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However, starting in 1980, the technological age of the product became apparent and sales of Mark IV leveled off, amassing only about 60 percent of what Informatics had planned for.<ref>Campbell-Kelly, ''From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog'', p. 118. See also chart on p. 117.</ref>

A successor product, Mark V, was released in 1981–82.<ref>See name{{cite news | author-last="elecSnyders | author-markv">first=Jan | title=Programmer Aids Increase Productivity | work=Computer Decisions | date=January 1982 | page= 38 | url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/programmer-aids-increase-productivity/docview/196846127/se-2?accountid=196403 | via=ProQuest}}, which implies it was either released in 1981 or this particular customer was a beta user. See also {{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tllJAQAAIAAJMMSvi567BMUC&qpg=informatics+%22mark+v%22PA57 |magazine title=ElectronicsIntroducing Mark V (TM) for CICS users |date newspaper=1982Computerworld |page date=136?March 5, 1984 |title page=uncertain57}}, an advertisement that refers to Mark V for IMS having come out two years prior.</ref> In contrast to the batch-only features of Mark IV, the goal of Mark V was the generation of online applications, although initially this was still done through some batch-oriented development steps.<ref name="elec-markv"/>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tllJAQAAIAAJ&q=informatics+%22mark+v%22 |magazine=Electronics |date=1982 |page=136? |title=uncertain}}</ref>

The same taxonomy of application generators mentioned earlier placed Mark V in the category of "Application Development Systems", as it covered more advanced capabilities such as generating online systems with screen dialogue and similar features.<ref name="card-graf"/> Mark V was made available for two IBM mainframe online transaction processing environments, [[IBM Information Management System|IMS/DC]] and, beginning in 1983, [[CICS]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xg3P92QsSqIC&pg=PA57 |title=Informatics Updates Mark V For IBM CICS Environments |magazine=Computerworld |date=October 3, 1983 |page=57}}</ref> Mark V never become a dominant force in the marketplace like Mark IV was. It had many competitors, including products from Applied Data Research, IBM, [[Cincom Systems]], [[DMW Europe]], and [[CA-Telon#Pansophic Systems|Pansophic Systems]].<ref>Konsynski, "Advances in Information System Design", p. 27.</ref>

Following the acquisition by Sterling Software, Mark IV continued to be a significant product, but in 1994 it was renamed VISION:Builder.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYgnAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sterling+software%22+%22mark+iv%22+%22vision:builder%22 | title=Product Life Cycle: Maturity Stage | magazine=Software Marketing Journal | date=1994 | pages=29–30?}}</ref> By one account, in the late 1990s the product still had close to $20 million in annual revenue.<ref name="frank-47"/> Ownership then passed again in 2000, when Sterling Software was sold to [[Computer Associates]] and the product remained under the name VISION:Builder.<ref name="Computer Associates">{{cite web | url=https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/knowledge-base-articles.TEC1054237.html | title=How do I upgrade applications from MARK IV to VISION:Builder? | publisher=Computer Associates | date=September 15, 2015}}</ref>