Past, Present and Future Trends in Data Base Automation at ECAC

Computer technology has kept pace with the ever-expanding requirements for computer power at ECAC. Assuming orderly expansion in the ECAC Data Base and project computing requirements, computer manufacturers are marketing, at present, systems which will accommodate these expanded requirements in the foreseeable future, say, the next five years. The far distant future is less certain. However, based on the improvements that have occurred to the state-of-the art of computer technology during the past years, there is every reason to believe that similar improvements will occur in the future.