Message-Oriented Middleware

Middleware that allows for synchronous as well as asynchronous (queue) messaging between distributed systems. Message-oriented middleware is software or hardware infrastructure supporting the sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.

Message oriented middleware is software or hardware infrastructure supporting the sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems. Because businesses, institutions, and technologies change continually, the software systems that serve them must be able to accommodate such changes. Following a merger, the addition of a service, or the expansion of available services, a business can ill afford to recreate its information systems.