What is it?
- XML Appliance is a special purpose network device - used to secure manage and mediate XML traffic.
- Useed in SOA and COC (Cloud Oriented Computing)
- Integrate on-premise application to off premise cloud hosted apps..
- synonyms - SOA appliances, SOA gateways, XML gateways, cloud brokers.
- Specialized - MOM (Message Oriented Middleware)
- Originally hardware - but now mostly software and also virtualized - due to advances in computing speed.
Providers:
- Datapower & Vordel - 1999 - Hardware
- Layer 7 - 2002
- Forum Systems - 2001
- Managed Methods - 2005
Industry:
- XML - Cross division and cross company data exchange protocol
- XML appliance used in -
finance, telecommunications, government, energy, logistics and more - addresses SOA Governance -
how applications delivered as “services” can be shared with or called by other applications
addressed message security, availability and translation of data so that an application can call another application irrespective of the data format and security policies
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