ZapNote: UDICo
While real-time message-based architectures are great for distributing on-line transactions, however its capability for handling high volume loads comes into question. One of the vendors solving this problem is the Universal Data Interface Company (UDICo). Their product, TierBroker, can process large volumes of data using a mechanism that creates middleware that connects directly to data sources and exposes them as Web Services to end clients in a small footprint that can be embedded in Excel and Word applications. The product can talk to XML as well as non-XML systems, message-oriented middleware systems including MQSeries and TIBCO, or other systems using SOAP over HTTP.