Clever use of middleware helps a premier airline react rapidly to anything from a blizzard to fuel price hikes.
Though still not an out-of-the-box solution. IT executives say new EAI solutions lead to shorter engagements and easier maintenance in integration projects.
Y2K projects have brought IT strong development processes, new staff skills and reusable components. But work lies ahead.
They come from the Web world. They come from the client/server world. They are called application servers, and their goal is to provide black-box middleware.
XML hits the scene as HTML on steroids. It has potential as a form of middleware, meta data interchange format and more.
JoMei Chang and other middleware gurus share their thoughts on the shape of things to come.
Formerly standalone stovepipe apps are increasingly connected via automated processes as big enterprises get real-time fever.
Ovverruns force IT to confront build vs. buy question.
Ron Zahavi: Keys to Enterprise Application Integration
Skepticism is natural. Repositories have been a bust, yet the dream of meta data still burns brightly.