Database Management Systems (DBMS) were introduced to address several issues with traditional file processing systems:

1. Data redundancy and inconsistency: Traditional systems often had duplicate data in multiple places, leading to inconsistencies.
2. Data isolation: Data was scattered across various files with different formats, making retrieval and management difficult.
3. Difficulty in accessing data: Retrieving data required complex programming without a standard access method.
4. Integrity problems: Ensuring data accuracy and consistency was challenging due to the need for explicit programming of constraints.
5. Atomicity issues: Ensuring operations were completed fully or not at all was difficult, risking inconsistent data states.
6. Concurrent access anomalies: Handling multiple users accessing data simultaneously often led to conflicts and inconsistencies.
7. Security problems: Traditional systems lacked comprehensive security measures for controlling unauthorized access.
8. Data independence: Changes to data structures required modifications to application programs, lacking flexibility.

DBMS solved these problems by providing centralized data management, standardized data access, built-in integrity and security measures, concurrent access control, and data independence.