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  :: EDITOR'S NOTE ::                                  June 26, 2008
Why, why, why is defining middleware so complicated?
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Peeve: I Think Middleware Should Be in the Middle of Something
Gartner's annual release of its middleware market sizing and forecast gives me my one day a year to vent about the way the word "middleware" has changed meaning over the years. I think middleware should be restricted to software that's in the middle between something else; no one else seems to agree. According to Gartner the market, officially called the application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) market, includes: "... 11 segments that comprise general-purpose portal products, BPM-enabling technologies, application integration and platform middleware and B2B/Multienterprise products and new entrants, notably integration as a service (IaaS) and integration appliances..." Yet the press conveniently telescopes this down to mean Gartner's definition of the middleware market.
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