Middleware

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Today, industries need to transform their client/server infrastructures into services-oriented setups to stay competitive. Focus of IT has shifted from a technology-centric approach to a flexibility-driven approach measured in time-to-delivery and ability to change. Though it is universally accepted that service-oriented architectures implementations lead to quantifiable benefits, yet in practice, their adoption has been sluggish. The strategy to remedy this situation is via middleware. In the computer industry, middleware is a general term for any programming that serves to "glue together" or mediate between two separate and often already existing programs. In essence, Middleware is a computer software that interconnects software components or applications. This software consists of a set of enabling services that allow multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact across a network. Middleware is especially integral to modern information technology based on XML, Web services, and service-oriented architecture. A common application of middleware is to allow programs written for access to a particular database to access other databases. Typically, middleware programs provide messaging services so that different applications can communicate. loading..