EDN

Guide to Embedded Systems Architecture – Part 1: Defining middleware

The line between middleware and application software is blurred, which is why this chapter introduces both together. Middleware is software that has been abstracted out of the application layer for a ...
EDN

Guide to Embedded Systems Architecture – Part 3: Transport layer (UDP) and embedded Java and networking middleware examples

The two most common transport layer protocols are the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the user datagram protocol (UDP). One of the main differences between the two protocols is reliability.
Government Technology

Making The Most With Middleware

Need to distribute mainframe data to all those folks on local area networks? It's a problem many state and local government MIS departments are facing as information access becomes a priority. A few ...
InfoWorld

Enterprise application integration using J2EE

During the 1990s, companies bought packaged software solutions such as SAP, Oracle ERP, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Siebel, Clarify, and so on. Although such packaged software solutions worked well ...