In the operational level of an organization, transaction processing systems (TPS) are the basic business systems. You can think of order entry systems for sales, hotel reservation systems, payroll, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until recently, only certain companies, such as high-frequency trading firms or digitally native companies like Facebook and Google, built their business models around extreme transaction ...

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Today, government agencies have few options that allow them to seamlessly process payments. One industry leader is hoping to change that — one transaction at a time. Here’s how. In December 2021, the ...

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