<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
Corporation	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
vendor	O
of	O
software	O
systems	O
and	O
technology	O
for	O
high-performance	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
rapid	O
application	B-General_Concept
development	I-General_Concept
,	O
integration	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
healthcare	O
information	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vendor	O
's	O
products	O
include	O
,	O
Caché	B-Language
Database	B-Application
Management	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
the	O
InterSystems	B-Application
Ensemble	O
integration	B-Architecture
platform	O
,	O
the	O
HealthShare	B-Application
healthcare	O
informatics	O
platform	O
and	O
TrakCare	O
healthcare	O
information	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
sold	O
outside	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
is	O
based	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1978	O
by	O
Phillip	O
T	O
.	O
(	O
Terry	O
)	O
Ragon	O
,	O
its	O
current	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
vendors	O
of	O
M-technology	O
(	O
aka	O
MUMPS	B-Language
)	O
systems	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
ISM-11	O
(	O
an	O
DSM-11	O
clone	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
DEC	O
PDP-11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
acquired	O
several	O
other	O
MUMPS	B-Language
implementations	O
:	O
DTM	O
from	O
Data	O
Tree	O
(	O
1993	O
)	O
;	O
DSM	O
from	O
Digital	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
MSM	O
from	O
Micronetics	O
(	O
1998	O
)	O
;	O
making	O
InterSystems	B-Application
the	O
dominant	O
M	B-Language
technology	I-Language
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
eventually	O
started	O
combining	O
features	O
from	O
these	O
products	O
into	O
one	O
they	O
called	O
OpenM	O
,	O
then	O
consolidated	O
the	O
technologies	O
into	O
a	O
product	O
,	O
Caché	B-Language
,	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
they	O
stopped	O
new	O
development	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
legacy	O
M-based	O
products	O
(	O
although	O
the	O
company	O
still	O
supports	O
existing	O
customers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
launched	O
Ensemble	O
,	O
an	O
integration	B-Architecture
platform	O
,	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
HealthShare	B-Application
,	O
a	O
scalable	O
health	O
informatics	O
platform	O
,	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
InterSystems	B-Application
purchased	O
TrakHealth	O
,	O
an	O
Australian	O
vendor	O
of	O
TrakCare	O
,	O
a	O
modular	O
healthcare	O
information	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
InterSystems	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
firm	O
launched	O
Globals	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
database	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
multi-dimensional	O
array	O
storage	O
technology	O
used	O
in	O
Caché	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
InterSystems	B-Application
purchased	O
Siemens	O
Health	O
Services	O
(	O
SHS	O
)	O
France	O
from	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Siemens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
InterSystems	B-Application
announced	O
InterSystems	B-Application
IRIS	O
Data	O
Platform	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
said	O
,	O
combines	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
capabilities	O
together	O
with	O
interoperability	O
and	O
analytics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
sharding	B-General_Concept
for	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
IRIS	O
data	O
platform	O
,	O
a	O
hybrid	O
multi-model	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
for	O
real-time	O
transactions	O
and	O
analytics	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
or	O
public	O
fully	O
managed	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
IRIS	O
for	O
Health	O
,	O
a	O
data	O
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
healthcare	O
messaging	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
FHIR	O
,	O
HL7	O
,	O
and	O
IHE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HealthShare	B-Application
,	O
a	O
healthcare	O
informatics	O
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
and	O
secure	O
access	O
to	O
unified	O
care	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Language
Caché	I-Language
,	O
a	O
multi-model	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
application	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
Ensemble	O
,	O
a	O
rapid	O
integration	B-Architecture
and	O
application	B-General_Concept
development	I-General_Concept
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
InterSystems	B-Application
was	O
named	O
a	O
Visionary	O
in	O
Gartner	O
’s	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
for	O
its	O
InterSystems	B-Application
IRIS	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epic	O
Systems	O
,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
health	O
records	O
vendor	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
largest	O
customer	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
using	O
InterSystems	B-Application
technology	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epic	O
originally	O
built	O
its	O
electronic	B-Application
medical	I-Application
records	I-Application
software	O
on	O
InterSystems	B-Language
Caché	I-Language
but	O
used	O
InterSystems	B-Application
IRIS	O
data	O
platform	O
as	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
launched	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Veterans	O
Affairs	O
launched	O
a	O
HealthShare-based	O
platform	O
called	O
InterSystems	B-Application
Veterans	O
Data	O
Integration	B-Architecture
and	O
Federation	O
Enterprise	O
Platform	O
(	O
VDIF	O
EP	O
)	O
for	O
developing	O
longitudinal	O
patient	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
major	O
InterSystems	B-Application
customers	O
include	O
Credit	O
Suisse	O
,	O
whose	O
trading	O
platform	O
uses	O
InterSystems	B-Language
Caché	I-Language
;	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
InterSystems	B-Language
Caché	I-Language
for	O
its	O
Gaia	O
mission	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
3D	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
Milky	O
Way	O
;	O
Partners	O
Healthcare	O
,	O
which	O
built	O
its	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
records	I-Application
system	O
using	O
InterSystems	B-Language
Caché	I-Language
and	O
Ensemble	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
national	O
health	O
services	O
of	O
England	O
,	O
Scotland	O
,	O
and	O
Wales	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
TrakCare	O
for	O
sharing	O
patient	O
health	O
information	O
and	O
e-prescribing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3M	O
,	O
BNY	O
Mellon	O
,	O
Canon	O
,	O
Franklin	O
Templeton	O
,	O
HSBC	O
,	O
MSC	O
Mediterranean	O
Shipping	O
Company	O
,	O
Olympus	O
,	O
Ricoh	O
,	O
SPAR	O
,	O
and	O
TD	O
Ameritrade	O
also	O
use	O
InterSystems	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Boston	O
Globe	O
reported	O
that	O
InterSystems	B-Application
was	O
filing	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
,	O
another	O
tenant	O
in	O
its	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Mass.	O
,	O
headquarters	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
prevent	O
Microsoft	O
from	O
expanding	O
in	O
the	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InterSystems	B-Application
also	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
building	O
owner	O
Equity	O
Office	O
Partners	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
the	O
Blackstone	O
Group	O
,	O
"	O
contending	O
that	O
it	O
conspired	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
lease	O
space	O
that	O
InterSystems	B-Application
had	O
rights	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
sought	O
to	O
drive	O
up	O
rents	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
CEO	B-Application
Terry	O
Ragon	O
led	O
a	O
coalition	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
called	O
Save	O
Our	O
Skyline	O
to	O
protest	O
a	O
city	O
zoning	O
change	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
allowed	O
more	O
signs	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
commercial	O
buildings	O
,	O
partly	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
desire	O
to	O
put	O
a	O
sign	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
their	O
shared	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
disputes	O
were	O
eventually	O
settled	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
InterSystems	B-Application
agreed	O
to	O
both	O
put	O
low	O
signs	O
only	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
building	O
at	O
street	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
