What IntelliPlant Does IntelliPlant is a layered solution. It uses a messaging bus middleware as a network layer, and then connects to various applications through easy to use adapters. Communication takes place via messages from the applications across the bus. Applications publish messages on the bus, and listen or subscribe to, messages from the bus. This allows data to be published once, and only once, for distribution to all applications.
Messages are self-describing, meaning that interaction is anonymous.
Receiving applications do not need to know where messages originated, and sending applications do not need to know where messages will be received. Anonymous message distribution saves time and is easier to maintain, track, and guarantee. IntelliPlant uses mature middleware from third party vendors for the messaging bus layer. Middleware is software that insulates distributed applications from the underlying network topology and protocols. The information age, with its flood of data and high-tech data gathering capabilities, has spawned requirements for data flow among your applications, operating systems, even among business divisions.