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
 * Prova