Thin Client hardware School Only access online accesses and network resources What is Middleware? The "/" in client/server computing - the glue (or plumbing) that holds the clients and servers together joins users to raw data and applications is a layer of SOFTWARE that sits between the client and the server Why? GOLDMAN: CSIS Version 2.1 Jan 2006 FIG. GOLDMAN: CSIS FIG. Have you been using it? Yes, Microsoft applications use Middleware Can you see it? How does it work? A common application of Middleware is to allow programs written for access to a particular database to access other databases - distributed applications in multi-platform environments What are the advantages of the above? One is - Scalability - allow a system to grow what are some others?