Nowadays most companies are entering the digitalization process. Accordingly, various digital needs are arising. Organizations use a variety of software and services to meet these needs. Since these software programs and services are designed separately, the efficiency of the business process may decrease when they are not integrated. Moreover, customer satisfaction is significant for a company because a company that does not supply the customer’s needs can’t be successful. That is why it is necessary to integrate various software and hardware to increase efficiency in the business process. Middleware comes into play at this point.
What is Middleware?
Middleware is software that acts as an intermediary between two services or software in an operating system. Middleware cannot directly initiate communication or take any action but provides data and communication management by connecting two applications. It aims to increase interaction with each other by integrating different aspects between two applications.
Middleware is used in the cloud computing context for cloud activation of various applications. For example, it is possible to convert existing applications to Platform as a Service (PaaS) applications managed by Middleware. If you want to know more about PaaS you can read our blog post
“What Is IPaaS(Integration Platform as a Service)?”
Why Use Middleware?
Middleware makes applications more efficient with the common services it provides to applications it creates a connection between data and users. Moreover, Middleware is also cost-effective for businesses with multi-cloud systems because it enables regular operations by developing applications.
What can businesses expect from their Middleware experience:
• Middleware organizes the business process and increases efficiency.
• Provides information flow between connected applications.
• Middleware is used in a wide variety of software systems such as message-oriented communication and mobile application support.
• Middleware provides fast and efficient use for several operating systems.
How Middleware Works?
Middleware is software that mediates between different tools, applications and databases. It provides a unified interface for developers to access these different systems. In addition, it offers various services such as transaction management, data integration and security.
In doing so, it uses standard messaging frameworks such as JSON, REST, XML, SOAP, and web services, allowing applications to interact with each other. It also facilitates communication between components written in different programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, and PHP.
What Are The Middleware Types?
There are multiple types of middleware. Some types of middleware allow certain connections; some to specific applications; others focus on application components. The most common types of middleware are as follows:
Message-oriented middleware (MOM):
MOM is used for sending and receiving messages between different applications. It also ensures that messages always arrive at the appropriate components in the correct order.
Object request broker (ORB):
ORB is a type of middleware used to enable objects in different applications to communicate with each other.
Remote procedure call (RPC):
RPC is used to call procedures in different applications. RPC can be used to make applications more distributed, making them easier to scale and manage.
Database middleware:
It is a type of middleware used to connect applications to databases. It simplifies the process of accessing data from databases and makes it simple for developers to create applications.
Transaction processing monitor (TPM):
TPM is used to manage processes in multiple systems. With TPM, transactions are completed successfully and data loss is prevented.
Enterprise service bus (ESB):
It is used to connect multiple types of systems such as applications, databases, and web services. ESBs simplify the integration process, making it easy for businesses to connect their systems and data.
Cloud Middleware
Nowadays, cloud computing is an important computing platform for sharing various resources such as software or application programs. The Cloud Middleware between the operating system and the application provides several advantages to the user. Cloud Middleware simplifies transactions, messaging and business processes. Databases and web servers are examples of Cloud Middleware.
Middleware provides communication services. Thus, makes real the purpose of messaging by connecting different applications.
Why is Middleware Important to Cloud Computing?
Existing applications can be taken from the company system and distributed to many cloud-based substructures and this situation leads to chaos. That is why, businesses prefer Middleware because Middleware speeds up development, reduces cost and manages complexity. Middleware enables applications to run more efficiently and regularly.
In summary, Cloud Computing and Middleware technologies are interconnected and Middleware is the keystone of Cloud Computing.
After all this information, you may want to know more about
MIP which is an IPaaS platform which helps you to build your integration in efficient ways.
