Middleware

Middleware Proves Costly to the Enterprise

Enterprises considering a shift to service-oriented architecture (SOA) are often confronted with the need for—and the cost of additional middleware. Many SOA solutions require yet another layer of proprietary middleware via yet another IT stack. In fact, the costs associated with adding more middleware may outweigh the savings sought in shifting to SOA in the first place. After the cost of purchasing and deploying middleware, there are the expenses for maintenance, the price of expensive servers, and the cost to the organization created by vendor lock-in. If organizations could eliminate their dependency on middleware, they could not only adopt SOA more quickly and successfully, but they could significantly reduce IT operating costs as well. Progress Software provides technology and solutions that are designed to reduce costs, deliver enterprise agility and visibility across the enterprise architecture.

The End of Middleware as You Know It with Artix

Progress® Artix® holds the key to eliminating middleware dependency and reducing IT costs. Artix is an advanced SOA infrastructure suite that supports the demanding requirements of mission-critical applications deployed in diverse and complex IT environments. Artix is a multi-platform, multi-protocol solution that connects diverse and lightweight endpoints without an expensive and cumbersome centralized server, and without requiring more middleware. The benefits to the organization are significant, allowing them to:

• Eliminate the need for a centralized server. With Artix, communications between systems don't have to pass through a centralized hub. Artix endpoints are independently configurable, so services can be extended, modified, and hot deployed without disrupting the rest of the enterprise.
  
  
• Avoid vendor lock-in. Artix is technology-neutral and standards-based. Each Artix endpoint operates independently and need not conform to a single platform, transport, or protocol. IT teams can leverage the technologies that best meet the requirements of their applications without needing to standardize all functions across a large enterprise.
  
  
• Leverage existing middleware. Since IT architects don't have to use a single set of standards at every endpoint, enterprises can leave existing middleware investments in place. Artix eliminates the disruption of having to replace middleware by leveraging existing components.

A Comprehensive SOA Platform Offers Alternatives to Middleware

Artix includes a number of components designed to streamline, modernize, and lower the costs of integrating complex and heterogeneous IT environments. These include:

• Artix ESB
  Deploys, manages and secures a SOA by modernizing and streamlining existing middleware investments without requiring a centralized hub.
  
  
• Artix Data Services
  A metadata management, data modeling, and transformation toolkit abstracts data services from the underlying infrastructure.
  
  

In addition to providing middleware solutions, Progress also provides products for service-oriented architecture, semantic data integration, open source application development, complex event processing, and more.