MIDDLEWARE ARCHITECTURE
The middleware architecture refers to the community company independent software components that enable applications and users to collaborate over a network (message queuing; TP monitoring; ORB; RPC; EDI; XML).
Middleware is the software inbetween the network and the company specific applications. Part of the middleware architecture is the resource policy for this area: which middleware the company limits itself to; which product is used in which situation and what the relationships are between the programs.