The phrases "point of sale" and "transaction processing system" represent two different, yet closely related concepts having to do with the sales function. Each term represents a distinct and vital ...

Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction ...

Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison first introduced the company’s autonomous database at Oracle Open World last year. The company later launched an autonomous data warehouse. Today, it ...

The earliest business computer systems developed in the 1950s demonstrated their efficiency by processing records in large batches. In the 1960s, equipment makers introduced interactive terminals, ...

San Jose, Calif. — The workhorse benchmark for large database systems officially gets its first upgrade in 14 years today. The Transaction Processing Performance Council has announced the immediate ...

MemSQL, a scalable SQL-based in-memory distributed database, is getting major performance enhancements in version 5, announced today at Strata+Hadoop World in San Jose, CA. Most significant is the ...

ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CBORD, a leading provider of integrated technology solutions powering access, foodservice, nutrition, commerce, and ...

Yin and yang, life and death, Clark Kent and Superman. Some concepts are so intertwined that it’s impossible to imagine one without the other. Transaction processing (TP) and relational databases ...