Apparatus, method and computer program for linking a plurality of network input/output entities

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program instructions;
• the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
• enabling communication with a plurality of network input/output entities wherein different network input/output entities are configured to use different communication protocols to communicate with the apparatus;
• maintaining a data warehouse where the data warehouse comprises data obtained from one or more of the plurality of network input/output entities using one or more different communication protocols;
• and
• enabling each of the plurality of network input/output entities to access data from the data warehouse by converting data from the data warehouse into a required format for the communication protocol used by the network input/output entities.

A method comprising:

• enabling communication with a plurality of network input/output entities wherein different network input/output entities are configured to use different communication protocols to communicate with the apparatus;
• maintaining a data warehouse where the data warehouse comprises data obtained from one or more of the plurality of network input/output entities using one or more different communication protocols;
• and
• enabling each of the plurality of network input/output entities to access data from the data warehouse by converting data from the data warehouse into a required format for the communication protocol used by the network input/output entities.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when performed by at least one processor, causes at least the following to be performed:

• enabling communication with a plurality of network input/output entities wherein different network input/output entities are configured to use different communication protocols to communicate with the apparatus;
• maintaining a data warehouse where the data warehouse comprises data obtained from one or more of the plurality of network input/output entities using one or more different communication protocols;
• and
• enabling each of the plurality of network input/output entities to access data from the data warehouse by converting data from the data warehouse into a required format for the communication protocol used by the network input/output entities.