\begin{frame} \frametitle{Motivation for Database Management Systems} \begin{goal}{Why not just store data in files?} \begin{itemize} \item \emph{no query language} \item \emph{weak logical structure} (limited to directories) \item \emph{no efficient access} \begin{itemize} \item searching through a large file can take hours \end{itemize} \item no or \emph{limited protection} from data loss \item \emph{no access control} for parallel manipulation of data \end{itemize} \end{goal} \bigskip So we need database management systems\ldots \end{frame}