ArcSDE

ArcSDE
Original author(s)Geographic Technologies Incorporated (GTI)
Developer(s)Esri
Initial release1995 (1995)
Stable release
10
Operating systemMS Windows; AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris
TypeGeographic information system
LicenseProprietary
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20060316161213/http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcsde/

ArcSDE (SDE for Spatial Database Engine) is a server-software sub-system (produced and marketed by Esri) that aims to enable the usage of Relational Database Management Systems for spatial data. The spatial data may then be used as part of a geodatabase.