Oracle bangs the integration drum Oct 20, 2009
At the conference, Oracle also announced its first server platform tie-up Sun the Exadata Version 2 database machine, which it claimed is the worlds fastest machine for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) ... The most interesting part, however, is that the Exadata V2 is able to run OLTP (online transaction processing) comfortably alongside data warehouse and analytic processing on the same database platform, Ellison said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
4 SAP and HP Ally on Business Intelligence Oct 16, 2009
The joint offering will be available for purchase from both companies and takes dead aim at , the data warehousing and online transaction processing (OTLP) suite Oracle developed on Sun Microsystems servers. "There are a growing number of SAP BW customers facing an explosion of content, requiring scalability levels from the tens to the hundreds of terabytes," said Franz Aman, vice president of intelligence platform product marketing at SAP Business Objects. (Datamation)
Oracle Picks Sun Over HP for Exadata 2 Servers Sep 17, 2009
Version two will do warehousing queries twice as fast, but now it also runs online transaction processing (OLTP). The compute servers are Sun's rack mounted servers, dual Xeon 5500-based 1U servers with 72GB of memory each. (SmallBusinessComputing)
How to Leverage the Gravity of Your Intranet Jul 25, 2009
The classic example is reporting most online transaction processing (OLTP) systems are designed to get things done and fall down at some level in their ability to generate reporting data for decisions. Data warehouses and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) systems are designed to for reporting and analysis but often need a place to house those reports. (IntranetJournal)
Adaptec Introduces Series 5Z RAID Controllers With First Maintenance Free, Flash-Based Cached Data Protection for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data Centers Jun 24, 2009
The Adaptec RAID Series 5Z family is ideal for storage systems and bandwidth intensive storage applications in data centers, such as online transaction processing servers, web servers, digital surveillance, and streaming applications. The family consists of three products: Adaptec RAID 5445Z with 8 ports (4 internal and 4 external), Adaptec RAID 5805Z (8 internal ports) and Adaptec RAID 5405Z (4 internal ports). (PR Newswire)
Microsoft Article: Managing Resource Allocations with SQL Server 2008's Resource Governor Jun 16, 2009
One of the consolidated applications is an online transaction processing system that is used to enter new orders from customers over the phone ... For the purpose of this example, let me call the online transaction processing system OE for Order Entry, and this application connects to SQL Server with only one SQL Server Login, known as OrderEntry. (IntranetJournal)
IBM adds data-warehousing tools to Informix Mar 6, 2009
IBM is trying to make its Informix OLTP (online transaction processing) server a more potent option for BI (business intelligence) and data warehousing through a new optional toolset, the company announced Thursday. The Informix Warehouse Feature provides tools for organizing and preparing transactional data -- such as from an order processing or inventory system -- for analysis, whether on its own or as part of a broader BI implementation that uses information from multiple sources. (InfoWorld)