SOA can be defined as an architecture which goal is to achieve decoupling among interacting software agents [1]. From the SOA point of view, systems expose their functionalities as a set of services, typically as a set of Web services. It does not matter which...
Message Brokers allow the information flow between applications. Following this type of middleware, we advance to an integration architecture that is based on message brokers. As the applications universe grows and the Point-to-Point architecture is no long a viable...
The famous 1755 earthquake and the fire that followed it devastated the entire Lisbon downtown area. From time to time we hear news about earthquakes around the world, like the one in Amatrice, Italy, and it is a reality that can happen to any of us, so it makes us...
In the last chapter we introduced the notion of middleware, why we need it and how it turns integration easier. So today we are going to talk about the different types of middleware. And let us start with one vert used in point-to-point integration: RPCs (Remote...
For years, information systems have been built as “stovepipes” [1], creating monolithic self-contained applications that have not been designed for integration with other applications. These systems were built with very specific requirements and not using standard...
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