Abstract: A method for delivering information to information targets within a computing environment having multiple platforms includes extracting information from an information source, transforming the extracted information, and isolating the transformed information by wrapping the transformed information into a message envelope having a standard format. The message envelope is routed to at least one information target on the same platform where the message envelope is targeted to an information target on the same platform as the router. The message envelope is routed to a second router acting as a router broker where the message envelope is targeted to an information target on a different platform than the router. The router broker routes the message envelope to at least a third router located on the platform with an information target; the third router routing the message envelope to at least one information target on its platform.

Abstract: The present invention is a distributed extract, transform and load (ETL) method for delivering information within a computing environment, comprising extracting information from an information source and transforming the extracted information. The transformed information is isolated by wrapping the transformed information into a message envelope having a standard format. The message envelope is routed to at least one information target, unwrapped to reveal the received information, preferably transformed again, and loaded into the information target. The extraction, transformation, and adaptation steps on the source side are isolated from the routing step such that the extraction, transformation, and adaptation steps on the source side may be executed simultaneously for a plurality of information sources distributed across the computing environment to produce a plurality of message envelopes.