The choice is not a matter of old versus new technology, explains Dr Nigel Jewell. Rather, it hinges on whether the payment ...

In batch processing, if costs are not isolated, high-volume customers and products tend to subsidize lower-volume ones. This article reviews different types of batch activities and how they would be ...

Most enterprise IT operations rely heavily on batch processing operations. The reliance doesn't go away when you move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA), yet SOA just means online transaction ...

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, ...

Arla Foods’ new dairy plant in England provides ample evidence that necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Head of engineering Soeren Vonsild describes Arla’s necessity this way. “In this dairy, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...

On Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink ®, snapshot queries combine batch and stream processing to enable AI apps and agents to act on past and present data "Agentic AI is moving from hype to enterprise ...

(1) Processing a group of files or databases from start to completion rather than having the user open, edit and save each of them one at a time. For example, a graphics conversion utility can change ...