Middleware vendors are now jockeying for a piece of the new enterprise integration architecture market, commonly called EAI. This month, we discuss what EAI is, what it means for the business, and how ...

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In 1999, Salesforce created the first true software-as-a-service (SaaS) package. Now there are more than 10,000 cloud-based applications aimed at enterprises and SMEs, covering everything from core ...

Application integration may hold much more benefit than most Java development shops realize. The TheServerside.com Readership Survey 2011 has revealed that only 20% of surveyed IT professionals say ...

Big data drives many of today’s business decisions, which makes knowledge of computer science and business invaluable for tech startups, IT consulting, investment banking and more. Leeds students have ...

(1) Translating data and commands from the format of one application into the format of another. It is essentially data and command conversion on an ongoing basis between two or more incompatible ...

The idea of integrating systems is nothing new. IT departments have constantly struggled to link enterprise applications together in a way that enables decision-makers to have the data they need at ...

There is no denying the fact that cloud-based software and computing services are now accepted as the norm. This change has profound implications on how software applications are architected, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sybase Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire New Era of Networks Inc., which provides application integration software and services, in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at ...