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 ...

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, ...

While analysts and pundits have been talking about the real-time enterprise for almost a decade now, many organizations still rely on batch processing to move data between applications. And that's ...

As the global payment processing solutions market explodes exponentially, businesses are asking themselves, “How should I manage payments at scale?” The answer to this question varies from business to ...

Google LLC’s cloud business today introduced a new series of instances based on Arm Ltd. silicon and a managed service that promises to simplify batch processing tasks. Both offerings made their debut ...

A decade ago, the development of cluster tools in the IC manufacturing industry seemed to herald the end of batch processing systems. Single-wafer, multichamber tools were the wave of the future—they ...

(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 ...