Modern enterprise applications are based on standard middleware architectures, where functionality is increasingly made available via cloud-based services cross-platform and to mobile end devices. This module offers a profound introduction to the latest basic technologies.

After a fundamental introduction to the integration requirements of increasingly distributed structured, internet-based business applications, the module first provides an overview of the basic architecture of middleware-based systems and then goes into more detail on the different integration paradigms and technologies. Current middleware services and architecture concepts such as distributed object models, component models and service-oriented middleware (SOM) are in the focus of the module’ second unit. Here the general principles are explained first and then standard middleware technologies and their underlying concepts are deepened on the basis of specific examples. The third part focuses on the cloud concept and shows step by step the development of cloud-based services and their access via mobile clients (apps) using simple examples.

The accompanying tutorial offers the opportunity to learn about current technologies using simple examples and to gain first practical experience in dealing with middleware and mobile, cloud-based applications.