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The Complete Book of Middleware

Author : Judith M. Myerson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420000184
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Middleware written by Judith M. Myerson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges of designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, distributed enterprise systems are truly daunting. Written for all IT professionals, The Complete Book of Middleware will aid in resolving new business objectives, new technologies, and vendor disputes. This book focuses on the essential principles and priorities of system design and emphasizes the new requirements brought forward by the rise of e-commerce and distributed integrated systems. This reference highlights the changes to middleware technologies and standards. It offers a concise overview of middleware technology alternatives and distributed systems. Many increasingly complex examples are incorporated throughout and the book concludes with guidelines on the practice of IT architecture. Performance considerations such as caching and monitoring are reviewed and the appendix includes middleware resources and new modeling standards. The scope includes traditional middleware and also next-generation techniques that serve to glue disparate systems in the ever-expanding world of distributed network systems. Provided with concepts, principles, and alternatives discussed in The Complete Book of Middleware, systems architects, systems analysts, systems designers, systems developers, and programmers, can proceed with greater confidence in designing complex enterprise systems.

Middleware for Communications

Author : Qusay Mahmoud
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470862063
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Middleware for Communications written by Qusay Mahmoud and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-07-30 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art guide to middleware technologies, and their pivotal role in communications networks. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The services it provides - including identification, authentication, authorization, soft-switching, certification and security - are used in a vast range of global appliances and systems, from smart cards and wireless devices to mobile services and e-Commerce. Qusay H. Mahmoud has created an invaluable reference tool that explores the origins and current uses of middleware (highlighting the importance of such technologies as CORBA, J2EE and JMS) and has thus compiled the roadmap to future research in this area. Middleware for Communications: discusses the emerging fields of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and grid middleware detailing middleware platforms such as JXTA and the Globus middleware toolkit. shows how Middleware will play a significant role in mobile computing. presents a Platform Supporting Mobile Applications (PLASMA) - a middleware platform that consists of components for location, event, and profile handling of Location-Based Services. introduces middleware security focusing on the appropriate aspects of CORBA, J2EE, and .NET and demonstrates how to realize complex security capabilities such as role-based access control (RBAC) and mandatory access control (MAC). discusses how Quality of Service (QoS) component middleware can be combined with Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technologies to rapidly develop, generate, assemble and deploy flexible communications applications. This incomparable overview of middleware for communications is suitable for graduate students and researchers in communications and computing departments. It is also an authoritative guide for engineers and developers working on distributed systems, mobile computing and networked appliances.

Mobile Middleware

Author : Sasu Tarkoma
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470745526
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Middleware written by Sasu Tarkoma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unified treatment of mobile middleware technology Mobile Middleware: Architecture, Patterns and Practiceprovides a comprehensive overview of mobile middleware technology. The focus is on understanding the key design and architectural patterns, middleware layering, data presentation, specific technological solutions, and standardization. The author addresses current state of the art systems including Symbian, Java 2 Micro Edition, W3C technologies and many others, and features a chapter on widely deployed middleware systems. Additionally, the book includes a summary of relevant mobile middleware technologies, giving the reader an insight into middleware architecture design and well-known, useful design patterns. Several case studies are included in order to demonstrate how the presented patterns, solutions, and architectures are applied in practice. The case studies pertain to mobile service platforms, mobile XML processing, thin clients, rich clients, and mobile servers. Chapters on Architectures and Platforms, Mobile Messaging, Publish/Subscribe, Data Synchronization and Security are also included. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive overview of mobile middleware technology Unified treatment of three core topical areas: messaging, publish/subscribe, and data synchronization Discusses the role of middleware in the protocol stack Focus on both standards and research systems including current state- of-the-art systems such as Symbian, Java 2 Micro Edition, W3C technologies Contains concrete examples showing the presented architectures and solutions in practice Includes an accompanying website with links to open source software, and other resources This book serves as an invaluable guide to systems architects, researchers, and developers. It will also be of interest to graduate and undergraduate students studying computer science (distributed systems, computer networks).

IT Architectures and Middleware

Author : Chris Britton
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0132702436
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book IT Architectures and Middleware written by Chris Britton and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges of designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, distributed enterprise systems are truly daunting. Written by and for IT professionals, IT Architectures and Middleware, Second Edition, will help you rise above the conflicts of new business objectives, new technologies, and vendor wars, allowing you to think clearly and productively about the particular challenges you face. This book focuses on the essential principles and priorities of system design and emphasizes the new requirements emerging from the rise of e-commerce and distributed, integrated systems. It offers a concise overview of middleware technology alternatives and distributed systems. Numerous increasingly complex examples are incorporated throughout, and the book concludes with some short case studies. Topics covered include: Middleware technology review Key principles of distributed systems: resiliency, performance and scalability, security, and systems management Information access requirements and data consistency Application integration design Recasting existing applications as services In this new edition, with updates throughout, coverage has been expanded to include: Service-oriented architecture concepts Web services and .NET technology A more structured approach to system integration design

Software Engineering and Middleware

Author : Thomas Gschwind
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540319751
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Software Engineering and Middleware written by Thomas Gschwind and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middleware provides an integration framework for multiple and potentially - verse computing platforms. It allows developers to engineer distributed appli- tions more easily, providing abstractions and primitives to handle distribution and coordination. Middlewareisconstantlyfacingnewchallenges.Today’sadvancesincomp- ing, including development of pervasive applications, exacerbates the diversity problem, introducing variations not only in terms of performance, but also in terms of environments and device characteristics. Software engineers are the- fore challenged both in the area of the development of new and scalable m- dleware systems, where open, heterogeneous, component-based platforms should provide richer functionality and services, and in the area of application devel- ment, where tools to simplify the use of middleware solutions are necessary. Software Engineering and Middleware is the premier workshop for the - search and practice community of software engineering working in both areas to presentanddiscussnewideasinthis?eld.SEM2004wasthefourthinternational workshop on software engineering and middleware of the EDO/SEM workshop series. Previous workshops of this series were successfully held in 2002, 2000 and 1999. Most of the proceedings have been published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

Middleware Networks

Author : Michah Lerner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0792378407
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Middleware Networks written by Michah Lerner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middleware Networks: Concept, Design and Deployment of Internet Infrastructure describes a framework for developing IP Service Platforms and emerging managed IP networks with a reference architecture from the AT&T Labs GeoPlex project. The main goal is to present basic principles that both the telecommunications industry and the Internet community can see as providing benefits for service-related network issues. As this is an emerging technology, the solutions presented are timely and significant. Middleware Networks: Concept, Design and Deployment of Internet Infrastructure illustrates the principles of middleware networks, including Application Program Interfaces (APIs), reference architecture, and a model implementation. Part I begins with fundamentals of transport, and quickly transitions to modern transport and technology. Part II elucidates essential requirements and unifying design principles for the Internet. These fundamental principles establish the basis for consistent behavior in view of the explosive growth underway in large-scale heterogeneous networks. Part III demonstrates and explains the resulting architecture and implementation. Particular emphasis is placed upon the control of resources and behavior. Reference is made to open APIs and sample deployments. Middleware Networks: Concept, Design and Deployment of Internet Infrastructure is intended for a technical audience consisting of students, researchers, network professionals, software developers, system architects and technically-oriented managers involved in the definition and deployment of modern Internet platforms or services. Although the book assumes a basic technical competency, as it does not provide remedial essentials, any practitioner will find this useful, particularly those requiring an overview of the newest software architectures in the field.

Middleware 2005

Author : Gustavo Alonso
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540303235
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Middleware 2005 written by Gustavo Alonso and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-11-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms, Middleware 2005, held in Grenoble, France in November/December 2005. The 18 revised full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on security and privacy, peer-to-peer computing, XML and service discovery, distribution and real time processing, publish/subscribe systems and content distribution, and middleware architecture.

Software Engineering and Middleware

Author : Alberto Coen-Porisini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540380930
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Software Engineering and Middleware written by Alberto Coen-Porisini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 3rd International Workshop on Software Engineering and Middleware {SEM 2002) was held May 20-21, 2002, in Orlando, Florida, as a co-located event of the 2002 International Conference on Software Engineering. The workshop attracted 30 participants from academic and industrial institutions in many countries. Twenty-seven papers were submitted, of which 15 were accepted to create a broad program covering the topics of architectures, specification, components and adaptations, technologies, and services. The focus of the workshop was on short presentations, with substantial dis cussions afterwards. Thus, we decided to include in this proceedings also a short summary of every technical session, which was written by some of the partici pants at the workshop. The workshop invited one keynote speaker, Bobby Jadhav of CalKey, who presented a talk on the design and use of model-driven architecture and middle ware in industry. We would like to thank all the people who helped organize and run the workshop. In particular, we would like to thank the program committee for their careful reviews of the submitted papers, Wolfgang Emmerich for being an excellent General Chair, and the participants for a lively and interesting workshop.

Introduction to Middleware

Author : Letha Hughes Etzkorn
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498754104
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Middleware written by Letha Hughes Etzkorn and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A stereotype of computer science textbooks is that they are dry, boring, and sometimes even intimidating. As a result, they turn students’ interests off from the subject matter instead of enticing them into it. This textbook is the opposite of such a stereotype. The author presents the subject matter in a refreshing story-telling style and aims to bring the Internet-generation of students closer to her stories." --Yingcai Xiao, The University of Akron Introduction to Middleware: Web Services, Object Components, and Cloud Computing provides a comparison of different middleware technologies and the overarching middleware concepts they are based on. The various major paradigms of middleware are introduced and their pros and cons are discussed. This includes modern cloud interfaces, including the utility of Service Oriented Architectures. The text discusses pros and cons of RESTful vs. non-RESTful web services, and also compares these to older but still heavily used distributed object/component middleware. The text guides readers to select an appropriate middleware technology to use for any given task, and to learn new middleware technologies as they appear over time without being greatly overwhelmed by any new concept. The book begins with an introduction to different distributed computing paradigms, and a review of the different kinds of architectures, architectural styles/patterns, and properties that various researchers have used in the past to examine distributed applications and determine the quality of distributed applications. Then it includes appropriate background material in networking and the web, security, and encoding necessary to understand detailed discussion in this area. The major middleware paradigms are compared, and a comparison methodology is developed. Readers will learn how to select a paradigm and technology for a particular task, after reading this text. Detailed middleware technology review sections allow students or industry practitioners working to expand their knowledge to achieve practical skills based on real projects so as to become well-functional in that technology in industry. Major technologies examined include: RESTful web services (RESTful cloud interfaces such as OpenStack, AWS EC2 interface, CloudStack; AJAX, JAX-RS, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Core), non-RESTful (SOAP and WSDL-based) web services (JAX-WS, Windows Communication Foundation), distributed objects/ components (Enterprise Java Beans, .NET Remoting, CORBA). The book presents two projects that can be used to illustrate the practical use of middleware, and provides implementations of these projects over different technologies. This versatile and class-tested textbook is suitable (depending on chapters selected) for undergraduate or first-year graduate courses on client server architectures, middleware, and cloud computing, web services, and web programming.

Distributed Systems Architecture

Author : Arno Puder
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080454704
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Distributed Systems Architecture written by Arno Puder and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middleware is the bridge that connects distributed applications across different physical locations, with different hardware platforms, network technologies, operating systems, and programming languages. This book describes middleware from two different perspectives: from the viewpoint of the systems programmer and from the viewpoint of the applications programmer. It focuses on the use of open source solutions for creating middleware and the tools for developing distributed applications. The design principles presented are universal and apply to all middleware platforms, including CORBA and Web Services. The authors have created an open-source implementation of CORBA, called MICO, which is freely available on the web. MICO is one of the most successful of all open source projects and is widely used by demanding companies and institutions, and has also been adopted by many in the Linux community. * Provides a comprehensive look at the architecture and design of middleware the bridge that connects distributed software applications * Includes a complete, commercial-quality open source middleware system written in C++ * Describes the theory of the middleware standard CORBA as well as how to implement a design using open source techniques

Middleware for Communications

Author : Qusay Mahmoud
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470862076
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Middleware for Communications written by Qusay Mahmoud and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art guide to middleware technologies, and their pivotal role in communications networks. Middleware is about integration and interoperability of applications and services running on heterogeneous computing and communications devices. The services it provides - including identification, authentication, authorization, soft-switching, certification and security - are used in a vast range of global appliances and systems, from smart cards and wireless devices to mobile services and e-Commerce. Qusay H. Mahmoud has created an invaluable reference tool that explores the origins and current uses of middleware (highlighting the importance of such technologies as CORBA, J2EE and JMS) and has thus compiled the roadmap to future research in this area. Middleware for Communications: discusses the emerging fields of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and grid middleware detailing middleware platforms such as JXTA and the Globus middleware toolkit. shows how Middleware will play a significant role in mobile computing. presents a Platform Supporting Mobile Applications (PLASMA) - a middleware platform that consists of components for location, event, and profile handling of Location-Based Services. introduces middleware security focusing on the appropriate aspects of CORBA, J2EE, and .NET and demonstrates how to realize complex security capabilities such as role-based access control (RBAC) and mandatory access control (MAC). discusses how Quality of Service (QoS) component middleware can be combined with Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technologies to rapidly develop, generate, assemble and deploy flexible communications applications. This incomparable overview of middleware for communications is suitable for graduate students and researchers in communications and computing departments. It is also an authoritative guide for engineers and developers working on distributed systems, mobile computing and networked appliances.

Middleware 2011

Author : Fabio Kon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642258212
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Middleware 2011 written by Fabio Kon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in December 2011. The 22 revised full papers presented together with 2 industry papers and an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 125 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social networks, storage and performance management, green computing and resource management, notification and streaming, replication and caching, security and interoperability, and run-time (re)configuration and inspection.

Demystifying Embedded Systems Middleware

Author : Tammy Noergaard
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080558518
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Embedded Systems Middleware written by Tammy Noergaard and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical technical guide to embedded middleware implementation offers a coherent framework that guides readers through all the key concepts necessary to gain an understanding of this broad topic. Big picture theoretical discussion is integrated with down-to-earth advice on successful real-world use via step-by-step examples of each type of middleware implementation. Technically detailed case studies bring it all together, by providing insight into typical engineering situations readers are likely to encounter. Expert author Tammy Noergaard keeps explanations as simple and readable as possible, eschewing jargon and carefully defining acronyms. The start of each chapter includes a "setting the stage" section, so readers can take a step back and understand the context and applications of the information being provided. Core middleware, such as networking protocols, file systems, virtual machines, and databases; more complex middleware that builds upon generic pieces, such as MOM, ORB, and RPC; and integrated middleware software packages, such as embedded JVMs, .NET, and CORBA packages are all demystified. Embedded middleware theory and practice that will get your knowledge and skills up to speed Covers standards, networking, file systems, virtual machines, and more Get hands-on programming experience by starting with the downloadable open source code examples from book website

Middleware’98

Author : Nigel Davies
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447112830
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Middleware’98 written by Nigel Davies and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Middleware'98 and to one of England's most beautiful regions. In recent years the distributed systems community has witnessed a growth in the number of conferences, leading to difficulties in tracking the literature and a consequent loss of awareness of work done by others in this important field. The aim of Middleware'98 is to synthesise many of the smaller workshops and conferences in this area, bringing together research communities which were becoming fragmented. The conference has been designed to maximise the experience for attendees. This is reflected in the choice of a resort venue (rather than a big city) to ensure a strong focus on interaction with other distributed systems researchers. The programme format incorporates a question-and-answer panel in each session, enabling significant issues to be discussed in the context of related papers and presentations. The invited speakers and tutorials are intended to not only inform the attendees, but also to stimulate discussion and debate.

Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications

Author : Benoît Garbinato
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540897070
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications written by Benoît Garbinato and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-07 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middleware is a critical foundation needed to leverage the development of a wide range of mobile and ubiquitous applications. Intrinsic challenges when building such middleware require the combination of expertise from areas like distributed systems, networking, software engineering, and application development. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the main fundamental problems, technologies, paradigms, and solutions of concern to developers of middleware for mobile environments. The contributions are grouped into four parts, on networking and programming issues, communication models, middleware issues, and application issues. Each chapter is structured as a self-contained tutorial, presenting an overview of a specific topic and the state-of-the-art solutions for the related problems. In addition, the book also includes an authoritative reference list. The material has been successfully used in several thematic training schools organized by the ESF MiNEMA (Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications) program, and the book's organization and presentation is ideal for an advanced course on middleware.

Middleware Solutions for the Internet of Things

Author : Flávia C. Delicato
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447154819
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Middleware Solutions for the Internet of Things written by Flávia C. Delicato and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a brief introduction and contextualization on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Web of Things (WoT) paradigms, this timely new book describes one of the first research initiatives aimed at tackling the several challenges involved in building a middleware-layer infrastructure capable of realizing the WoT vision: the SmartSensor infrastructure. It is based on current standardization efforts and designed to manage a specific type of physical devices, those organized to shape a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), where sensors work collaboratively, extracting data and transmitting it to external networks to be further analysed and processed. Middleware Solutions for the Internet of Things describes this infrastructure and its RESTful-based programming model that allows developers create applications without having specific knowledge about physical devices or networking environments. It is also shown, step by step, how to create a Web Mashup application using SmartSensor.

Middleware 2010

Author : Indranil Gupta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642169554
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Middleware 2010 written by Indranil Gupta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are pleased to welcome you to the eleventh edition of the Middleware c- ference. The program this year is a sign of the robustness, activity, and cont- ued growth of the Middleware community. As computing technology around us has evolved rapidly over the past decade, our notions of middleware have also adapted so that we stay focused on the most challenging and relevant problems for the present and future. As a result, this year’s program features papers that belong to both tra- tional areas as well as new directions. Cloud computing, social middleware, and transactional memory are some of the vanguard areas that you will ?nd in this year’s selection of papers. In addition, topics that have always been central to the community are also prominent this year, including publish-subscribe, mul- cast,reliability, legacy,location-awareness,trust, and security.The community’s wise evolutionre?ects the dynamic role that middleware continues to play in the development of current software systems. The program underscores the competitive selection process applied by us and the technical programcommittee: out of 116 papers submitted this year,we accepted 18 for regular publication. In addition Middleware 2010 also includes a new category of “Big Ideas Papers,” which are bold white papers with the potentialtodrivelonger-terminnovationinthe?eld.Weselectedone“bigideas” paper this year. Our industrial track once againbrings forth papers that explore middleware foundations in the context of industrial practice. Finally, multiple workshops and a doctoral symposium round o? Middleware this year, making it an attractive conference for students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners.