InterSystems Corporation is a privately held vendor of software systems and technology for high-performance database management, rapid application development, integration, and healthcare information systems. Their products include InterSystems IRIS Data Platform, Caché Database Management System, the InterSystems Ensemble integration platform, the HealthShare healthcare informatics platform and TrakCare healthcare information system, which is sold outside the United States.

InterSystems is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company earned $644 million in 2017.

InterSystems has been named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems. InterSystems has been recognized as a January 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Operational Database Management Systems.

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