MIDDLEWARE

Middleware is the enabling technology of enterprise application integration. It describes a piece of software that connects two or more software application, allowing them to exchange data. Middleware is especially integral to modern information technology based on XML, SOAP, Web services and SOA.

Middleware services provide a more functional set of application programming interfaces to allow an application to:

- Locate transparently across the network, thus providing interaction with another    service or application.

- Be independent from network services.

- Be reliable and available always when compared to OS and network services.

Features of Middleware Services:

• High Availability Planning and Implementations - Study existing infra and    Business requirement and suggest / implement Suitable High availability    Solutions.

• Capacity Planning - Study existing infra and suggest infra enhancement to    accommodate future growth.

- Monitor system & available disk space capacity.

• Performance Assessment - Study and analyse the performance trends     suggest features implementations to enhance performance.

-   Monitor system utilizations against server components of Web Server.

- Enhance JMS performance, increase selector and listener throughput with     improved latency.

- Interface development and performance tuning.

- Enhance usability with graphical configuration of publish and subscribe and JMS     messaging.

• Security Assessment - Study existing security policies and suggest database    level security policies to implement.