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.

  • Integration platform
  • Enterprise service bus (ESB)
  • 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