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 ...

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) today announced the immediate availability of TPCx-AI, the first industry-standard, vendor-neutral benchmark for measuring real-world, end-to-end ...

TimesTen on Monday will release Version 5.1 of its data management and transaction processing system, focusing on the “real-time enterprise.” The product line is being expanded with three products: ...

IBM has scored the highest TPC-C benchmark performance result ever achieved by an x86-64 processor-based server. The IBM System x3850 X5 server handled 2,308,099 tpmC (transactions per minute C) at ...

Explore the costs of POS systems for businesses, including hardware, software, payment processing, and installation fees, to ...