The Middleware [R]evolution

Overview

How did middleware evolve from a necessary evil—proprietary plumbing that glued disparate systems together—to one of the most strategic areas of IT and business today? Enter SOA. Service-oriented architectures get many of their core services directly from middleware. Those services include:

• Security functionality
• Deployment and management capabilities
• Business intelligence
• Content and collaboration tools
• Portal capabilities

To learn more about the important role that middleware plays within an SOA, read this short white paper from Oracle.