Batched SOA

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Service orientation is a paradigm that frames what you do. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a type of architecture that results from applying service orientation. Most SOA's use online transaction processing (OLTP) to implement their services.

Batch processing is often used for efficient bulk database updates and automated transaction processing, as contrasted to interactive OLTP applications. Despite their long history, batch applications are still critical in most organizations. While online systems are now used when manual intervention is not desired, they are not well suited to the high-volume, repetitive tasks. Therefore, even new systems usually contain a batch application for cases such as updating information at the end of the day, generating reports, and printing documents.

When these worlds collide interesting things happen and ugly protocols emerge.

To be continued.....