Database software mainly consists of two segments: online transaction processing and data warehousing.
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Online transaction processing databases are used for recording transactions in real time.
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These services consists of servers and software that help deliver content like videos and online transaction information faster to clients like ESPN, Hulu or Amazon.com.
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According to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, four out of five consumers who conducted an online transaction on a mobile device in the past year reported having a problem completing their transactions.
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The document goes on to describe an alternative method using face or eye recognition technology that can be used not just for security purposes, but for possible e-commerce solutions like completing an online transaction.
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Males outspend women by 20-30% per online transaction.
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On their mobile phones, however, people are more often searching for a store, rather than looking to complete a transaction online.
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That gives the con man everything he needs to make a credit card transaction online or over the phone using the victim's information.
"Every transaction online was essentially the equivalent of convincing groups of previously disenchanted customers that yes, Best Buy is finally price competitive, " Sozzi said.
Because few existing brokers charge more than this, Boom could not offer the usual enticement of online trading cheaper transaction costs.
Credit card companies are working with CyberCash and Netscape Communications to develop and implement the new Secure Electronic Transaction protocol for online credit card commerce.
So far, Priceline has been focusing only on the transaction channel of online travel, i.e. selling travel products such as airline tickets, hotel rooms, cruise packages and car rental services.
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To the extent that PayPal and Checkout help to move cash and cheque purchases online, where they are subject to transaction fees, Visa and MasterCard welcome them.
PayPal unit, charge nonprofits a 2.2% fee plus 30 cents per transaction solely to process donations, while others like FirstGiving charge 7.5%, including credit-card transaction fees, to manage online fund-raising campaigns.
For transaction-oriented businesses such as online retailers, these drags on performance can mean the difference between profitability and losses.
The only difference is transaction costs, which, with an online broker, can be very small.
The WHO in 2010 publicly considered asking for global consumer taxes on internet activity, online bill paying, or the always popular financial transaction tax.
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Legally, if the online retailer is not collecting the tax with the transaction, the consumer is obligated to send the proper tax to the state directly.
This means that transaction volume is the name of the game in online shopping.
This includes organizations using e-commerce, transaction based processing on the internet, and even online education, where the ability to deliver courses online is critical.
The study also found that after the first contactless transaction, users spend an average of 25 percent more online, 64 percent more abroad and 20 percent more in recurring payments.
Thanks to the high market value of its shares, America Online (AOL) was able to buy in an all-stock transaction the largest media company in the world.
But they don't let reservation systems and online ticket sellers to combine those ultracheap fares with connecting flights in a single transaction.
This is the idea behind Swellr, a Boston-based startup that lets consumers buy gift certificates online, use them at local businesses and decide which school benefits from the transaction.
And those marketing opportunities don't translate as well in the online and mobile worlds, where customers are apt to remain focused on the transaction at hand, says Will Weidman, vice president of Applied Predictive Technologies, a software and analytics company that works with financial institutions.
Whether the choice of payment is by debit or credit card, gift card, check or mobile phone, online or at the checkout counter, First Data takes every opportunity to go beyond the transaction.
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We look forward to closing the transaction and working with the Meebo team to create more ways for users to engage online.
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At home in China, Mr. Ma is trying to stay ahead of the game as competition rises for the first time against his massive online shopping sites, Taobao Marketplace and Taobao Mall, which rival eBay.com in terms of transaction value.
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