Hybrid transactional/analytical processing

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2025-01-08 03:00:02

Hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP) is a term created by Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company, in its early 2014 research report Hybrid Transaction/Analytical Processing Will Foster Opportunities for Dramatic Business Innovation.[ 1] As defined by Gartner:

Hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP) is an emerging application architecture that "breaks the wall" between transaction processing and analytics. It enables more informed and "in business real time" decision making.[ 2] [ 1]

In more recent reports Gartner has begun referring to HTAP as "augmented transactions."[ 3] Another analyst firm Forrester Research calls the same concept "Translytical"[ 4] while 451 Group calls it "Hybrid operational and analytical processing" or HOAP.[ 5]

In the 1960s, computer use in the business sector began with payroll transactions and later included tasks in areas such as accounting and billing. At that time, users entered data, and the system processed it at a later time. Further development of instantaneous data processing, or online transaction processing (OLTP), led to widespread OLTP use in government and business-sector information systems.[ 6]