Universal integration platform

A universal integration platform is a development- and/or configuration-time analog of a universal server. The emphasis on the term: "platform" implies a middleware environment from which integration oriented solutions are derived. Likewise, the term: "Universal" implies depth and breadth of integration capabilities that transcend disparate operating systems, protocols, APIs, Data Sources, Programming Languages, Composite Processes, Discrete Services, and Monolithic Applications.

Related Technologies

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Integration platform
• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
• Web Services
• Business Process Management
• Business Activity Monitoring
• Enterprise Information Integration (EII)

Relevant Protocols

• WebDAV
• HTTP
• SOAP
• UDDI
• SMTP
• POP3
• IMAP
• NNTP
• m-BizMaker

Relevant Data Access APIs

• ODBC
• JDBC
• ADO.NET
• OLE DB

Typical Data Sources

• SQL
• XML exposed via URIs
• Free Text

Universal Integration Platform Solutions

• Virtuoso Universal Server from OpenLink Software
• Ensemble from InterSystems
• Prova