Message-oriented middleware

"Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) and the application integration approach it supports lie along the evolutionary path of distributed computing, and should be understood by users and vendors alike. In previous White Papers, the Yankee Group offered an overview of the history and purpose of MOM ... as well as a more detailed evaluation and in-depth description of the components and features that generically make up message-oriented middleware. ... This Report takes the next step, probing into the differences between products within the category, offering information that can help you choose and use MOM. After briefly separating MOM from 'nearby' product categories, it describes and positions various options and features found in today's message-oriented middleware, tells how products differ from each other, discusses some of the themes and claims made by vendors, and offers forward-looking advice to both users and vendors."--P. i.