The line between middleware and application software is blurred, which is why this chapter introduces both together. Middleware is software that has been abstracted out of the application layer for a ...

The two most common transport layer protocols are the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the user datagram protocol (UDP). One of the main differences between the two protocols is reliability.

Our industry is at another one of those critical turning points that produce customer confusion, product discontinuity and vendor disorientation. If one analyzes Microsoft’s recent comments regarding ...