Adabas D is a relational database system previously owned by Software AG. A relational database is a Database that groups data using common attributes found in the data set Founded in 1969 Software AG is an enterprise software company with over 4000 enterprise customers in over 70 countries Sun Microsystems makes use of Adabas D for its product StarOffice. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services StarOffice is Sun Microsystems ' proprietary Office suite software package.
Software AG has another database management system called ADABAS, which is a separate product and has little in common with Adabas D except the name. ADABAS ( Acronym for Adaptable DAta BAse System is Software AG ’s primary Database management system
Adabas D is now MaxDB owned by SAP and is a closed source database targeted for large SAP environments e. MaxDB is an ANSI SQL-92 (entry level compliant relational database management system ( RDBMS) from SAP AG, which was delivered also SAP AG (,) is the largest European Software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany g. mySAP Business Suite