<s>
Operational	B-General_Concept
analytical	I-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
more	O
popularly	O
known	O
as	O
operational	O
analytics	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
operational	O
nature	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
or	O
entity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
describes	O
this	O
as	O
more	O
...	O
and	O
more	O
decisions	O
are	O
automated	O
away	O
altogether	O
—	O
think	O
of	O
Amazon	B-Application
continually	O
updating	O
prices	O
for	O
its	O
products	O
throughout	O
the	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
operations	O
analytics	O
is	O
not	O
confined	O
to	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operational	O
Analytics	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
broader	O
set	O
of	O
processes	O
that	O
characterizes	O
OLAP	B-Application
(	O
online	B-Application
analytical	I-Application
processing	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
inherits	O
the	O
large	O
data	O
sizes	O
and	O
complex	O
queries	O
that	O
OLAP	B-Application
systems	O
typically	O
has	O
to	O
handle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
operational	O
analytics	O
applied	O
to	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
business	I-General_Concept
processes	I-General_Concept
specify	O
that	O
data	O
latency	O
be	O
zero	O
.	O
</s>
