History of Pick Reality

Microdata, MDIS, NIS, NPS to NEC Software Solutions… Reality, MultiValue heritage… that’s had many decades of enhancements The forerunner of Reality was called the General Information Management System – GIM and was designed by Don Nelson and Richard “Dick” Pick for the TRW company. It was delivered to the US Army in the mid 1960’s for logistics field support for the … Continue reading “History of Pick Reality”

Feature Information

Product Overview Information  Summary information is available in the following tabs using links to PDF Datasheets……  (click on each heading below for further details) A general Reality Brochure is available…  For details of the latest release refer to the main Product page. To review the features added within past releases refer to the Feature Catch-Up page.   Core Features Interfaces Resilience Database & Operating Environment  – high performance, … Continue reading “Feature Information”

Reality Host Platforms

Reality Host Platforms As Reality is built from a single source set all application level features are available across all supported host platforms. As Reality is in part a virtual operating system in its own right only the following can be supported and using other configurations could breach your contract to use Reality. SPARC/Solaris from Sun Oracle … for … Continue reading “Reality Host Platforms”

Reality

NEC Software Solutions Reality is the original commercial implementation of the Pick/MultiValue Database and Operating Environment, from NEC Software Solutions, tracing back to the original company lineage. As well as Reality provides many products and solutions for the public sector, within the UK and internationally. From 1st July 2021, Northgate Public Services became NEC Software … Continue reading “Reality”

What is Reality and MultiValue

New to Reality, MultiValue, NoSQL Databases… then read on Link to a brief overview of Reality, with external links to MultiValue/SQL/NoSQL Database Technology Background: Relational (SQL – Wiki Lookup) databases are prevalent owing to the marketplace once dominated by providers like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. There are also the so called open and/or free offerings … Continue reading “What is Reality and MultiValue”

NEWS

Reality News Archive… Click for ► Latest News …     Sep 13, 2016 – Reality V15.2 Service Pack #245… … … refer to the Latest Product Updates page. Nov 16, 2015 – Reality V15.1 Service Pack #154… … refer to the Latest Product Updates page. Oct 30, 2015 – Reality V15.2, New Feature Release Planned for Q1'2016. Aug 21, 2015 – Reality Documentation Revision Update 7, refer to the Documentation … Continue reading “NEWS”

SUPPORT

Support of the Reality Product For Service Level Agreement Support – Defined SLA (urgent support issues or queries), always contact your regional Support or Help Desk numbers in order to avoid any undue delay. Note: If sending system details to us, e.g. via the Contact us page, always provide the SYSINFO command output in order to identify the Platform … Continue reading “SUPPORT”

PRODUCT

Reality, the original MultiValue, NoSQL… … SQL-enabled Database and Operating Environment Reality V15, the latest release features and updates… Refer to the V15.2 – Latest Release page. Are you new to the Reality product set or this website… Then please refer to What is Reality and MultiValue  –  Product Overview  –  Website How to Use. Free 3-process Reality Evaluation for non-commercial use… … Continue reading “PRODUCT”

ABOUT US

Reality, a MultiValue database, application development and operating environment It is the database and operating environment of choice for a wide range of organisations and businesses, from small enterprises to large 24×7 mission critical environments, returning great value and offering exceptional levels of resilience. From its first commercial delivery back in December 1973 into the … Continue reading “ABOUT US”