138 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide
6.1 Overview of WebSphere Batch
Batch processing is a mission critical workload for the enterprise that can increase workload
efficiency. The following are examples of tasks that are carried out with batch processing:
Reporting on accounts for end of day, month, or year
Bulk account processing for credit scores and for assessing interest
Reconciling banking activities
Many enterprises depend on batch processing.
Online transactional processing (OLTP) systems have evolved over time, and application
servers, such as WebSphere Application Server, serve as the foundation for this evolution.
Standards for web services and other OLTP technologies have emerged. Programming ...