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Program Product developed by IBM became available on July 8, 1969, not long after IMS database management system. CICS was originally developed in the United States at an IBM Development Center in Des Plaines, Illinois, beginning in 1966. The first CICS product was released in 1968, named Public Utility Customer Information Control System, or PUCICS. CICS was originally developed to address requirements from the public utility industry, but it became clear immediately that it had applicability to many other industries, so the Public Utility prefix was dropped with the introduction of the first release of the CICS Program Product. 樣例文本 B ? History ? The first release of the CICS Program Product developed by IBM became avail