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Imagine a room full of people, all speaking a different language. You need something to act as an interpreter to help them communicate between each other and to help you understand what is being discussed. In our days, the business market is full of different applications, different operating systems, different software platforms and cloud systems, each with their unique API layers, configurations parameters and communication capabilities. The middleware software acts like the interpreter from the above example, helping all of these software solutions communicate and work together, while also providing you a graphical interface to control and to monitor what’s going on.
There are lots of cases in which you may need a middleware software. Usually, the need to use a middleware software arises when a client implements a new automatic project in the existing production line and wants to connect it with other services or software applications, which he has already installed. For example, when a new printer is installed on the production line and you want to connect it with the existing database, with the existing ERP or with the Server, to allow it to read certain information from there. All these automatic systems have their own way of communication (RS232, API, Webservice, TCP/IP Server Client protocol, etc..) and they need a middleware software that can communicate with each one, understand the messages and transmit them where needed, in a language that can be understood by the recipient. Another use case would be when the client already has all the applications, but he wants to collect certain data from various equipment or services and export them to a database or to the cloud. You get the idea...