a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, another tenant in its Cambridge, Mass., headquarters, seeking to prevent Microsoft from expanding in the building. InterSystems 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 InterSystems had rights to, and sought to drive up rents in the process".{{cite news | title = For Microsoft, not all is neighborly in Cambridge | work = The Boston Globe | url = http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/14/for_microsoft_not_all_is_neighborly_in_cambridge/ | accessdate = 2008-10-25 | first=Casey | last=Ross | date=August 14, 2008}}

In 2010, CEO Terry Ragon led a coalition in Cambridge called Save Our Skyline to protest a city zoning change that would have allowed more signs on top of commercial buildings, partly in response to Microsoft's desire to put a sign on top of their shared building.{{cite news | title = Critics put city on notice over sign rules | work = boston.com | url=http://archive.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/articles/2010/10/09/some_in_cambridge_say_they_want_to_repeal_new_sign_rules/ | accessdate = 2016-04-06 | first=Meghan | last=Irons | date = October 9, 2010}}

Both disputes were eventually settled, and Microsoft and InterSystems agreed to both put low signs only in front of the building at street level.

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