In the Internet era, comprehensive security protections in the enterprise data network must be a central part of any organization. And with the dreaded Y2K projects behind us, data security and privacy protection becomes the most challenging topic for almost any industry - especially important for healthcare.
Communication and database middleware products have been offered for some time now as a means to drive complexity out of projects where you need to integrate heterogeneous software and data resources. The move from older middleware to newer middleware is a result of adopting enterprise application ERP and CRM products. With adoption of these packages came the need to make them talk to each other.