DMS, which stands for Data Management Software, is software that takes in data and converts it into a single storage container, or aggregates diverse data into a consistent resource, such as a database.

In database management software there are common applications such as Microsoft Access, or SQL, which help to handle different kinds of data within their respective databases or data containers.

Apart from just taking in data, data management software often deals with other goals with managing data such as security, data integrity, and interactive queries.