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- OLTP (online transaction processing) is a class of program that facilitates and manages transaction-oriented applications, typically for data entry and retrieval transactions in a number of industries, including banking, airlines, mailorder, supermarkets, and manufacturers. Probably the most widely installed OLTP product is IBM's CICS (Customer Information Control System).

Today's online transaction processing increasingly requires support for transactions that span a network and may include more than one company. For this reason, new OLTP software uses client/server processing and brokering software that allows transactions to run on different computer platforms in a network.

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To explore how OLTP is used in the enterprise, here are some additional resources:

All-in-One Guide: Data Center Disaster Recovery.

Data Center Systems Management Learning Guide

CONTRIBUTORS:	Lee Gilbert and Jan Hewitt
LAST UPDATED:	13 Aug 2008

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-	SearchSAP.com has an extensive collection of links related to on-line transaction processing.

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