ALSO CALLED: MOM, Message Brokers, Messaging Brokers, and Message-Oriented Middleware DEFINITION: In a telecommunication network where programs communicate by exchanging formally-defined messages (that is, through the act of messaging), a message broker is an intermediary program that translates a message from the formal messaging protocol of the sender to the formal messaging protocol
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DATA SHEET: Posted: 28 Mar 2004 | Published: 08 Apr 2008
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Scribe Insight enables customers to quickly and seamlessly integrate mission critical applications with other applications and data stores in the enterprise.
MESSAGING MIDDLEWARE DEFINITION (continued): In a telecommunication network where programs communicate by exchanging formally-defined messages (that is, through the act of messaging), a message broker is an intermediary program that translates a message from the formal messaging protocol of the sender to the formal messaging protocol of the receiver. Message broker programs are sometimes known as middleware. Messaging Middleware definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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