1. A method for providing object change information from a first system to a second system for synchronizing the second system with the first system, the second system having an object cache for storing objects, the method comprising the steps of: changing an object in the first system; determining object change information representing a change made to the object in the first system; and distributing the object change information from the first system to the second system to cause the second system to merge the object change information into the object cache so as to synchronize the second system with the first system.