Distributed Database Management SystemName Institutional affiliateDistributed Database Management SystemA distributed database is a collection of individual databases stored in different computers, which can be accessed by the user as one database. Data from the individual databases is accessed and modified simultaneously through the computer network. The Distributed Database Management System (DDBMS) hides the details of the database from the user, to make it easier to use. The DDMBS ensures that data updated in one database is reflected in the entire database system, it ensure data integrity and access control. This document will discuss the reason why DDBMS are becoming popular, the advantages and disadvantages of DDBMS. Factors that led to DDBMSMany big organizations are distributed around the world. The headquarters may be in one continent, the manufacturing plants in another country and sales in several other countries. Each fraction of the company therefore has its local data, and occasionally needs data from the other fractions (Ray, 2009). This nature of the organization forces the company to implement a distributed kind of databases which is interconnected through a private or a Virtual Private Network (VPN) network. Distributed database also