Middleware: Finding the business benefits in middleware - a technology primer
Although middleware has its roots in simple integration tasks such as connecting software applications and exchanging data, this category of software has evolved to encompass some of the fundamental components of the information enterprise, handling everything from securing enterprise information to streamlining worker collaboration. Profit spoke with Barbara Nichols, CEO of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to learn how middleware helps automate payment processing, simplify communication, and boost security. Anthony Catalano, vice president of operations at Chicago-based Oracle partner TUSC, joined the discussion to explain how middleware technology helps the commission create and enhance its business processes.