<s>
FAME	B-Application
(	O
Forecasting	O
Analysis	O
and	O
Modeling	O
Environment	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
time	O
series	O
database	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
and	O
owned	O
by	O
FIS	O
Global	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAME	B-Application
software	O
environment	O
had	O
several	O
development	O
phases	O
during	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lawrence	O
C	O
.	O
Rafsky	O
founded	O
GemNet	O
Software	O
Corp	O
to	O
create	O
FAME	B-Application
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
development	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
time	O
series-oriented	O
database	O
engine	O
and	O
the	O
4GL	B-Language
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citigroup	O
sold	O
FAME	B-Application
to	O
private	O
investors	O
headed	O
by	O
Warburg	O
Pincus	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
focused	O
on	O
fixing	O
bugs	O
,	O
developing	O
remote	B-Device
database	O
server	B-Application
access	O
to	O
FAME	B-Application
,	O
and	O
investing	O
in	O
expanding	O
the	O
FAME	B-Application
database	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emphasis	O
was	O
also	O
placed	O
on	O
extending	O
FAME	B-Application
by	O
creating	O
an	O
object-oriented	O
Java	B-Language
interface	O
called	O
TimeIQ	O
that	O
replicated	O
many	O
features	O
of	O
FAME	B-Application
4GL	B-Language
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
period	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
access	O
point	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
URL	O
access	O
to	O
FAME	B-Application
objects	O
in	O
multiple	O
output	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunGard	O
acquired	O
FAME	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Sungard	O
merged	O
FAME	B-Application
and	O
MarketMap	O
Data	O
into	O
the	O
MarketMap	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
Desktop	O
Add-in	O
for	O
Excel	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
Desktop	O
is	O
an	O
Excel	B-Application
add-in	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
=	O
FMD(expression, sd, ed,0, freq, orientation )	O
and	O
=	O
FMS( expression	O
,	O
freq	O
+	O
date	O
)	O
formula	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
the	O
4GL	B-Language
command	O
prompt	O
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
formulas	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
are	O
linked	O
to	O
FAME	B-Application
objects	O
and	O
analytics	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
FAME	B-Application
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sample	O
excel	B-Application
templates	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
analytics	O
,	O
which	O
act	O
as	O
accelerators	O
for	O
clients	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
template	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAME	B-Application
Desktop	O
Add-in	O
was	O
first	O
renamed	O
as	O
FAME	B-Application
Populator	O
,	O
then	O
MarketMap	O
Analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
Connector	O
for	O
MATLAB	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
Matlab	B-Language
is	O
an	O
environment	O
for	O
technical	O
computing	O
applications	O
that	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
financial	O
sector	O
by	O
fixed-income	O
analysts	O
,	O
equity	O
research	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
investment	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
can	O
store	O
content	O
in	O
FAME	B-Application
and	O
use	O
Matlab	B-Language
to	O
access	O
and	O
model	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matlab-FAME	O
Connector	O
uses	O
the	O
FAME	B-Application
Java	B-Language
Toolkit	O
to	O
link	O
Matlab	B-Language
scripts	O
to	O
FAME	B-Application
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BITA	O
Curve	O
workstation	O
provides	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
can	O
link	O
to	O
“	O
in	O
database	O
”	O
analytics	O
and	O
content	O
warehoused	O
in	O
FAME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
BITA	O
Curve	O
Connector	O
,	O
FAME	B-Application
users	O
can	O
better	O
visualize	O
and	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
content	O
that	O
they	O
warehouse	O
into	O
FAME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
R	B-Language
Interface	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
customers	O
have	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
free	O
software	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
links	O
FAME	B-Application
objects	O
to	O
the	O
open-source	O
R	B-Language
statistical	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAS	O
provides	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
FAME	B-Application
databases	O
called	O
SASEFAME	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GemNet	O
introduced	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
FAME	B-Application
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
MCADBS	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
not	O
use	O
a	O
thin	O
C	O
HLI	O
client	O
to	O
leverage	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
4GL	B-Language
on	O
a	O
remote	B-Device
host	O
via	O
client/server	O
TCP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
7.5	O
release	O
also	O
introduced	O
some	O
important	O
4GL	B-Language
features	O
,	O
including	O
PostScript	O
Reports	O
,	O
and	O
database	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
global	O
names	O
and	O
formulas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1994	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
7.6	O
made	O
graphical	O
and	O
reporting	O
enhancements	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
performance	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
focus	O
was	O
on	O
improving	O
managed	O
content	O
delivery	O
to	O
onsite	O
FAME	B-Application
warehouses	O
and	O
hosted	O
ASP	O
FAME	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TimeIQ	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
FAME	B-Application
Java	B-Language
Toolkit	O
)	O
beta	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
created	O
an	O
object-oriented	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
9.0	O
increased	O
the	O
FAME	B-Application
database	O
size	O
limit	O
from	O
2GB	O
to	O
64	O
GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
SunGard	O
,	O
FAME	B-Application
’s	O
development	O
focus	O
shifted	O
to	O
the	O
4GL	B-Language
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
core	O
FAME	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
9.2	O
also	O
added	O
new	O
4GL	B-Language
debugging	O
features	O
,	O
analytical	O
functions	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
reporting	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
core	O
4GL	B-Language
features	O
included	O
the	O
MOVE	O
function	O
and	O
new	O
forms	O
of	O
the	O
SHIFT	O
and	O
FILESPEC	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FAME	B-Application
SEARCH	O
command	O
was	O
enhanced	O
with	O
the	O
PATH	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
support	O
mapped	O
FAME	B-Application
databases	O
and	O
the	O
TUNE	O
CACHE	O
MEGABYTES	O
option	O
helped	O
users	O
to	O
better	O
manage	O
large	O
volume	O
warehouses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
–	O
September	O
2007	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
9.3	O
added	O
new	O
debugging	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
DEBUG	O
option	O
and	O
BREAK	O
,	O
STEP	O
,	O
and	O
CONTINUE	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
9.3	O
also	O
introduced	O
new	O
graphical	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
BUBBLE	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2009	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
10.0	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FAME	B-Application
10	O
opens	O
up	O
the	O
environment	O
to	O
real-time	O
analysis	O
with	O
larger	O
database	O
storage	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
period	O
FAME	B-Application
has	O
also	O
focused	O
on	O
expanding	O
the	O
managed	O
content	O
delivered	O
to	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
out-of-the-box	O
object	O
models	O
that	O
warehouse	O
builders	O
can	O
leverage	O
when	O
loading	O
proprietary	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2010	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
10.1	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2011	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
10.2	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2012	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.0	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2012	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.1	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2012	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.2	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2013	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.3	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2014	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.4	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2015	O
:	O
FAME	B-Application
11.5	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
